Good News from the LSC?
This is not a headline anyone in the Learning and Skills sector would have expected following the LSC Capital project difficulties, which have left several colleges facing financial difficulties, and the Train 2 Gain funding shortfall which has strained the solvency of many work based learning providers.
But perhaps the LSC [...]

artnering became the vogue word at the PfS annual conference in London last week when “One conversation” was the strap line used to encompass partnerships for schools new all embracing responsibility for capital expenditure in schools and 6th Form Colleges.
The largely male audience was no doubt intrigued by chairperson Emily Maitliss’s reference to the afternoon [...]

What Comes Next?
The Channel 4 Education Summer conference gathered together an eclectic mix of digital media and education professionals to consider how the UK Education system “struggles to respond to ever increasing demands, new policy initiatives, new demands from parents and students, and all the innovations in pedagogy, technology and neuroscience.”
This was a timely event [...]

Bloom in the House of Commons
Whilst most of the gossip in the bars and tea rooms was about who would be the new speaker, mobile learning was getting some exposure in dining room B as Roberta Blackman-Woods MP hosted a launch of the “bite sized learning opportunities on mobile devices” (BLOOM geddit?) project.
The partners in [...]