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More than 550 staff are facing an uncertain future after Pearson announced it was dropping its UK adult education business with a loss of £120m. The firm revealed the plans for Pearson in Practice, which has around 5,000 learners, this morning with news of a consultation, set to last 90 days, on the future of […]
News
A group of savvy widows have mastered power drilling and car mechanics at college after realising they couldn’t use their husbands’ toolkits. Social group The Jolly Dollies, founded by Yvonne Vann, has been trying out DIY — plaster boarding and putting up shelves — during taster courses at Weston College’s Construction and Engineering Centre of Excellence […]
Bulletin
Peter Roberts was happily following in his father’s footsteps as a professional footballer when a nasty tackle threw him off course. His dad, Harold, made history at Chesterfield FC when he was signed by Birmingham City for a then record £10,600. Peter also joined Chesterfield in his teens. But his time on the pitch came […]
Profiles
A London-based social enterprise company that worked with young adults to help them to find jobs has gone into administration. The Walwyn Trust is believed to have left scores of youngsters unsure of their futures. Miranda Cook, from Cambridgeshire, contacted FE Week claiming that her 17-year-old daughter, Charlotte, a Walwyn apprentice, was not paid last […]
FE providers will no longer be penalised for learners on benefits leaving a course because they have obtained a job. The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, (BIS) announced that when working out Qualification Success Rate calculations, they would no longer include those who leave their learning early to enter employment, therefore not achieving a […]
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Partnerships are the right groups to bind together local employers and FE, says David Frost The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement makes it clear that local enterprise partnerships are being positioned as the body to drive forward local economic growth. There is a growing understanding at the heart of government that while it has a responsibility to […]
Opinion
The project leader for the FE Guild consultation talks to FE Week Peter Davies got his land legs back eight years ago after 35 years in the Royal Navy. He also learned sign language, moved into FE to steer adult education college City Lit to an outstanding Ofsted grade — and now is at the […]
The National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) has been continuing to advertise adult apprenticeships of less than a year, months after the government announced plans to clamp down on short programmes. In early December FE Week found the official NAS Twitter account tweeting a link (see end of article) on its vacancy matching website to 70 campsite […]
