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Friend or foe? Social media for learning 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Social media has taken a bit of a hammering in recent weeks. The controversy surrounding Ask.fm and their sites safety may well have put learning providers off officially sanctioning social media as a...
College partnerships with sub-contractors – making it work 23 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Of the many challenges facing the FE sector today; achieving the right balance between working with private training providers and being self-sufficient is one that continues to challenge college prin...
Work Programme is changing people's lives for the better, says Mark Hoban 19 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
After a decade of battling depression, 45-year-old Richard from Grantham is off sickness benefits and back in work thanks to the Work Programme. He credits the Programme for giving him the confidence ...
Working together to design the City & Guilds TechBac® 9 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
At City & Guilds, we have just completed a major consultation exercise talking to employers, education providers and young people about our refreshed City & Guilds TechBac® and our 14-18 offer more ge...
Closing the skills gap with traineeships 7 Aug 2013 | 08:35 pm
The UK risks failing to close its "chronic skills gaps" by continuing to push young people towards the university "default route", according to business leaders. A recent report from the CBI suggests ...
Opportunities in the financial sector for next generation learners 2 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
This may indeed be the best of times for next-generation learners to consider careers in the financial, finance and accountancy sectors. The sector is evolving in a way that should set a precedent for...
Technology breakthrough will help basic maths teaching 30 Jul 2013 | 09:27 pm
Maren Deepwell, chief executive of the Association for Learning Technology, explains how new collaborative efforts are creating innovative tools for learning, particularly in basic maths. With the cu...
The DfE post-16 work experience and enterprise education guidance explained 29 Jul 2013 | 04:40 pm
As we know, delivery of work experience and enterprise education will form an integral part of the 16-19 study programmes from September 2013. The recent guidance ‘Post-16 work experience and enterpri...
Is the role of the teacher dead? 25 Jul 2013 | 11:54 pm
Not a week goes by without another news article on the rise of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and the availability of free online learning resources. Access to education is being opened up by the...
A new vocational paradigm? 18 Jul 2013 | 09:11 pm
There have been many calls for vocational education and training to be established within the English educational system as a robust and esteemed route, but they have all failed. Today, such calls ar...
