FE & Skills e-newsletter 50th edition

The BIS newsletter is for colleges, providers, adult education services and partner organisations. It keeps you updated on the latest developments in FE and Skills policy and lets you know how BIS is developing its role.

Issue No. 50 Oct 2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS

POLICY NEWS
 
• Independent Review of Professionalism: Final Report
 
• 24+ Advanced Learning Loans - latest briefing
 
• Spotlight on LSIS
 
• Employer ownership

• Revision of 2007 Workforce Regulations

• WorldSkills UK - The Skills Show

• English and maths skills gain pilots

• LSIS announces new Council members

• Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) receive boost

• New Skills Ambassadors announced for the creative and cultural industries

• New website helping students pick the right university courses

• Young entrepreneurs access Start-Up Loans

• Changes to the Ofsted Common Inspection Framework

RESEARCH
 
• FE & Skills quarterly Statistical First Release (SFR)

CELEBRATING FE AND SKILLS
 
• Skills Minister tries his hand at spun sugar class

• Squad UK triumph at EuroSkills Spa 2012

• FE and Skills gets on the fast track to better health

• Colleges Week

• Adult Learners' Week Awards 2013 are now open!

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