FE News! Site Syndication http://www.fenews.co.uk Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:30:30 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.fenews.co.uk/images/M_images/logo.jpg http://www.fenews.co.uk FE News! Site Syndication http://www.fenews.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8801&Itemid=100073 Tougher rules will mean significantly fewer visas given to foreign students as part of a crackdown on abuses to the... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:33:19 +0100 http://www.fenews.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8800&Itemid=174 Chris Humphries CBE, chief executive of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, discusses skills for an older generation.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRAUwHFS8gs Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:57:17 +0100 http://www.fenews.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8799&Itemid=174 UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) discussion on managing recovery in the UK debate raising the standard. Consisting of... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:55:25 +0100 http://www.fenews.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8798&Itemid=100066 Colleges up and down the country have been busy staging events and activities to showcase the importance of apprenticeships and... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:49:01 +0100 http://www.fenews.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8797&Itemid=174 Jim Clifford, head of charity and education advisory services at Baker Tilly, the leading Third Sector specialists, discusses its new... Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:18:40 +0100 http://www.fenews.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8796&Itemid=100073 Sector Skills Councils (SSC) offer a twenty-fold return on the investment put into them, according to new research.Baker Tilly, the... Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:57:12 +0100 http://www.fenews.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8795&Itemid=174 Kevin Brennan MP at the Alliance of Sector Skills Councils UK Conference: Licensed to Skill.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqMgVGGl5g4 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:54:28 +0100 http://www.fenews.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8794&Itemid=174 John McNamara, chief executive of the Aliance of Sector Skills Councils, gives FE News an overview of the sectoral approach... Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:50:55 +0100 http://www.fenews.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8793&Itemid=100066 This month’s Apprenticeship Week (February 1-5) is celebrating the highest ever level of people starting the job-based qualifications and... Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:20:19 +0100 http://www.fenews.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8792&Itemid=100073 Martin Doel, chief executive of the Association of Colleges (AoC), rushed to give evidence to the Business, Innovation and Skills... Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:32:36 +0100 http://www.fenews.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8791&Itemid=100073 Britain's retailers have announced thousands more Apprenticeship places for their employees.As part of Apprenticeship Week, retailers including Morrisons, B&Q and... Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:35:25 +0100 http://www.fenews.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8790&Itemid=100066 Someone once told me that if ever I wanted to give something up, I should always do it in February,... Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:57:09 +0100 http://www.fenews.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8789&Itemid=100073 The introduction of an assessment-only route to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) has been welcomed by the Institute for Learning (IfL).The... Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:19:01 +0100 http://www.fenews.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8788&Itemid=100073 Changed funding arrangements resulted in one in five Learning and Skills (LSC) funded learning providers reducing opportunities for adult learners... Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:17:47 +0100 http://www.fenews.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8787&Itemid=100073 The chief executive of Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK), the Sector Skills Council, has announced he will be stepping down from... Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:50:40 +0100 http://www.fenews.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8786&Itemid=100073 The Ofsted Chief Inspector’s Annual Report lavishes mixed praise on the Government’s much vaunted Train to Gain skills programme.The Train... Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:20:42 +0100 http://www.fenews.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8785&Itemid=100066 Another phrase has entered the landscape of the further education system. Coined in Lord Mandelson’s Skills Strategy, earned autonomy proposes... Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:04:01 +0100 http://www.fenews.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8784&Itemid=100073 BT has unveiled plans for more than 7,200 of its contact centre staff to undertake Apprenticeship Framework training.The telecoms giant,... Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:16:52 +0100 http://www.fenews.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8783&Itemid=100066 It’s a New Year and there’s a fresh ‘60’s rock icons’ calendar on the wall. And hanging from the fridge... Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:25:32 +0100 http://www.fenews.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8782&Itemid=100073 With QCF promising a "brave new world" for the sector, providers are being encouraged to contribute to a Good Practice... Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:25:07 +0100