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Power games with the Prime Minister and London Mayor

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, […]

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Jill Whittaker, managing director, HIT Training

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

Disparities on gender, race and disability with equality ‘still missing’ from apprenticeships

“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’ […]

News

EXCLUSIVE: BIS to go public with commissioner’s failing college judgments

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 […]

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Prison teachers ‘must get the support and resources to help learners’

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 […]

Opinion

Data Dashboard hailed a vital boost as preview reveals ‘education and employment’ link

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 […]

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Career prospects take off thanks to work experience

The career prospects of 12 level three travel and tourism students from City College Norwich took off after they spent three days working at an airport. The work experience at Norwich International Airport included helping with check-ins and boarding on the customer service and information desks. They also worked for the airport’s travel agency, Travel […]

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Edition 97: Garry Phillips, Karen Redhead and Albery Croney

A permanent principal is to replace Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College interim boss Dr Elaine McMahon CBE. Garry Phillips , currently principal at New College Telford, takes over from July. “It is an exciting time for the college and the sector and I am looking forward to working with colleagues and stakeholders in the […]

Movers and Shakers

College Job Shop anniversary

Skills Minister Matthew Hancock congratulated Walsall College on doing a good job as its Job Shop celebrated its first anniversary. Since April 2013, the Job Shop has helped 642 apprentices to find jobs, offered training to nearly 300 job seekers and given 144 people pre-redundancy support. Mr Hancock said: “There is no doubt that many […]

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