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Do you have any questions for the Federation of Awarding Bodies?

FE News are preparing to travel up for the Federation of Awarding Bodies conference tomorrow. I love the acronym FAB. Do you have any questions you would like us to ask the FAB or particular awarding bodies? Is there anything you would like us t...

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Áine Alam replied to FEnews's discussion 'Is FE drifting into an iceberg with the LSC to Local Authority changes?'

I must admit, I rarely pay atention to funding streams. What concerns me more id the new curricula which will be on offer come 2011. I am far from confident that it will prepare our young and life long learners for work never mind an advanced work...

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Áine Alam commented on FEnews's group 'FE Experts'

is work based learning heading for a nose dive with the emphasis on "bums on seats" that the next round of new curricula seems to uphold!

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Is FE drifting into an iceberg with the LSC to Local Authority changes?

The clock is ticking with the changes of funding from LSC to Local Authorities. David Grailey, Chief Exec of NCFE has written a really interesting article on FE News and has raised the question of whether FE is being a bit of a Titanic drifting in...

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Luc Benyon replied to FEnews's discussion 'Do Competitions in Education promote Excellence rather than just competence?'

Excellence as a goal can only be a good thing, even if it is not achieved by all. Competitions are a great way of engaging learners (they enjoy being a part of wider activities) and some competition (with a small c) will go to enhance results. The...

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Behind every UK WorldSkills competitor there is a dedicated and supportive training manager and WorldSkills expert. This individual oversees all aspects of the technical training and development of identified potential UK competitors in the build-up to a WorldSkills Competition. This mont… Continue

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Have your say - Lifelong Learning UK calls for input on National Occupational Standards Review

HAVE YOUR SAY - LIFELONG LEARNING UK CALLS FOR INPUT ON NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS REVIEW
Input needed for the review of Learning and Development National Occupational Standards
Lifelong Learning UK, the sector skills council responsible for developing the skills of more than 1.2million people working in post-compulsory education, has today launched a review of Learning and Development National Occupational Standards (NOS). The organisation wants to hear from people working in Learni… Continue

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At 4:04pm on November 6, 2009, John Murphy said…: Journalism, doesn't seem to be much demand for journalism teachers in FE these days

At 2:16pm on November 6, 2009, Stephen Lewin said…: I am a A1 qualified assessor and my background is in policing. Having retired from the police I have tried to continue with assessing but trying to convince employers that my skills can be related to other subjects is virtually impossible. I have had a little bit of work assessing taxi drivers but even though I have done this others will not take me on because I haven't been a taxi driver. Its the same with security, although I have a lot of the basic skills involved and have previously in the police assessed nearly the same units because i haven't been a security guard companies wont employ me.

At 1:12pm on November 2, 2009, Gemma Boland said…: Hey, thanks. Any chance of getting it onto FE press releases on the Home Page and not just on community?

Thanks,

Gemma Boland

At 9:41pm on October 28, 2009, Allan Richards said…: Hello Gavin
Thanks for the call and compliment. I attached the image as a test but my machine at work will not display anything except text, so I never actually saw the effect. Credit must go to Microsoft, it's one of their sample pics!
I have been described as a teacher of "Engineering Academics", a phrase coined by a colleague to describe in one term what we do. I teach fundamental and applied mathematics, electrical and electronic principles and engineering system characteristics to engineering apprentices. in a form of "cradle-to-graduation" training. Seems to work.

Regards, Allan

At 5:55pm on October 28, 2009, Shane Chowen said…: Hi Gavin. I'd really like to contribute to FEnews on behalf of NUS.
Drop me an e-mail on: shane.chowen@nus.org.uk and we can talk more.
Thanks for getting in touch!

Shane
NUS Vice President (FE)

At 12:52pm on October 23, 2009, Philip Lucas said…: Hi Gavin - we do surveys, data analysis, mapping and consultancy for providers and national bodies such as LSC. Currently evaluating roll-out of Skills Accounts, for example. Basically, research and consultancy in the post-16 sector. Thanks for the welcome. Philip

At 12:38pm on October 23, 2009, John Goulding said…: Sport and PE

At 9:36am on October 23, 2009, Clive Purcell said…: Hi Gavin, I work with esg and its brands (stl, triangle, sencia and orient) providing group-wide communications consultancy. I also work with a number of FE colleges providing strategic stakeholder communications in support of accommodation renewal and mergers. Glad to hear you're working with Rosie. I'll keep you posted with news.

Cheers
Clive

At 9:35am on October 22, 2009, Laura Downton said…: Thanks Gavin, that's great. We'll make sure we tweet it!

At 10:49am on October 21, 2009, Lucy Andrews said…: Hi Gavin, thanks for your welcome - I'm still exploring the site!

My background is in working for the Surrey Lifelong Learning Partnership. We're a not-for-profit organisation which helps promote learning for everyone in Surrey, provides an independent voice for learners and identifies gaps in learning provision in order to facilitate planning and action with partners, many of whom are FE colleges. Always looking for ways to network and keep abreast with changes in the sector so this site looks like it will be useful.