The Tory politician and businessman, Lord Heseltine, gave his opinion on the UK's skills shortages to the Commons Business Innovation and [...]

Mike Kane has been appointed shadow schools minister in the Labour reshuffle. Kane, a former primary school teacher at Springfield [...]

The Department for Education announced earlier today (26 September) that Peter Lauener has been appointed Shadow Chief Executive for the [...]

The 2016 GCSE results show a fall of 2.1% in the pass rate, down to 66.9% for A*- C grades. [...]

It has been over three weeks since Robert Halfon announced that he had been given the apprenticeships and skills brief. Now [...]

Justine Greening is the new Secretary of State for Education, replacing Nicky Morgan who has served in the role for [...]

The House of Commons education committee has rejected the government's proposal that Amanda Spielman become the next chief inspector of [...]

Angela Rayner, the MP for Ashton-under-Lyne, has been appointed as the new Shadow Education Secretary. The move comes amid a wave [...]

The Shadow Education Secretary, Pat Glass, has resigned after just two days in the post. Ms Glass was appointed to [...]

bksb user, Darlington College, have gone from an 'inadequate' to a 'good' Ofsted rating. Ofsted deemed the provider to be [...]

Following the resignation of Lucy Powell, Pat Glass has been announced as Labour's new Shadow Education Secretary. Following a career [...]

Shadow Education Secretary, Lucy Powell, has resigned from the Shadow Cabinet led by Jeremy Corbyn. Despite having been in the [...]

Amanda Spielman is to take over from Sir Michael Wilshaw as Ofsted's chief inspector at the end of the year. [...]

The latest stage of the Functional Skills Reform Programme starts today - Wednesday 18th May - with the opening of [...]

The controversial plans to require all schools to convert to academy status, or have plans to do so, by 2022 [...]

bksbLIVE 2 user, Truro and Penwith College, has become the first college to be rated outstanding since Ofsted introduced its [...]

We had a great time at the Academies Show 2016 in London. Education Secretary, Nicky Morgan, spoke about her vision [...]

The government has announced that Jonathan Slater will be taking over from Chris Wormald as Permanent Secretary for the Department [...]

A survey from NASUWT: The Teachers' Union, which had over 2,600 responses, found teachers are being held to account for [...]

Assessing and Developing Skills Using the Next Generation eLearning Platform The bksb Tour 2016 is a series of FREE sessions for [...]

According to a white paper released by the Department for Education in March, even closer attention will be paid to [...]

According to a Loughborough University paper published in the British Educational Research journal, students who achieve a B grade in [...]

The Functional Skills reform programme has been live for almost a month now, and the Education and Training Foundation, Pye [...]

As the Government continues their drive towards numeracy and literacy excellence for all, it has been unveiled that a new [...]

The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) has announced that the consultation stage of their Functional Skills reform programme will begin [...]

Having attracted over 10,000 signatures, a petition to stop further reductions in adult education funding will receive a response from [...]

A reform process for Functional Skills will begin this year, with a view to the updated qualifications being available in [...]

Funding penalties for organisations who did not comply with funding conditions for English and maths in the 2014/15 academic year [...]

According to statistics for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, English and maths GCSE results have improved this year. A* - [...]

bksb’s Australian Distributor visited the UK last week, catching up with all of the company’s forthcoming developments in the process. [...]

On Thursday (27 July), the Association of Education and Learning Providers (AELP) released a research briefing, outlining their thoughts and [...]

Nick Boles, the Minister for Skills and Equalities, has invited the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) to produce a programme [...]

July can only mean one thing; the bksb Tour is over for another year. Almost 900 delegates attended the Tour [...]

Education Secretary, Nicky Morgan, has stated that schools in England are set to face tougher exam targets. Under plans announced [...]

The High Commissioner of India, His Excellency, Mr Ranjan Mathai, and his First Secretary (Education), Mrs Madhu Sethi, visited the [...]

With a newly elected majority Government in power, change is likely to take place across the UK, and the education [...]

Over a third of Work Based Learning Providers have difficulty recruiting staff to teach Functional Skills according to the Education [...]

According to data released by the Skills Funding Agency, the average success rates for Functional Skills qualifications across the country [...]

Functional Skills are valuable qualifications according to research from the Education and Training Foundation.  The ‘Making Maths and English Work [...]

FE Week has reported the wide range of issues and topics raised at The Skills Conference 2015, which was held [...]

The Skills Conference returned for a seventh year on Tuesday (3 March) at The King Power Stadium in Leicester. The [...]

