"Our aim at College is ‘to create the extraordinary’ and our vision is that all of our students will have the best learning experience possible and achieve beyond their expectations." Last month, Nelson and Colne College won Provider of the Year at The Skills Awards 2020. We recently interviewed Fionnuala Swann, assistant principal for academic [...]
From delivery robots in Milton Keynes to smart factories in Thailand, Industry 4.0 is changing the ways in which we live, work and learn. This, however, is just the latest stage in a sequence of technological advances which, over the last 300 years, have altered almost every aspect of our lives. During the first ‘industrial [...]
The Department for Education are looking for further education providers to deliver the third wave of T Levels in 2022/23. T Levels have been designed as a technical alternative to A levels. The courses will provide learners with classroom theory, practical learning and industry experience. The new wave will consist of eight T Levels in [...]
The Labour Party have appointed Emma Hardy, former teacher and Hull West and Hessle MP, as the new Shadow Further Education and Higher Education Minister. https://twitter.com/EmmaHardyMP/status/1214877742996578305 Ms. Hardy has promised that she will use her new position to push for increased funding for FE and HE as well as improving quality for apprenticeships and [...]