Funding agency guidance for Functional Skills
Posted by Jonathan Wells
Functional Skills qualifications are a new set of qualifications in English,
mathematics & ICT and are assessed at Entry Level, Level 1 and Level 2.
Functional Skills are for everyone. The qualifications are available to all learners
aged 14 upwards from August 2010.
Functional skills are not simply about knowledge in English, mathematics and ICT
subjects but [...]
Major review of 14-19 vocational education underway
The Government has announced that Prof Alison Wolf will do an independent review of vocational education, reporting in the Spring 2011.
Full notice is here.
http://www.education.gov.uk/news/press-notices-new/review14-19vocationaleducation
Education Secretary Michael Gove today announced a major independent review of vocational education for 14- to 19-year-olds, to be led by Professor Alison Wolf, of King’s College London.
Mr Gove said that for [...]
£9bn - is that enough?
Written by Jonathan Wells of Guroo Functional Skills - a piece in the TES recently was arguing the case for more spend on basic skills. Lord Boswell is looking at gthe issue again……
The new inquiry he will chair comes more than 10 years after the Moser report revealed that seven million adults in the [...]
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