Event – Barnsley Open Space: Leadership Development Event
Thursday 21 May 2009, University Campus Barnsley
This event has been organised by West Yorkshire Lifelong Learning Network and is supported by Higher Futures, amongst other partners.
Adult education – Adult learners ‘lowest since’97’(BBC, 8 May 2009)
The proportion of adult learners in the UK is at its lowest level since Labour came to power, a survey suggests.
Higher education – Most degree courses take Diplomas(BBC, 6 May 2009)
A large majority of higher education courses in the UK – 80% – will accept the new 14-19 Diploma as an entry route, the government says.
Higher education – Letter from Secretary of State(HEFCE, 6 May 2009)
Letter to HEFCE from the Secretary of State John Denham, following the Budget Statement on 22 April 2009.
Local – Support pledge from PM visit(Sheffield Star, 9 May 2009)
The future of Sheffield’s steel industry is safe – encouraging words from Prime Minister Gordon Brown on his visit to city engineering company Forgemasters yesterday.
Regional – College help at hand for unemployed people across Yorkshire and the Humber(DIUS, 12 May 2009)
Twenty colleges across Yorkshire and the Humber are to get extra government funding to train people, unemployed for more than six months, to help them back into work, Skills Secretary John Denham announced today.
Sectors: engineering – Semta is first Sector Skills Council to be relicensed by UK government(Semta, 11 May 2009)
Recession skills support to continue; advanced manufacturing, life sciences, green and emerging technologies get critical focus. Sector Skills Council Semta today announced it has been relicensed by the Secretary of State.
Sectors: public wellbeing – Government fund new apprenticeship programme in sport and leisure(National Skills Academy: Sport and Active Leisure, 14 May 2009)
Yesterday the government announced it will fund a £1.9m Apprenticeship Expansion Programme (AEP) in sport and active leisure, which will recruit, train, place and mentor over 1,400 people in the next two years.
Skills – UK workers ‘becoming overskilled’(BBC, 7 May 2009)
There are now too few jobs for UK graduates, and the gap between the supply of high-level workers and jobs for them is growing, a report suggests.
Skills – Sector Skills Councils relicensing – first decisions announced(DIUS, 11 May 2009)
Four Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) have been relicensed, Skills Secretary John Denham announced today, on behalf of the UK Government and the Devolved Administrations.
Skills – Employers urged to seek out graduate talent(DIUS, 13 May 2009)
More than 100 employers were today encouraged to make the most of the talent and skills graduates can offer their businesses by signing up to a new Government internship matching service.
Event – 2nd Annual Widening Participation Research Conference
‘Mainstreaming Equality in Higher Education? Can practice influence and develop more meaningful policy?’
Tuesday 2 June 2009, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk
