Event - Economic Challenge Investment Fund (ECIF) client event
This will take place on Thursday 22nd April 2010, 12.00 - 4pm at the Cutlers Hall, Sheffield.
Further details will be available shortly
Higher education - Foundation degrees offer a strong vision for the future (The Guardian, 23 February 2010)
Those offering traditional degrees could learn a lot from the diverse entry routes and patterns of provision offered by foundation courses
Higher education - Gifted and talented children should be an election issue (The Guardian, 16 February 2010)
The gifted and talented programme has been a mess, but gifted pupils still need support and this should be an election issue.
Higher education - Foundation degrees soar in number (BBC, 18 February 2010)
The number of students signing up for foundation degree courses in England has grown by 40% in the past two years.
Higher education - Universities warn of education funding cuts crisis (BBC, 13 February 2010)
Thousands of job losses could push higher education into crisis, the university lecturers' union has warned.
Vocational education - Vocational teacher training needs 'radical overhaul' (ICG, 26 February 2010)
A controversial new inquiry into vocational teaching challenges the assumption that only degree holders make good teachers.
Diplomas - Making the Case for Diplomas: Speech by Iain Wright(DCSF, 23 February 2010)
This is a transcript of the speech by Schools Minister Iain Wright in London on 23 February 2010. He talks about the importance and value of diplomas.
Widening participation - Aiming High for Young People (DCSF, 22 February 2010)
This page gives information on Aiming High for Young People, a programme to help all young people, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, to take part in enjoyable and purposeful activities in their free-time.
Unemployment - Figures show we must continue to invest to help the unemployed (DWP, 17 February 2010)
The Government today welcomed the fall in ILO unemployment and youth unemployment, but said the overall figures also showed continued support was needed to secure the recovery.
Higher education - Universities 'should offer courses for over-50s' (BBC, 17 February 2010)
Universities must offer suitable courses for people aged 50 and above, a Universities UK report says.
Vocational education - Vocational qualifications made simple for employers and learners(BIS, 16 February 2010)
New online resources to help employers and learners explore important changes to vocational qualifications and shape the content of future vocational qualifications were launched today.
Sectors - Public Wellbeing - LTA offers tennis coaching apprenticeships (ICG, 26 February 2010)
The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), with support from SkillsActive, is spearheading a Coaching Apprenticeship scheme, offering young people the opportunity to develop a successful coaching career in tennis.
Sectors: Early years - Early Years education and childcare myth buster (DCSF, 15 February 2010)
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is about setting the standards for learning and development through play, and care for children, from birth to five.
Sectors: Health and social care - Graduates offered cash to retrain as social workers(BBC, 19 February 2010)
Graduates in England will receive at least £15,000 to retrain as children's social workers under a new government-funded scheme.
Sectors: Engineering - Boost for Corus Apprentices and Business Start Ups in the Tees Valley (BIS, 18 February 2010)
While on a visit to the Teesside Cast Products plant the Business Secretary Lord Mandelson announced funding totalling £3.8 million for apprentices at Corus and businesses in the Tees Valley.
Sectors: Health and socail care - Young jobless in North East to get a start in social care(Department for Health, 18 February 2010)
Social care employers in the North East will get a £1,000 subsidy if they give a young person the chance of a career in social care, young recruits will also receive free pre-employment training to get them off to a flying start.
Sectors: Health and social care - Social Work degree applications at new high (CWDC, 17 February 2010)
Social work degree applications have soared by more than 40% in the last year according to figures released by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) last week.
