14-19 Education - Diplomas could become qualification of choice for young people - Ed Balls (Department for Children, Schools and Families, 23 October 2007)
Ed Balls today announced plans for additional Diplomas in Science, Languages and the Humanities in order to increase options for 14-19 year olds.
14-19 Education - Diplomatic incident(Times Online, 24 October 2007)
When Ed Balls assumed responsibility for the nation's schools four months ago, the Government's efforts to deliver real parental choice and measurably improved standards in secondary education had amounted to one of its more conspicuous failures.
14-19 Education - Diploma extension to increase choice for young people (Learning and Skills Council, 25 October 2007)
The extension of Diplomas, announced yesterday, should encourage more young people to remain in learning by increasing the options available from age 14.
Apprenticeships - Aimhigher launches Apprentice Forward website (October 2007)
Aimhigher Yorkshire and Humber has launched the Apprentice Forward website, linking apprenticeships to Higher Education. Contains information, case studies and a fully searchable database of the higher-level courses that apprentices and vocational learners can access across the region.
Apprenticeships - Apprenticeships are vital - so why destroy them? (Guardian, 23 October 2007)
Opinion piece: Why is this government demolishing apprenticeships' role in promoting academic and social mobility, asks Alison Wolf, Sir Roy Griffiths Professor of public sector management, Kings College London.
Employer Engagement - Universities get down to business (Guardian, 23 October 2007)
If almost half the workforce are to have degrees by 2020, more universities must work with employers.
Government - The listening minister(Guardian, 2 October 2007)
Is the new skills secretary's plan to extend adult learning a change in direction or the party line?
IAG - A job well done (Guardian, 23 October 2007)
Careers advice in Scotland is among the best in the world. It could be a model for England's new service.
Vocational Education - Letting 600 colleges bloom(Guardian, 2 October 2007)
Ten northern vocational institutes have banded together in a quest for partnerships in China.
Workplace Learning - 'Learn as you earn' at your desk (BBC, 15 October 2007)
Imagine a world where education came to you without having to leave the office or factory where you work.
Workplace Learning - Lammy to listen and learn(Unionlearn, 19 October 2007)
Skills minister to hear how unions and employers are working together for learners.
Event - Reach Out, Engage and Inspire Conference
Building partnerships between Higher Education Institutions and their communities.
Monday 12 November 2007, University of Huddersfield
Event - Missed opportunities?
A conference to launch a report on non-placed applicants (NPAs) in the UCAS data.
Tuesday 4 December 2007, 76 Portland Place, London
Call for evidence - The Future for Lifelong Learning: a national strategy (NIACE)
The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) has agreed to establish and support a commission in order to identify best practice in the UK and internationally across each of the key arenas in which adult learning makes a significant contribution, to identify the values, principles and practical steps needed to give life to lifelong and life-wide learning for all communities of the UK.
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