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Technologies like Canvas can help learning providers deliver a flexible, student-centred learning approach that focuses on meeting the market’s changing need, which is why we are offering a free trial of our teaching and learning software. Independent Learning Providers (ILPs) have one of the most interesting and challenging jobs in education. Teaching everything from yoga […]
News
The long-overdue careers strategy has finally been unveiled by the apprenticeships and skills minister, at the Careers Development Institute’s annual conference this morning. This includes £4 million to support every school and college to have a careers leader, and a further £5 million funding to develop 20 careers hubs, which will be led by the […]
Construction is now underway on a new £11 million technical college based at Stansted Airport, which will create around 500 new further education places in Essex, reports Samantha King. Aptly named Stansted Airport College due to its location, it will open in September 2018 and is being funded by Stansted Airport, Harlow College, Essex and […]
Bulletin
Given the challenges the UK’s society and economy now faces, the industrial strategy is a rather small, faltering step, according to Professor Ewart Keep The industrial strategy, launched on a day when the UK media was obsessing about the engagement of the man fifth in line to the throne, did not appear trailing clouds of […]
Opinion
The extra £48.5m in the budget to support college students pass their GCSE maths is to be celebrated – and it’s an important signal. It’s to be celebrated because it’s recognition that colleges need investment to make new policies succeed. Too frequently, new policies, like the English and maths condition-of-funding requirement, are thrust upon colleges without a thought to the cost of successful implementation. […]
The levy has had more than its share of teething problems, but it’s not time to bin it yet, says Kathleen Henehan The apprenticeship levy got off to a troubling start: figures show a 59-per-cent fall in starts during its first three months. This seems to confirm fears that it would place incentives into the hands of large employers who don’t typically […]
Instead of a thought-out comprehensive strategy for further and adult education and skills, the government has merely delivered more short-term tinkering, says Jill Westerman We expected a budget for Brexit. The statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer fell some way short. The budget was an opportunity for Mr Hammond and the government to demonstrate […]
Learndirect’s apprenticeship achievement rates have continued to fall, Ofsted has found in its first monitoring visit to the provider since its grade four earlier in the year. Inspectors revisited the nation’s biggest FE provider at the end of October, and noted several improvements, while highlighting various areas of concern. One of the most concerning findings […]
The government has set aside £8.5 million to pilot “innovative approaches” to improving its controversial GCSE maths resit policy. Earlier today, the chancellor delivered his budget speech in parliament and announced various new forms of funding for FE. When the Treasury later released its full budget statement, it revealed it wants to find ways to […]
