http://www.inc.com/peter-economy/23-powerful-motivational-quotes-to-lead-you-success.html 23 Powerful Motivational Quotes to Lead You Success Motivation is the essential factor to set and achieve goals in your personal and professional life--it…
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Paul Champion. After nearly two years working with the exceptional team at Chesterfield College it's time to move on. I have learnt so much…
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/test-your-knowledge-of-apprenticeships-with-our-quizYou may find your existing understanding of apprenticeships challenged, and even find out something surprising! National Apprenticeship Week runs from 9 to 13 March – throughout…
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FE NEWS- Paul Phillips is principal and chief executive of Weston College, Weston-super-Marehttp://www.fenews.co.uk/fe-news/sweet-and-sourThis has definitely been one of the strangest weeks of my life, during which…
http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/education-committee/news/apprenticeships-and-traineeships-report/The proportion of young people taking up any kind of apprenticeship remains too low, despite significant recent improvement in the number of apprenticeships that last…
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http://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2015/mar/08/uk-education-mimics-the-worst-aspects-of-a-mcdonalds-production-lineUK education mimics the worst aspects of a McDonald's production lineMike Grenier has been teaching English at Eton College for 21 years and co-founded the slow education movement.When…
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http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/feb/10/uk-plumbers-builders-engineers-skill-crisis-economyConstruction and technical companies blame recession for lack of apprentices and call on government and schools to promote trades Some companies are having to employ Portuguese…
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http://www.fenews.co.uk/fe-news/annual-ofsted-report-takeaways Thursday, 11 December 2014 13:47 Ofsted released its annual report yesterday, showing more FE colleges are achieving 'good' or 'outstanding' as well as a…
You can watch the debate here: http://www.parliamentlive.tv/main/Player.aspx?meetingId=16757 New experience but it was good to be part of.
Is it an appropriate time to pose the question “How Do We Measure The Impact of Apprenticeships?” The real value of any training programme is…
Northern Futures is a new initiative from the Deputy Prime Minister. The question we're trying to answer is: How do we build on the strengths…
http://news.tes.co.uk/further-education/b/news/2014/07/24/quality-of-post-16-stem-courses-39-undermined-39-by-lack-of-staff-training-time.aspx The quality of post-16 courses in science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) is being “undermined” by a lack of time for staff to develop…
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http://news.tes.co.uk/further-education/b/news/2014/07/17/london-39-s-skills-system-is-39-broken-39-mps-told.aspx?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_campaign=hootsuite London’s skills system is “broken” and needs a radical overhaul if future generations are to meet the needs of the city’s businesses, a group…
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Ending the gap between classroom and career: Labour’s next steps in skills and higher education reform Speech by Liam Byrne MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for…
http://www.teachthought.com/learning/habits-students-retreat/?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_campaign=hootsuite When Students Lack Confidence When Students Lack Confidence by Terry Heick Once it’s begun, you can’t fully separate the person from the task. When…
http://www.edudemic.com/better-learner-steps/?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_campaign=hootsuite “Education is what people do to you and learning is what you do for yourself,” said Joi Ito in his TED2014 talk. “You’re not…
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A union has criticised a college principal's pay rise of up to £50,000 over two years, while 99 members of staff are at risk of…
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Investing in supporting single parents to get an FE qualification could lift thousands of families out of poverty and boost the economy by up to…
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