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Neil Carmichael to chair commission on skills The former chair of the Commons Education Select Committee will chair an independent review of skills Education company Pearson is launching a Commission on Sustainable Learning for Life, Work and a Changing Economy. The independent review will look at the future skills needs of the UK and will be led by former……

Scheduled on Tuesday 5 June at 10.15am The Education Committee is to question employers, universities and nursing professionals on nursing degree apprenticeships, their role in promoting social justice and what can be done to allow more people to take part in the scheme. The session will focus on how nursing degree apprenticeships are currently working as well as……

Leading figures from across the FE and Adult Education sector have joined the new Independent Commission on Lifelong Learning created by VINCE CABLE, Liberal Democrats Leader.   The chair of the commission has said it will make “bold and far reaching” recommendations, which will be “informed by open and wide-reaching engagement”. Rajay Naik, chief executive of Keypath……

Background (Extract from the research report) This project was borne out of a curious concern for the future of guidance. The instigation of new all powerful regulatory ‘Office for Students’, twinned with the impending impact of the Teaching Excellence Framework (and it’s weighting of performance indicators, such as DLHE/ Graduate Outcomes), are sizeable eruptions to……

Yesterday, Ministers announced a new one-year trial, for the 2018 to 2019 funding year, which will enable more eligible adults to access AEB funding.  Adult Education Budget (AEB) 2018 to 2019 increased flexibility for learners in receipt of low wage https://www.gov.uk/government/news/adult-education-budget-aeb-2018-to-2019-increased-flexibility-for-learners-in-receipt-of-low-wage A new trial will enable AEB providers to fully fund learners, who are employed……