Outstanding College Principal officially receives OBE
Barnsley College Principal and CEO, Yiannis Koursis, has expressed his gratitude after officially being awarded an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)…
Month: November 2022
Micro-credentials: Certifying the future of higher education in the UK
COVID-19’s effect on education has created a paradigm shift for higher education while shining a light on challenges the sector was already facing. The pandemic…
Theatre Designer Fi Russell appointed as Lecturer for Costume Production at Arts University Plymouth
Theatre designer Fi Russell has been appointed as a Lecturer on BA (Hons) Costume Production at Arts University Plymouth. Fi joins the university after over…
Only a third of teachers aware of educational neuroscience, despite its effectiveness in improving outcomes
A survey of over 1,000 teachers and senior leaders in state schools has found 1 in 3 teachers do not know what educational neuroscience is,…
Ben’s new podcast gets students and staff talking about the things that matter
@BordersCollege student Ben Rorison is following his passion for radio presenting by launching a new podcast aimed at addressing issues faced by students. 19-year-old Ben…
New Pearson study identifies human skills as the ‘power skills’ most in demand in UK job market
New research from Pearson, the world’s leading learning company, finds that despite new technologies transforming the world of work, the top five most in demand…
What can Sir Michael Barber’s review accomplish for FE? Asks Professor Tom Bewick
Sir Michael Barber is an educationalist whose own academic background and career reflects those of other recent ‘skills advisers’ to occupy the space: Baroness Wolf,…
Cost of Learning: How the sector is stepping up to the ongoing crisis
After presenting on cost of living at this year’s Association of Colleges Conference, Michael Lemin, Head of Policy at the educational charity and leader in…
Britain’s ‘part-time work divide’ offers higher life satisfaction for many lower earners, but career constraints or lower living standards for other
People choose to work part-time for a number of reasons, many of them positive, but lower living standards, limited progression, and underemployment are key areas…
Cost-of-living crisis to hit students harder than expected
Students will be hit harder by the cost-of-living crisis than previously thought. Poorest studentswill be more than £1,000 worse off than in 2020–21. English-domiciled students…
