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The newly-elected National Union of Students (NUS) vice president for FE Shakira Martin (pictured above left) has told of her hopes to boost the sector’s learner engagement and be an inspiration to minority groups during her tenure. The 26-year-old Lewisham Southwark College students’ union president spoke exclusively to FE Week after she secured 141 votes — […]
News
A month after the launch of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) ‘dual mandate’ consultation on the future of FE and Mick Fletcher reflects on what the hefty 90-page document presents. It is a measure of how far our expectations of BIS have sunk that a deeply flawed paper such as the consultation […]
Opinion
Last week, FE Week revealed the best and worst success rates performers for classroom-based provision in 2013/14 — and this week it’s the turn of apprenticeships, writes Rebecca Cooney. Click here to view the page
As her heart raced, her mouth dried and her imagination ran wild with the tragic scenes that could lay ahead after reports of a gunman on campus, Sam Parrett was calmed by the wise words of her then-principal. “No matter how much you’re panicking inside, all the people in that building are panicking much, much […]
Profiles
With further education being placed centre stage in the 2015 General Election, Andrew Gladstone-Heighton considers whether policy change is needed in an industry that has already endured so much recent reform. The focus on FE seen from each political party so far in this election campaign has been more than encouraging.Issues such as vocational training […]
The principal of a large and well-established FE college writes about life at the top — the worries, the hopes, the people and the issues they have to deal with every day. Is there a general election? Whither education, education and education? Is there a general election? Whither education, education and education?Well, we’re all reeling […]
Nearly 40 per cent of under 19 Functional Skills (FS) enrolments at general FE and tertiary colleges and independent learning providers (ILPs) failed to achieve their qualification last academic year, it has been revealed. The figure is based on the Skills Funding Agency success rates tables, published this month, which for the first time included […]
The Liberal Democrats have joined the apprenticeship numbers race, matching Tory plans to create 3m starts in the next Parliament by doubling the number of businesses with apprentices. The party has announced it will push starts past the 3m by 2020 if it wins the election by giving out 200,000 extra apprenticeship grants for employers (AGE) and […]
The Skills Funding Agency’s national success rates were published this month — and for the first time ever were divided into classroom qualifications and apprenticeships. This week, FE Week reporter Rebecca Cooney takes a look at the results for classroom qualifications. Click here to view the spread
