14-19 education - The Education and Skills Act (Teachernet, 27 November 2008)
The Education and Skills Bill has now received Royal Assent, becoming the Education and Skills Act and meaning that all young people will be required to continue in education or training post-16.
Further education - Colleges and training providers to help firms innovate and boost business (DIUS, 1 December 2008)
Five pilots to ensure UK businesses can benefit from the specialist expertise of further education colleges and training providers, helping them to innovate to boost profits and competitiveness, were announced today by Further Education Minister Sion Simon.
Higher education - Call to scrap student fees limit(BBC, 26 November 2008)
A think-tank is calling for the scrapping of limits on university fees - allowing universities to charge students thousands more each year.
Higher education - How universities can help in the current economic climate (HEFCE, 27 November 2008)
Details of how universities and colleges can do still more to help businesses during an economic downturn are being published today by Universities UK and GuildHE, supported by HEFCE.
Higher education - Universities and colleges to help stimulate economic activity (HEFCE, 3 December 2008)
Universities and colleges are being asked to review their capital investment plans to bring forward £250 million of capital expenditure from 2010-11 to 2009-10 and 2008-09 to help stimulate economic activity.
IAG - Sector specific careers information(Unionlearn, 1 December 2008)
Most of the Sector Skills Councils produce careers information to help individuals find out what they need to do to progress in their current job or to change direction completely.
Regional - Recruitment to regional learners' panel(Unionlearn, 2 December 2008)
We are looking for full and part-time learners in all parts of further education and people who are taking part in work-based learning on different programmes in all parts of the Yorkshire and the Humber region.
Sectors: engineering - Beat the skills shortage - grow from within your company (Unionlearn, 2 December 2008)
The Women in Science, Engineering and Technology team based at Sheffield Hallam University would like to help you to find an innovative solution to tackling skills shortages in the engineering sector.
Skills - Five million employees benefit from employer commitment to training (DIUS, 24 November 2008)
Parcel courier James Ford has become the five millionth employee in the country to benefit from the Skills Pledge campaign to skill up the nation after his employer made a commitment to train its 9,000-strong workforce.
Skills - 25 million will gain right to request time to train (DIUS, 3 December 2008)
Some twenty five million employees are set to benefit from a new right to request time at work to undertake training, thanks to a new Bill in today's Queen's Speech.
Vocational education - The 'quickie' route to qualifications (Guardian, 25 November 2008)
Colleges have a radical plan to increase participation: the vocational degree tailored to a specific job.
Vocational education - Head attacks vocational diplomas (Times, 29 November 2008)
The headmaster of one of Britain's leading schools says that bright pupils should not be forced to take vocational diplomas.
