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Walking the long way home after passing just two O-levels, it never occurred to Louise Morritt that she might spend decades working in the sector that was about to save her education. The chief executive of One Awards, the new name for Open College Network North East Region (OCNNER), says she thrived in the FE […]
Profiles
Greater integration of government policy on youth unemployment is among the priorities for the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) as outlined in its updated manifesto, released today. The document, out on the first day of the AELP’s two-day annual conference in London, takes stock of priorities and outlines key areas of sector debate […]
News
With the economy growing, the number of people in a job rose 283,000 in just the last three months – that’s the largest quarterly rise since records began in 1971. This means there are a record 30.43m people now in work and the unemployment rate has fallen again to a new five-year low. Youth unemployment, […]
Opinion
The AELP does a remarkable job of bringing together an otherwise disparate group of providers. It has created unity and delivered joined-up thinking in a sector that’s been battered and broken over the last few years — a sector that has been completely deprived of anything close to a long-term strategy from this government. At […]
Young people want more hands-on experience in deciding what career path they should take, according to new research from the Association of Colleges (AoC). Students aged 11 to 16 who took part in workshops run by AoC and The Skills Show called for access to more detailed guidance and more opportunity take part in Have-A-Go sessions, […]
A Greater Manchester college could be forced to make up to 150 redundancies after it was ordered to balance the books by the FE Commissioner. Dr David Collins, pictured left, placed Stockport College into administered status after he was sent in following a grade four “inadequate” Ofsted inspection grading in November. He said it “had to […]
Prime Minister David Cameron and London Mayor Boris Johnson made a surprise visit to Harrow College. The Conservative Party leader and the Mayor were shown around the college’s skills centre and learned about construction-related courses. They also teamed-up for a table football match against level one plumbing students Stuart Dyde, aged 16, and Jequan Khan, […]
Bulletin
The hospitality industry doesn’t seem like the most likely place to find a qualified chartered accountant who has sailed around the world and partied with Duran Duran, but it’s a sector which has always been close to Jill Whittaker’s heart. The managing director and co-founder of Sussex-based HIT Training first joined HCTP in 1998, but […]
“As the popularity of apprenticeships increases, how can the sector ensure everyone has access to them?” That was the question on everybody’s lips as the impact of race, gender or disability on whether learners start an apprenticeship provided the focus of debate at the Apprenticeship equalities conference on Tuesday April 29, held by the Trades’ […]
