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This is how we can boost the number of girls and women on construction courses

There’s a huge market for female tradespeople to come round and fix the electrics, so we need to get more on construction courses, writes Nikki Davis Being a college with one specific industry focus – in our case, construction – has lots of advantages. But even with our advantages, it still takes a lot of effort […]

Opinion

The Skills Bill is not about taking back control of colleges

Instances of serious failure are rare and the government wants to reduce interventions with the Skills Bill, writes Gillian Keegan This week we introduced the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill in Parliament. Not only did this mark an historic moment for education, it also signalled how serious we are about skills reform. While the Bill […]

Opinion

Right2Learn campaign to host inaugural conference tonight

A new campaign that argues for a lifelong statutory right to fully funded learning for every adult is holding its first conference tonight. Former education secretary Lord David Blunkett will be the opening speaker for the Right2Learn campaign, which was founded in December 20202 by a steering group including ex-shadow skills minister Gordon Marsden (pictured). […]

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New powers in Skills Bill point to radical loss of autonomy for colleges

Government is taking more control but the Skills Bill will only be a success if young people are kept at the heart of it, writes Angela Donkin The new Skills Bill has been published with a legal requirement for employers and colleges to work together to fill local skills gaps. The DfE’s press release does […]

Opinion

Meet WorldSkills UK’s new Skills Taskforce for Global Britain

A team of education and business leaders have been assembled to drive the use of skills in “levelling up” and attracting investment to the UK economy. The Skills Taskforce for Global Britain, commissioned and supported by but independent of WorldSkills UK and accountancy firm EY, is being launched at the former organisation’s virtual International Skills […]

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Skills Bill to reveal extent government taking back control of colleges

The scope of new powers for the education secretary to intervene where colleges are deemed to be “failing” their communities will be revealed today. The first draft of the new Skills and Post-16 Education Bill will be laid before parliament this afternoon. It follows last week’s Queen’s speech and will legislate for reforms set out […]

News, Skills reform

Let’s embed education for sustainable development (ESD) in teaching and training

To have a hope of meeting the government’s green goals, education for sustainable development needs to be embedded in apprenticeships and staff training, writes Charlotte Bonner Last week saw the publication of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE)’s sustainability framework. This document helps employer trailblazer groups, who are responsible for developing apprenticeship standards, […]

Opinion

‘Skills taxonomy’: new algorithm planned to seek out skills cold spots

A government tender has revealed plans to develop a “skills taxonomy” that could sit at the heart of Department for Education proposals to dictate college courses. Ministers want a new algorithm developed to map England’s skills shortages, with experts predicting it will play a key role in putting local skills improvement plans (LSIPs) together. Beginning […]

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WorldSkills centres expand to ITPs

A new teacher development programme run by WorldSkills UK is being expanded to independent and employer providers. From Monday until June 4, the organisation – which puts up teams of skilled young people against other nations at international ‘Skills Olympics’ events – will be accepting applications for the second wave of its Centre of Excellence […]

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