Secret identity unveiled
The new identity for Higher Futures, formerly South Yorkshire Lifelong Learning Network, was unveiled during our launch event at Sheffield's Millennium Galleries and Winter Garden.
Higher Education - Denham announcement expected on student finance (Education Guardian, 5 July 2007)
The head of the newly formed Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, John Denham, is set to make a big announcement on student support to the House of Commons today.
Higher Education - Increased support for students in higher education (Government News Network, 5 July 2007)
The Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, John Denham today announced major changes to the system of student support in higher education to ensure that all people with the potential and qualifications, no matter what their background, have the opportunity to participate and succeed in higher education.
Leitch -Lifelong Learning UK welcomes government skills report (LLUK, 18 July 2007)
Rt Hon John Denham MP, Secretary of State at the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, today released the awaited 'World Class Skills: Implementing the Leitch Review of Skills in England', the government response to the Leitch review published last December.
Leitch -More than words to improve skills (Telegraph, 20 July 2007)
Opinion piece: ask business people around Britain to name the issues that keep them awake at night, and the odds are that they will put skills and training high up on the list, by Richard Lambert, Director General of the CBI.
Lifelong Learning - Alliance for Lifelong Learning begins work(FE News, 6 July 2007)
The Basic Skills Agency (BSA) has merged with the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) this week and the expanded NIACE will work in alliance with Tribal, provider of consultancy services, in the field of literacy, language and numeracy across all age ranges in England.
Sector Skills Councils - Sector Skills Councils Partnership Agreement(FE News, 13 July 2007)
Public sector SSCs announced agreement for joint working. The Public Services Skills Councils (SSCs) have announced their intention to work collaboratively for the delivery of excellence in public services.
Skills - Campaign promotes skills upgrade (BBC News, 8 July 2007)
An advertising campaign encouraging people to upgrade their skills through education and training is being launched by the Government.
Skills - Green Eyed Nation - Skills are envied more than beauty (LSC, 10 July 2007)
Forget beauty or money - the real thing we envy in others is their skills, according to a new ICM poll, commissioned by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC), out today. More than a third of people in the poll confessed to envying the skills and abilities of others, whereas only 4 per cent felt jealous of other people's beauty.
Vocational Education - City & Guilds publish 2007 vocational rich list (FE News, 5 July 2007)
Those who give vocational qualifications short shrift may want to take a look at the fifth annual City & Guilds rich list. Only two on the list have a university degree and many left school with no qualifications, but all embarked on vocational training and each now has a personal fortune of at least £10 million.
Vocational Education - Standards and Structures (Times Online, 11 July 2007)
The need for better maths teaching, vocational education and more academies. The statement issued yesterday by Ed Balls, the new Children, Schools and Families Secretary, is sweeping in its implications across several sectors.
Vocational Education - Be brave, Mr Brown, in the classroom(Observer, 15 July 2007)
Opinion piece: When half of under-30s can't bleed a radiator it is time to turn practical with the curriculum and even, for some, scrap GCSEs.
