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Slashed funding leaves 7,000 jobs under threat

Scores of adult training courses could close as colleges face £200m budget cuts, survey reveals

published on 5 Feb 2010
Another View - Winter of discontent adds student wobbles to new-year squabbles

Comment: Stephen Jones

published on 5 Feb 2010
Trail of recession leaves dent in apprenticeship recruitment

Number of places down by 6 per cent on back of financial squeeze in key industries

published on 5 Feb 2010
Connection made

The Learning and Skills Network (LSN) has acquired Connections Oxford, a training and consultancy firm specialising in leadership and people development

published on 5 Feb 2010
Principal quits

Principal Daniel Khan quit Grimsby Institute on Tuesday after nine years’ service

published on 5 Feb 2010
One in five providers slashed courses for most vulnerable, says delayed report

Students with learning difficulties hit by adult education cuts despite promise they would not be affected

published on 5 Feb 2010

Funding bodies plan is a 'mess', say MPs

MPs have criticised the creation of two new funding agencies for further education as “a bureaucratic mess” and questioned whether it would bring any benefits

published on 5 Feb 2010
FErret

Jim-jams jettisoned & Going down for heir

published on 5 Feb 2010
SSCs repay investment twentyfold, report reveals

Sector skills councils repay the public and private investment they receive 20 times over, according to a report evaluating their impact

published on 5 Feb 2010
Plea for apprentices

Newcastle-under-Lyme College celebrated National Apprenticeship Week by encouraging more local employers to consider hiring an apprentice

published on 5 Feb 2010
Colleges could thrive as companies, says paper

157 Group report proposes radical shake-up that would see FE institutions running everything from schools and training providers to cleaning firms

published on 5 Feb 2010
Business model may offer a private solution

Comment: Alan Thomson

published on 5 Feb 2010

Divisional Manager - Learning & Skills

Ofsted

Salary Grade : Circa £75,000 | Closing date: 22 February 2010
Head of Operations

Hillcroft College

Salary Grade : range £30,000 - £35,000 | Closing date: 22 February 2010
Tutor and Team Leader - Women and Employment

Hillcroft College

Salary Grade : up to £31,117 (pro rata) depending on qualifications | Closing date: 22 February 2010