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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 […]
Opinion
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, […]
News
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 […]
Profiles
“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’ […]
The results of FE Commissioner David Collins’ inspections of failing colleges are to be made public, FE Week can reveal. Dr Collins, who can call for college leaders to be stripped of powers and even advise the Skills Minister to shut a college down, took up the newly-created post in December, but his reports and […]
Prison learning practitioners attended a conference organised by the Prisoner Learning Alliance (PLA) last month. Alexandra Marks outlines the FE and skills sector concerns that emerged. Ofsted Inspector Stephen Miller, addressing a conference of 200 delegates including prison education professionals and managers, highlighted many challenges to those teaching in prisons — classes fluctuating as prisoners […]
Features of Ofsted’s new data dashboard have been leaked to FE Week, revealing a focus on English and maths up to level two, and data on local enterprise partnerships (Leps). The dashboard, which is due to launch on May 12, has been developed to allow leaders, governors, and members of the public, to access key […]
