Publication: FE Week

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

Apprenticeship search tool ‘on the way’

Potential apprentices will soon be able to find their route into a vocation more easily with a new online search tool currently under development, according to the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS).Vic Grimes, divisional apprenticeship director for ... [Published FE Week - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Vic Grimes, Nick Hurd, NAS, Peter Smith

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

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FE Guild announces new chief executive

Sir Geoff Hall has been named interim chief executive of the FE Guild.The former principal and chief executive of New College Nottingham and chair of the Information Authority, who was knighted for services to FE in the New Year Honours 2012, began his ... [Published FE Week - May 20 2013]

Entities: Appointed, Leeds City College, New College Nottingham, PETER Roberts

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Chutney for change

A woman who is running a social enterprise while studying for a degree has won a North West Regional Individual Learner Award.Rachel Gilkes, 37, from Chorley, enrolled on a degree in social science at Blackburn College in 2011 to help her to return to ... [Published FE Week - May 17 2013]

Entities: Vegetables, Fruit, Teaching

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Overcoming adversity through adult learning

A beauty apprentice from Somerset has battled against dyslexia, won a national skills contest, started her own business, looked after a young child – and won this year’s Apprentice of the Year award.Twenty-year-old Emma Rogers struggled at school but ... [Published FE Week - May 17 2013]

Entities: Duncan Bannatyne, Dyslexia, Skincare, United Kingdom

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Pinewood Studios

‘I’m just a normal guy with a passion for the film industry’

A former soldier who left the army to pursue a career in film and is now working for Pinewood Studios has won the Learning through Arts, Craft Skills and Culture Individual Award.Dean Short, 24 and from Manchester, left school with one GCSE but later ... [Published FE Week - May 17 2013]

Entities: Danny Boyle, Pinewood Studios, Dyslexia

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Building a career through education

Paul Cano-Lopez won an individual learner award in 2001, and since then has completed two masters’ degrees and now runs his own successful training company.At 28 Paul, from Essex, was diagnosed with arthritis in his hands and arms, making it difficult ... [Published FE Week - May 17 2013]

Entities: Education, Plasterer, Arthritis, Construction

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

James Anderson

X-traordinary achievements honoured at City Lit

This year’s City Lit awards saw more than 30 adult learners receive recognition for their accomplishments. Chris Henwood went along to find out moreDozens of adult learners enjoyed a touch of Hollywood glamour as they collected prizes at an annual awards ... [Published FE Week - May 17 2013]

Entities: City Literary Institute, Gillian Anderson, James Anderson, Special Agent, London

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 3 reports

We must keep the doors open for all adult learners

Policymakers need to see adult education and lifelong learning beyond the silo of the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, particularly in these straitened times, says Gordon MarsdenAdult Learners’ Week is a great opportunity to showcase the ... [Published FE Week - May 17 2013]

Entities: Gordon Marsden, John Hayes, Matthew Hancock, Department for Communities and Local Government, The Open University

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Tristram Hunt ~ his story

The Shadow junior education minister talks to FE WeekA rich vein of history runs through Tristram Hunt, rising to the surface and touching everything he talks about.The 38-year-old history graduate’s love for the Industrial Revolution, which spawned times ... [Published FE Week - May 17 2013]

Entities: Tristram Hunt, The Labour Party (United Kingdom), Industrial Revolution, Tony Blair

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Everyone should have a chance to learn

Matthew Hancock celebrates Adult Learners’ Week. It is a chance, he says, for people to seek out opportunities they might never have considered beforeAll of us in the further education and skills sector have a part to play to ensure that everyone in ... [Published FE Week - May 17 2013]

Entities: Matthew Hancock, Education, 19th century, Disability, Reformism

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Finding the right blend

It’s early days for massive open online courses (Moocs), but do they have a role in FE, asks Peter KilcoyneFunding cuts have had an impact on staffing levels at Worcester College of Technology (WCT) as in most FE institutions.As a result we decided early ... [Published FE Week - May 17 2013]

Entities: Teaching, Higher Education, YouTube LLC

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

LEPs can articulate the needs of business

The 39 local enterprise partnerships really do want to raise skill and employability levels as a fundamental to driving local growth, says David FrostPerhaps one of the most dispiriting aspects of working with local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) is that ... [Published FE Week - May 17 2013]

Entities: Enterprise, Higher Education, Advocate

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