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FE loans in first month ‘low’

The head of the Association of Colleges has expressed concern over “low levels” of applications for 24+ advanced learning loans. Martin Doel, association chief executive, spoke out as the Student Loans Company (SLC) revealed 338 mature learners had applied for loans in the three weeks after the new payment’s launch on April 8. Just 75 […]

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Resignations ‘won’t hit’ council work

The resignations of two members of the National Careers Council amid accusations that it was watering down recommendations to appease the government have been described as “regrettable”. Heather Jackson and Professor Tony Watts walked out around a month before its first report was due to be published. However, council chair Dr Deirdre Hughes said their […]

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FE Guild renamed as a foundation

The FE Guild is to be renamed the Education and Training Foundation, FE Week can reveal. The body, created to provide training and set professional standards in FE, has been registered at Companies House under the new name, said independent steering group chair David Hughes. Due to launch in August, it was incorporated on May […]

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FE Guild announces new chief executive

Sir Geoff Hall (pictured) has been named interim chief executive of the FE Guild. The former principal and chief executive of New College Nottingham and chair of the Information Authority, who was knighted for services to FE in the New Year Honours 2012, began his lecturing career in 1974. Other previous roles include national director […]

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Report points at skills system’s six ‘key problems’

Six “key problems” in the skills sector have been identified in a new Labour report called Talent Matters — why England needs a new approach to skills. The interim report of the party’s skills taskforce — made up of Creative Leadership and Skills Ltd managing director Jacqui Henderson, South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnership chair […]

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The NIACE adult participation in learning survey 2013

Adult Learners’ Week offers much to celebrate, explains Fiona Aldridge, but the results of a national survey also provide a sober reminder of the ongoing need to make the classroom an attractive proposition Adult Learners’ Week has two main highlights for me. Firstly, the compelling stories we hear from award winners about how learning has […]

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Building a career through education

Paul Cano-Lopez won an individual learner award in 2001, and since then has completed two masters’ degrees and now runs his own successful training company. At 28 Paul, from Essex, was diagnosed with arthritis in his hands and arms, making it difficult for him to continue in his job as a plasterer, so in 1990 […]

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Overcoming adversity through adult learning

A beauty apprentice from Somerset has battled against dyslexia, won a national skills contest, started her own business, looked after a young child – and won this year’s Apprentice of the Year award. Twenty-year-old Emma Rogers struggled at school but began to thrive when she enrolled on an NVQ level two beauty apprenticeship at Weston […]

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Taking the holistic view

Adult education is about more than employability skills; it impacts the economy in all sorts of ways, says Ruth Spellman While Adult Learners’ Week celebrates the achievements of students whose lives have been changed by adult education, providers need to reflect on whether the FE sector is achieving its goals. These are tough economic times. […]

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