Household names sign up to Cafe Culture learning
More than 60 innovative companies have joined the government’s ‘Café Culture’ campaign to increase informal workplace training for their staff. Companies including BT, Barclays and…
Month: August 2010
Apprenticeships increase earning power
Apprenticeships give disadvantaged young people in Britain the potential to earn more – with men benefitting more than women, new research reveals. According to think…
Mobile learning holds real potential for Further Education
In recent years, the definition of a learner studying at a Further Education College has grown to encompass a broad range of people of varying…
Forgotten graduates – the trouble with linking uni to success
Getting your A-Level results is one of those days you’ll remember for the rest of your life. I remember mine well. I was volunteering for…
Interactive whiteboard group announces new global community
SMART Technologies, producers of the popular interactive whiteboards, have announced a new global community which provides technical resources, accreditation programs and marketing guidance to member…
Ex-Gurkhas encouraged to integrate through learning
Former Gurkhas are to be given help to access English language speaking courses in order to help them integrate and settle in the UK. The…
Skills for Sustainable Growth – are we really asking the right questions?
The consultation paper on ‘Skills for Sustainable Growth’ asks some thirty questions to which the government (or more precisely BIS) would like a response. Unfortunately…
The UK now has one year to prepare for WorldSkills
The eyes of the educational and skills training world along with the leaders of industry will be firmly fixed on ExCeL London between 5-8 October…
The UK now has one year to prepare for WorldSkills
The eyes of the educational and skills training world along with the leaders of industry will be firmly fixed on ExCeL London between 5-8 October…
A-Level results reveal more SET enthusiasm from girls
As more girls take up science, engineering and technology A-Levels, the message that a career in SET is not just for boys is “finally getting…