Radical, long-term education and skills reforms and investment is needed to address current and future skills gaps and transform life chances for every adult. The Independent Commission on the College of the Future calls for colleges to be placed front and centre of those reforms across the UK’s four nations[…]
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Education Committee’s inquiry, The impact of COVID-19 on education and children’s services.
The Committee has accepted the CWM submission and it is published on the committee’s website https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/203/education-committee/
The UK 2070 Papers
http://uk2070.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-UK2070-Papers-Series-Two.pdf Refer to Section 8 Creating Colleges of the future for a fairer and stronger society by Lewis Cooper, Director of the Independent Commission on the College of the Future which includes a contribution from Colleges West Midlands.
Covid-19 recovery: Devolve authority for FE and skills
To tackle the economic fallout of the coronavirus crisis, regions must be able to design their own recovery, says Lowell Williams Last week, I was discussing the challenge of post-Covid economic recovery with the prime minister at Dudley College of Technology. Now, there’s a sentence I thought I’d never write.[…]
Why FE collaboration is vital for economic recovery
Colleges are more used to competing than working together – but we’re seeing great collaboration, writes David Hughes Read the full article at www.tes.com
West Midlands colleges lead on regional collaboration
The 21 institutions in the West Midlands Combined Authority have collaborated on a road map for capital investment Read the full article at www.tes.com
West Midlands Adult Education Budget (AEB)
On 1 September 2019, West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) formally took responsibility for the West Midlands Adult Education Budget (AEB) covering the WMCA area. The total budget for the area is £125.6m. 22 Colleges secured AEB grant through devolution, securing a total grant of £74m. 7 Colleges secured £1.6m in[…]
Productivity and Skills Commission – WMCA Authority publishes its Summary of Responses to the Call for Evidence
The WMCA has today published its interim response in the form of a report to its call for evidence from its Productivity and Skills Commission. The report looks to address the underperformance of the West Midlands region in relation to other parts of the UK. The Commission was established to[…]
Transforming Skills in the West Midlands
Today the Further Education and Skills Productivity Group (FESPG) has published its response to the West Midlands Combined Authorities’ request for evidence to inform its Productivity and Skills Commission’s forthcoming report on how to drive the productivity of West Midland’s businesses. The Productivity & Skills Commission’s task of understanding the[…]