West Yorkshire - Lifelong Learning Network

News Digest will become a monthly publication and so will be distributed on the last Friday of every month starting from 27th August 2010.

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The Guardian - 27th July 2010
Sarfraz Manzoor has been following the fortunes of six young people who graduated last year. How well do they feel that university prepared them for today's economic realities? The six studied at the University of Leeds and Leeds Metropolitan University, and agreed to keep audio diaries throughout their year in which they recorded their hopes for the coming year as well as their reaction to the reality...read more

The BBC - 24th July 2010
Lord Jones says courses need to deal with "the challenges of today"
A radical rethink on higher education is needed and many universities should consider awarding more vocational qualifications, former trade minister Lord Digby Jones has said... read more

HEFCE - 22 July 2010
Today HEFCE is announcing revised grants and allocations of student places following changes to government funding and decisions by HEFCE's Board. This follows the March announcement of allocations for 2010-11. In total the 130 higher education institutions and 123 further education colleges will receive around £6.5 billion in recurrent funding.The announcement gives details of funding for each university and college... read more

Department for Business, Skills and Innovation - 22 July 2010
The paper outlines our vision for skills and what we expect to be the key elements of a strategy for delivering it. It sets the context for the technical funding system and methodology consultation that is being launched in parallel... read more

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (National) - 22 July 2010
Skills Minister John Hayes has today invited employers, individuals, colleges and training organisations to share their ideas on how they would like skills policy to be set out in the future. The consultation document Skills for Sustainable Growth outlines BIS’s vision for skills and what are expected to be the key elements of a strategy for delivering it. This is complemented by the consultation FE and Skills Funding System and Methodology for Further Education colleges and training organisations, following an independent review by Chris Banks CBE... read more

Department for Education - 20th July 2010
Further moves to reduce bureaucracy and red tape in 16-19 education have been announced by the Government Department for Education... read more