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Job losses as LSIS faces closure

As many as 162 people face losing their jobs after the government’s confirmation that the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) will no longer receive funding. LSIS announced it had “no alternative” but to begin a managed exit from its delivery of improvement services for FE and the skills sector. Chief executive Rob Wye told […]

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New FE Guild chair looks to technology

The chair of the FE Guild steering group has revealed to FE Week why he would make it an “important priority” to support teachers to become more “technologically literate”. David Hughes said there hadn’t been enough investment and focus in FE on technology such as video lectures and the use of apps in the classroom […]

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How to get 14-year-olds on the right track

From left:  Jewel Barnes and TJ Anderson, both of Downside Fisher Youth Club, Ann Hodgson, Institute of Education, Nick Linford of FE Week, Nic Dakin MP, Christopher Monaf and Nathanial Danderson, also of Downside Fisher Youth Club Meaningful careers advice and support would help 14-year-olds plan their futures, teenagers told  a parliamentary panel. Four members […]

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Doug Richard, author, Richard Review of Apprenticeships

From humble beginnings a dragon was born. The entrepreneurial nous of Dragons’ Den investor and government review author Doug Richard wasn’t always present. Today, aged 54, he runs the School for Startups social enterprise and keeps an eye on new business opportunities with the Cambridge Angels investment group, but the picture of a young Richard, […]

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Work Programme needs to focus on the right skills

A leading adult learning charity has said a £435 million government programme introduced 18 months ago to get the long-term unemployed back into work has failed to train people in the skills they need to get a job. The Work Programme has been attacked after official figures revealed that just one in 28 unemployed people […]

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Nowt right with rote

English and maths may well be key to learning, but let’s not forget the practical skills of time management, teamwork and communications, according to Graham Hasting-Evans of the National Open College Network (NOCN) Hardly a day goes by without the government, business groups or some MP having their say on the state of our education […]

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Graham Morley, principal, South Staffordshire College

“I hated school with a passion, hated going every single day and even now don’t look back on it and say those days were the happiest of my life like a lot of people do,” says Graham Morley, Chief Executive Principal of South Staffordshire College. Being the youngest in the year, disliking football and in the […]

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Report warned of merger costs

A cash-strapped college that recently got a government warning about its finances went ahead with a “costly” merger despite a report critical of the move, it has emerged. Under-fire K College, in Kent, has a £6.4m deficit and in August became the first provider to get a government warning that could lead to the withdrawal […]

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Future of LSIS in doubt as FE Guild role emerges

The future of the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) is in doubt with plans for its role to be taken up by the FE Guild, FE Week can exclusively reveal. A spokesperson for LSIS said the “transition” should be completed by the end of July next year. It is understood the Department for Business, […]

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