The percentage of providers given grade three or four ratings by Ofsted this academic year has increased, as has the [...]

Ofqual has announced plans to improve the quality of Functional Skills qualifications in order to meet employers’ needs more effectively. [...]

Twice as many schools in the UK are not reaching benchmarks set by the government for GCSE Grades according to [...]

bksb opened a brand new training centre in Chandigarh, India on Thursday 15 January. Led by Harvinder Atwal, Managing Director [...]

The Government have published their response to the ‘Future of Apprenticeships in England: Funding Reform Technical Consultation’ which proposes giving [...]

Qualifications should remain “as stable as possible”, Ofqual Chief Glenys Stacey has warned Skills Minister Nick Boles. The statement comes [...]

The Education Funding Agency (EFA) have confirmed that there will be no change in the funding rates for learners without [...]

Skills Minister Nick Boles has described Functional Skills qualifications as ‘important’ at a recent event organised to coincide with the [...]

According to Ofqual, just 3% of pupils will obtain the highest grade when the new GCSE English and Maths exams [...]

We’re delighted to announce that on 3 March 2015, The Skills Conference will return for its seventh year. Six months [...]

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Dame Asha Khemka, Principal and Chief Executive of West Nottinghamshire College Group, were part [...]

As suggested by Ofqual, this year’s GCSE results have seen more variance than in previous years. This may cause fluctuations [...]

The Department for Education has announced the new chairman of Ofsted as David Hoare, a man appointed for his vast [...]

Earlier today it was confirmed that Conservative MP Nick Boles would be taking on a joint role at the Department [...]

Loughborough MP Nicky Morgan has replaced Michael Gove as the new Education Secretary. Following Michael Gove’s new role as Chief [...]

School leavers who fail to achieve a grade C or above in English and maths will be made to continue [...]

Today sees the start of Adult Learners’ Week – an annual celebration of adult education organised by NIACE. Now in [...]

The government have announced their intention to commission snap Ofsted inspections. The move comes in response to the allegations of [...]

On Friday (9 June), bksb staff took part in the West Nottinghamshire College World Cup 2014, at the college’s main [...]

On Thursday 15 May, officials from the Department for Business Innovation and Skills, Department for Work and Pensions and Deputy [...]

Employers have been given the chance to rate skills training and education by Ofsted, in a move to increase employer [...]

According to recently released figures, bksb is the most popular solution for English and maths within FE Colleges. In fact, [...]

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has pledged a grant of £2.9 million for a new Adult Literacy [...]

With the amount of data that has been published in the past few months relating to the levels of English [...]

English and maths GCSEs need more flexibility and functionality according to the head of careers guidance at Ofsted. Karen Adriaanse [...]

As many as 60 teachers from Shanghai will be brought to England in order to raise standards of maths, the [...]

On Tuesday (4 March) up to 350 delegates attended The Skills Conference 2014 at the East Midlands Conference Centre in [...]

The Skills Funding Statement is published annually and depicts the funding and budgetary priorities of the government for the FE [...]

According to Mrs Truss, Chinese teachers are "more effective" than their British counterparts and their methods must be brought back [...]

Bett celebrated its 30th birthday in style with the 2014 instalment of its annual learning technology exhibition. With more than [...]

Jobseekers Claimants who lack basic English, maths and ICT skills should be made to take up training or lose their [...]

We enjoyed a productive few days at Bett 2014 - thanks to everyone who came to our stand.  

bksb’s annual event for the Functional Skills sector is fast approaching. 2014 will be the sixth year in which we [...]

Bett 2014 begins on 22 January and bksb are excited to be exhibiting. Bett is the world’s largest exhibition for [...]

The Principal of West Nottinghamshire College has been appointed a Dame in the New Year's Honours list. Dame Asha Khemka, [...]

Our office opening hours for Christmas and New Year are as follows: Monday 23rd December: 08.30 - 17.00 Christmas Eve: [...]

Tens of thousands of teenagers in England do not have at least a C-grade at GCSE in English and maths [...]

In response to feedback from delegates at last year's conference, we have decided to move 'The Skills Conference' from its traditional [...]

The Department for Education have announced that all pupils who fail to achieve a good pass - C or better [...]

A major study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) shows how England's 16 to 24-year-olds are falling [...]

City and Guilds have launched two new qualifications, which act as stepping stones for learners who wish to progress on [...]

One of the main recommendations from the interim report of the Independent Review of Professionalism led by Lord Lingfield, was [...]