NPTC Group of Colleges best in the UK for Plastering
Fresh from winning the Collino Trophy, the plastering department at @NPTCGroup has once again received recognition of excellence from The Worshipful Company of Plaisterers, winning…
Month: November 2019
Mayor’s Cadet honour for former Havering College Student of the Year
Former College 14-16 Student of the Year, Apple-Jane Hayward, has been selected as the official Mayor’s Cadet to accompany the Mayor of Brentwood on civic…
Government misses its own teacher recruitment targets for seventh consecutive year
Initial teacher training: trainee number census – 2019 to 2020 Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, said: “This is the seventh…
Helena Kennedy Foundation still providing the key to the door of education after twenty-one years
This month sees the twenty-first anniversary of the founding of the Helena Kennedy Foundation, the independent educational and social justice charity. Since 1998 it has…
Welsh college gives five-star performance at WorldSkills UK LIVE #WSUKLIVE
COLEG CAMBRIA enhanced its reputation as a leader in skills and training at a national competition More than 500 participants from across the country took…
£11M academy to train next generation of geophysical engineers
Professor Alice Gast with Sinopec Chair Houliang Dai Sinopec, one of the world’s largest energy companies, has committed £11 million to establish the Academy. Imperial’s…
How to build a successful financial education strategy in 2020
2019 was the year when the conversation around finances shifted for good. Across the media, in social networks and communities, we’ve seen the last taboo…
Collaboration instead of Competition, AELP’s Mark Dawe discusses the FE System of the future
FE News chat with Association of Employment and Learning Providers CEO, Mark Dawe at the Association of Colleges 2019 annual conference. We dream big with…
Disadvantaged students are 61% more likely to enter university now than they were ten years’ ago
Universities UK welcomes UCAS figures on disadvantaged students Universities UK (UUK) today welcomes figures showing that disadvantaged students are 61% more likely to enter university…
The National Deaf Children’s Society is calling on every political party to commit to improving support for the UK’s 1.1 million disabled children
More than two million votes up for grabs among parents of disabled children as #Brexit tumbles to third most important issue The votes of more…