Gavin Williamson, former Secretary for Defence, has now been appointed as Secretary of State for Education following cabinet reshuffle. Williamson will be replacing Damian Hinds as Secretary of State for Education as Hinds has confirmed that he will be returning to the backbenches. Williamson tweeted the following about his new appointment earlier last week: The [...]
bksb Managing Director, Harvinder Atwal, was interviewed by plugd:in in April about her career and the inception of bksb. "I began working at West Nottinghamshire College almost 27 years ago. I started part time, as I had two small children at the time and the hours allowed me to work around my childcare commitments. The college even [...]
The Greater London Authority will use its Adult Education Budget to provide free English for speakers of other languages (ESOL courses) up to the level required for British citizenship. A new consultation on its Skills for Londoners Framework outlines a proposal to spend its adult education budget (AEB) to fully-fund ESOL courses provision up to [...]
Apprenticeship and skills minister announces that adults with few or no digital skills will be given access to free courses. The offer will comprise a range of new "essential digital skills" qualifications. The qualifications will be available from 2020, as well as digital functional skills qualifications, planned from 2021. According to the government, one in [...]