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Why are so few applying for principalship?

Ofsted, funding cuts, policy changes . . . it’s no surprise that the number of prospective FE principals/chief executives is falling, says Mike Hopkins A straw poll of principal and chief executive colleagues makes clear the reality of the decline in the number of prospective principals. Why has this happened? Broadly speaking, issues include Ofsted […]

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Colleges’ pay offer withdrawn

The Association of Colleges has withdrawn its offer of support for a pay increase after talks with unions failed to reach a conclusion. The association did have the recommendation of a 0.5 per cent increase on the table when it met officials from the University and College Union (UCU), which is involved in negotiations with […]

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Fall in unemployed adults learning

The chief executive of NIACE has said some of the results of the 2012 Adult Participation in Learning Survey “paint a very worrying picture”. The survey showed the proportion of unemployed adults learning had fallen by six percentage points from 41 to 35 per cent since last year (highlighted below), the lowest level since the […]

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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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Chutney for change

A woman who is running a social enterprise while studying for a degree has won a North West Regional Individual Learner Award. Rachel Gilkes, 37, from Chorley, enrolled on a degree in social science at Blackburn College in 2011 to help her to return to paid work after having children. She had done voluntary work […]

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We must keep the doors open for all adult learners

Policymakers need to see adult education and lifelong learning beyond the silo of the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, particularly in these straitened times, says Gordon Marsden Adult Learners’ Week is a great opportunity to showcase the tremendous impact lifelong learning has on communities. My two decades as an Open University and Workers’ Educational […]

Opinion

Double helpings for trainee chef

A trainee chef studying at Salford City College’s Walkden Sixth Form Centre has been offered jobs at two high profile restaurants. Stuart Fraser has been ofafered posts at London restaurant Hix and at Sam’s Chop House in Manchester. The 18-year-old level three hospitality and culinary arts student, from Lower Broughton, impressed chef Mark Hix during […]

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Minister beams over college enterprise

It’s early days in the new relationship between FE and local enterprise partnerships, but how they will now work together was the centre of discussion at a London conference. Chris Henwood reports  Further education and its place at the centre of local “entrepreneurial ecosystems” was the theme of a conference organised by the Gazelle Colleges […]

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Classroom in the cloud

With the sector facing staffing cuts, Mark Stimpfig looks at the technology that can ease the challenge of teaching languages in leaner times Youth unemployment is soaring as competition for jobs is the fiercest it has been for many years in the UK. To succeed in the labour market, college leavers need as many strings […]

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