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BETT: World’s largest learning technology trade show comes to London town

BETT Show 2012 replaces traditional seminars with a number of interactive sessions known collectively as LearnLive. The format hopes to discourage static presentations and open up more opportunities both for networking and intelligent discussion between participants. Visitors can influence each session by contacting a programme ‘leader’ through Twitter or youbett, an online social community designed […]

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Employer ownership of skills: a Christmas rant

Employers are to be given £250 million of colleges’ funding. Shocking. But hang on: what funding is it that colleges are entitled to? Of course all good employers want to develop the skills of their workforce and apprentices, and most want to use the best colleges and training providers to help them. Where employers act […]

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The latest plans for FE

With the Chancellor’s Autumn Financial Statement now out of the way, budgets are being set for different parts of the education system. First out of the blocks has been the FE and adult skills sector where BIS has announced an overall budget of £3.8bn for 2012/13, dropping as per previous announcements to £3.4bn for 2013/14 […]

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Funding of adult basic skills to be overhauled in new pilot

The funding of basic numeracy and literacy is to be completely overhauled following little improvement in adult basic skills during the last decade. The government will pilot a new funding scheme next year which allocates provision based on the ‘distance’ a learner has ‘travelled’ on a programme, rather than the end qualification. The pilot, announced […]

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Speech by Simon Waugh (NAS) at ‘The Future of Apprenticeships’ conference

(For the full event report from ‘The Future of Apprenticeships’ conference, click here) Good morning everybody. For those of you that know me, I’m always delighted to be talking about apprenticeships. There’s absolutely no doubt in my mind, and I hope in most of your minds I think, that apprenticeships, if done right, can add […]

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Ofsted: Too little outstanding teaching in learning and skills

Quality of teaching in further education has been criticised in the annual report education regulator Ofsted. The report said there was “too little outstanding teaching in learning and skills providers” inspected in 2010/11. It said only 13 independent learning providers and two employer providers were judged outstanding for quality of teaching, with no colleges, adult […]

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‘Trust’ is key for new college freedoms

As the saying goes, all good relationships are built on trust – and it seems that motto can be extended to the world of further education (FE). The link to the old adage was made during the Association of Colleges (AoC) Annual Conference and Exhibition 2011 on Tuesday, when more powers due to be handed to […]

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Will ‘change’ be the buzz word at AoC conference?

November is always a busy month for the FE world, not least because the sector’s AoC Annual Conference thrusts FE policy into the spotlight. This year looks like being no different with the Chancellor’s Autumn Financial Statement, details on the education and skills component of the Growth Plan, an updated Skills Investment Strategy, a participation […]

Opinion

Inspections for sale. Whose bright idea was that!?

Time is running out to respond to Ofsted’s consultation on its new Common Inspection Framework proposals. The deadline is November 24 so if you’re thinking about adding your two-penneth, you need to get your skates on. This is a rare opportunity to pass judgment on Ofsted (doesn’t normally happen that way around). After reading the […]

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