Skills Strategy: Three Crucial Balances Need to Be Struck
The panel discussion I chaired on Growth, Skills and Place at the Lifelong Education Institute’s Annual Conference in April brought together a prominent Labour politician…
Dr Ann Limb CBE DL
I shall keep on speaking up and speaking out – because the world needs figures of speech
#ChooseToChallenge #IWD2021 #LGBTHM21 – How a 68 year-old, batty, overweight, post-menopausal pansexual dwarf became an unwitting role model It is so important to have positive role…
Tackling barriers to learning for disadvantaged students
On Tom Bewick’s topical and timely #SkillsWorld LIVE show last week (Episode 7, 22 October 2020), he asked the question ‘Are we doing enough for…
If not now, when? This is the moment for a skills revolution
Five ‘big ideas’ which are vital to ensure the UK skills sector is able to play the critical role it should in post Covid19 recovery …
Have faith in the transforming power of FE
Transforming power of FE: Equality, Education and Equity = Philanthropy I am a proud Mancunian and Northerner – living proof that social mobility was possible…
A unique approach to FE skills in one of the UK’s most important corridors
All Party Parliamentary Group for the UK Innovation Corridor (UKIC) brings together further education, business, council leaders and industry experts from London to Peterborough all…
Collaborating across #FE and beyond to honour and celebrate all diversity
Someone once described me as ‘an entrepreneur with public sector values’. As soubriquets go, I’ve been referred to a lot less flatteringly; I also think…
Ann Limb calls for FE Leaders to pick up the LGBT+ baton
It’s time for FE Leaders to pick up the LGBT+ baton I can’t consciously recall the moment I knew I was able to love, romantically,…
Ann Limb shares some tips on how Providers can engage with their local LEP
Dr Ann Limb, Chair of the South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnership (SEMLEP) shares some tips on how Training Providers can get more involved with…
LEPs put skills and productivity at the heart of their strategic thinking
There’s not a single one of the 39 LEPs that hasn’t put skills and productivity at the heart of its strategic thinking about the future…