Friday 29th July 2016
157 Group accepted onto Government Digital Services Framework
The 157 Group, leading a consortium of 12 member colleges, has been successful in winning a place on the Supplier Framework for the Government’s Digital Service to design and deliver basic digital training. This is the first supplier framework that the 157 Group has bid for and is part of our new, strategic approach to collective business development in support of generating new, diversified revenues for member colleges. It is a game-changing development for how the 157 Group is doing business and is a direct result of the new strategic direction our members are pursuing.
The...
Friday 8th July 2016
We welcome the vision and the proposals set out today in Lord Sainsbury's Post-16 Skills Plan.
A strong, respected and high-quality skills system which meets the needs of both learners and employers is an economic and social imperative and...
Monday 25th April 2016
First prize for funky bunch
Billy Camden
FE Week
A pair of enterprising students from Bedford College were triumphant in the 157 Group ‘Going Further’ Digital Skills competition last week.
Ben Dixon, aged 18 and Kylan McCaffrey...
The local impact of Higher Education delivered by FE colleges research by Education and Training Foundation in consultation with the 157 Group
Monday 25th April 2016
New research commissioned by the Education and Training Foundation and published today provides concrete evidence of the impact and reach of the higher education delivered by FE colleges. The work was carried out by RCU and undertaken in...
Nick Boles MP supports the 157 Group Going Further competition
Monday 18th April 2016
Skills for Work, Skills for London: a 157 Group London Point of View
Tuesday 12th April 2016
Today the 157 Group, a network of 31 of the largest colleges and college groups across the country, has published Skills for Work, Skills for London: a 157 Group London Point of View.
The potential for technical and professional education in London...
Chair of Education Select Committee Neil Carmichael MP Endorses our Going Further Competition
Monday 11th April 2016
London's Skills Sector can be our Oyster
Friday 8th April 2016
Andy Forbes, principal of the College of North East London, wrote on behalf of the 157 Group in today's TES about the opportunities in London's skills sector.
Nadhim Zahawi MP endorses the 157 Group Going Further competition
Wednesday 6th April 2016
Transforming Further Education Conference: 15 June 2016
Monday 4th April 2016
Transforming Further Education: Change in a Challenging EnvironmentQEII Centre, Westminster15th June 2016
Government plan to introduce area reviews because they believe that major reform of post-16 education and training is now necessary....
Skills Commission’s Guide to the Skills System launches to full house in Parliament
Friday 3rd July 2015
Download the Guide PDF here.
The new ‘Guide to the Skills System’ publication is being launched today to over 140 guests, including more than 30 Parliamentarians, in the House of Lords on Monday 3rd July at 12.30.
The Guide comes from the...
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