very sorry to hear of Cheryl Gillian’s death .. she did indeed do lots to support people w autism & their families - not least in their educational aspirations which we talked together about. She was feisty but warm ... and indefatigable as a local MP. RIP. https://t.co/RT8IkohIKL
Powerful speech @NickTorfaen at launch to re elect @JGriffithsLab for Newport East #Senedd. In praising John’s long service -‘never forgets the people who put him there’ Nick as Shadow Home Secretary contrasted Tory Govt failures w work/values of Labour in Wales. https://t.co/hpN1ur1voW
Glad to be at re-elect launch@JGriffithsLab #NewportEast. He & @jessicamordenmp have great team-inc @Andybettridge1.John hosted @right2_learn event @SeneddWales w me & has huge track record there/Newport .Great to see @Nick Torfaen at launch too https://t.co/4a6xQdyW0K
@NickLinford @XXFactorFacts Nick - you’re right to raise alarm over this.Of a piece w DfE severely restricting eligibility for so called ‘free’Level 3s in Skills WP. We @right2_learn & others have pointed out their centraliised course list excludes many courses for ITPs & no account taken of career changes
Despite warnings @AwardingBodies @AoC_info @right2_learn & others Govt persists in limiting chances for adult learners with inadequate” free”Level 3 offers for them in ‘Skills Guarantee’ DfE blocking eligibility for many courses & no leeway for career changes after pandemic
Lifetime Skills Guarantee: Why adults need a level 3 course | Tes. Spot on points by Marguerite Hogg @AoC_info - severe limitations of Govt’s #Level3 ‘free’ offer.DfE approved’ list misses out many strong courses / no allowance for career change https://t.co/mKs8Wc3Qw3
@OldLondonW14 Interesting story but how sad the tombstone-his wife& baby son dying so young-right at start of 20thC .No antibiotics, a range of infectious diseases striking down young children,perils for women of childbirth,smog polluted cities shortening lives. So much for the ‘Good Old Days’
Languages decline sees numbers drop to zero at UK universities | Times Higher Education (THE) awful report on take up by UK students.Not only impoverishes HE but also threatens future influence of ‘Global Britain’ post Brexit.Govt must take note & act! https://t.co/2Cr4yzDQyA
Covid roadmap: Yet again, colleges were left waiting | Tes Spot on analysis-no wonder at times despite warm words from Ministers, fine print /day to day handling #DFE amounts to cynical tap ‘turn on & off ‘FE - as restrictions on ‘free Skills’ courses show https://t.co/m073LMtgSk
@StewartWood Gove ... once a school swot , always a school swot ..