Government to launch FE Guild after Lord Lingfield backing
Skills Minister Matthew Hancock has announced plans to form an FE Guild after the concept received backing from Lord Lingfield’s review into the sector. Lord…
Month: October 2012
Professionalism in further education review: final report
Recommendations from the Lord Lingfield review on developing national occupational standards for teaching staff in the further eduction sector. Professionalism in further education: final report of…
Four reasons why FE needs to make more use of LinkedIn
The world seems to love the social web these days. It’s not just individuals who are spending more time online and on the social media…
Using video to promote your college
YouTube is now the second largest search engine in the world. This shouldn’t surprise anyone when Google, who also own the biggest search engine in…
Unemployment falls… but there’s still room for improvement
It’s encouraging to see that the latest reports from the Office for National Statistics have revealed a fall in unemployment, suggesting that Britain’s economy may…
A relic of the past? Is there a future for the printed prospectus?
In these days of all things social (in media terms), is there still a place for the printed college prospectus? At one time, there was…
Warwickshire College unveils first UK-backed FE college in China
Warwickshire College has become the first educational establishment in the UK to open an FE college in China as part of a new breakthrough project.…
Helping colleges improve
This autumn, the early findings of the revised version of How Colleges Improve were made public at a LSIS event in Birmingham. In 2008 the original…
FE sector given opportunity to shape teaching qualifications
The government called on FE teachers, trainers and their employers for ideas to help streamline teaching qualifications in a proposal document being launched today. Its…
Weston College update – HE in FE
Every College academic year is different and the level of challenges facing the sector is at an unprecedented high. Equally, individual Colleges will face their…