Barclays opens registration for money skills week
Barclays has today opened the registration period for next year’s money skills programme for FE colleges, which aims to strengthen the financial skills and confidence…
Month: October 2012
Encouraging change is vital
With the US election next week, I’m reminded of Barack Obama’s historic pre-Presidential mantra of “Change we can believe in”. Four years on, US voters…
Public vote to determine Apprenticeship Champion of the Year
Three former apprentices are battling it out to be crowned the first ever Apprenticeship Champion of the Year on 14 November. BAE employee Jenny Westworth…
Construction firms open sites to attract talent
The education sector has faced significant cuts during the recession, but this year Britain’s construction firms hope to shine some positive light on their sector…
Alan Cave says goodbye to Welfare to Work sector
Alan Cave, former DWP Delivery Director, reflects on the industry he has left as he prepares for a new role in Serco outside the welfare…
Technical learning at the forefront of FE debate
In the past month, technical learning has come back to the forefront of education. The annual party conferences have once again generated some interesting debates,…
Supporting effective transitions from school to work
The conventional wisdom is that practice follows policy; strategic decisions are taken at the centre and practitioners duly implement change. On this view to understand…
Kerry’s Odyssey
How do we engage more people in learning? We have plenty of stories of people getting bitten by the highly infectious ‘learning bug’ which has…
IfL responds to professionalism in FE debate
Following the last of the reviews by the independent panel regarding ‘Professionalism in Further Education,’ the Institute for Learning (IfL) has praised its members for…
Call to join the Institute of Employability Professionals
Since the Work Programme commenced in June 2011, the industry has seen a dramatic cultural and step change. Providers are now required to be much…