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Lifetime chairman Geoff Russell ‘leaves the company’

Russel leaves Lifetime Training after 15 months as executive chairman

News, Training Providers

We must collaborate to make retention a sector-wide priority

Colleges can’t compete on pay with industry or schools, writes Sam Parrett. We need to work together to retain staff in the sector without undermining each other

Opinion, Retention

Skills and training: the centrepiece of Brabin’s northern project

The mayor claims to have used her adult education budget to target areas where change was needed most, but is keenly eyeing more powers to make a difference

News, Profiles, Devolution, Long read

Apprenticeships in pharma are on the up. Here’s how to make sure they stay that way

Apprenticeships are a powerful tool for bridging the skills gap in the pharmaceutical sector – essential if we are to keep one of the UK’s most innovative industries globally competitive. With constant advancements in technology and medical research, the skills required within the industry are always changing and evolving. The demand for skilled workers has […]

Opinion, Apprenticeships

Mind the gap: adult skills education must adapt to changing learner needs

New research reveals seismic changes in job supply and employee demands with considerable repercussions for adult education, explains Iviyot Oberoi

Opinion, Adult education

PeoplePlus walks away from AEB delivery

Three years ago PeoplePlus held the largest national AEB contract among all independent training providers

News, AEB, Training Providers

Why Manchester’s proposals could lead straight MBacc to square one

Greater Manchester’s reforms are a step in the right direction but the journey has much further to go to get our sector Bacc to the future, writes Marius Ostrowski

Opinion, Qualifications

Ian Pryce, chief executive, Bedford College Group

Ian Pryce believes FE “hasn’t been good” at telling the story of how 30 years of college independence from government changed it “out of all recognition”. The chief executive of the Bedford College Group, is determined to redress that in his final FE Week interview as he approaches retirement. There is a perfect synchronicity to […]

Profiles, Colleges, Long read

Destination defund: the fight to save travel and tourism courses

High-profile workforce shortages in the travel industry haven’t stopped the government’s plans to defund rafts of popular courses. Jessica Hill investigates what’s next for travel and tourism training. When stories about long queues at UK airports hit the headlines last summer, travel woes were blamed on staffing shortages across the industry. But with the government […]

Feature, News, Long read, Qualifications, Skills reform