York College
‘apprenticeships’
Karleen Dowden outlines her attempt to persuade school leaders, at the Association of School and College Leaders’ two-day annual conference in Birmingham this month, why higher apprenticeships should figure highly in their careers guidance. With more than 1 million young people not in education, employment or training (Neet) and 51 per cent of businesses claiming […]
Opinion
Dr Mary Bousted’s route to the top job at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers was (ATL) entirely unconventional. This is no stereotypically duffle-coated, megaphone-wielding trade union leader. The former teacher and university lecturer always considered herself a trade unionist, but never imagined she would lead the ATL. Teaching initially in Harrow, West London, she […]
Profiles
West Nottinghamshire College has announced plans to shut almost half of the training centres it bought under last year’s Pearson in Practice deal. The college, which struck the deal with Pearson last spring for an undisclosed amount and now runs it under the name Vision Workforce Skills, wants to close centres in Romford, Newcastle, Bristol […]
News
Nine more councils are to get a slap on the wrist over their tracking of 16 and 17-year-olds, just six months after a dozen other local authorities were deemed to be failing. The Department for Education has revealed that Skills Minister Matthew Hancock is to write to the nine authorities about their recording of teenagers’ […]
Construction and maintenance apprentices in Derby put their skills to good use by giving a church and community centre a huge facelift, writes Paul Offord. Brownies, Cubs, Girl Guides and a parent and toddler group are just a handful of the regular users of an East Midlands community centre and church who are benefiting from […]
Bulletin
Students from 30 sixth form colleges took part in a United Nations-style event at Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College. The event, at the college in Birmingham, was opened by journalist John McCarthy CBE, who was held hostage from 1986 to 1991in the Lebanon. Around 300 students represented 40 countries and acted as delegates from UN […]
Doncaster College students raised over £600 for Sports Relief with the help of Doncaster Rovers players Alex Peterson and Josh Meade. The professional footballers, who attended the college from 2011 to 2013, made a 15 minute sponsored dash around the college campus and collected £97 sponsorship from staff and students. Students and staff were sponsored […]
East Durham College catering students prepared healthy dishes for elderly residents at a care home. The group of five level two learners visited Ashwood Park Care Home, in Durham, which provides residential and nursing care. They prepared a special low-fat shepherd’s pie and a diabetic carrot and currant cake, using sweetener rather than sugar. The […]
Chancellor George Osborne was given bricklaying tips by an apprentice. Mr Osborne visited a site in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, where construction firm Barratt homes is building 800 new homes. He was shown how to build a wall by level one bricklaying apprentice Tom Fyfe, aged 16, who works for Barratt and does his training with North […]
