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Leaked memo from BIS about cuts in FE - what does this mean for everyone?
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Bloodhound, Richard Nobel's & FE's "1000 mph car" Land Speed Record Project

Bloodhound is an incredibly innovative project to excite and engage young people into learning maths and engineering. Bloodhound is the 1000mph car for the 2010 landspeed record attempt. A truly innovative and exciting project led by former land s...

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Lord Mandelson Q+A at AoC

Lord Mandelson from BIS, question and answer at the AoC Conference

November 20

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Triple celebration for Central Sussex College students!

October has been a month for celebrating achievement as Central Sussex College presented certificates to successful students from three of the faculties based at the Crawley campus. The Faculty of Training Solutions was first to host their cere...

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Harlow College for National Anti-bullying week video

Harlow College says REPORT IT! Students at Harlow College have created a video to mark national ant-bullying week 2009. Starring over one hundred of the college’s students from all walks of life, the video sends a strong message that bullying of...

November 13

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The New FE News site is now live - what do you think?

The new singing and dancing FE News (www.FEnews.co.uk) site is now live. What do you think? As we have so many industry specialist columnists writing on FE News, we decided to make it easier to view their monthly columns. We have also seperated o...

November 12

Luc Benyon replied to FEnews's discussion 'Leaked memo from BIS about cuts in FE - what does this mean for everyone?'

Obviously this is bad news. However talking to practitioners it is clear that few expected the funding for employer training to continue indefinately. Train to Gain seems to be an abvious place for BIS to find cash - not that I'm endorsing their d...

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Leaked memo from BIS about cuts in FE - what does this mean for everyone?

We came across a story on the Observer about a leaked memo from BIS about massive cuts in FE, particularly Train to Gain and apprenticeships (including 19+). Check out: http://www.fenews.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8676&Itemid=...

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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...

October 31

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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Check out the new FE News site, as they focus on their expert Columnists and Video Interviews

Have you seen the new look and feel for FE News? www.FENews.co.uk is the online magazine for Further Education, skills and employability. FE News is the sister site to FE Careers and was launched seven years ago.

In this time the FE News site has transformed and this week the new and improved FE News, with a whole new design, structure and service has been launched. New focus for the s… Continue

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Check out the new FE News site, as they focus on their expert Columnists and Video Interviews

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The UK’s unsung heroes

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 5:40pm on November 13, 2009, Kate Moloughney said…: Hi Gavin

Thanks for the message - hope all is well.

Do pop along to the stand next week and say hello to the team!

Speak Soon

Kate

At 10:53am on November 9, 2009, Josie Scobling said…: Hi Gavin,

Thanks for the welcome. Good to be working with you and FEnews. Yes, I do work alongside Ruth. Happy to do what we can for the community.

Josie (Cornwall College)

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