119 episodes

Presented by Tom Bewick, #SkillsWorldLive Radio Show builds on the popular podcast series, #SkillsWorld on FE News, where Tom interviewed some of the leading figures shaping the post-compulsory education and skills systems, including apprenticeships.

Originally created to help bring people together and connect the world of FE during the coronavirus outbreak, season 2 of the #SkillsWorldLive Radio Show will take place every Friday 10:30am to 11:30am.

Supported by the Federation of Awarding Bodies, their Platinum Partners' programme, and in association with FE News, #SkillsWorld Radio Show Live will carry:

— weekly interviews with special guests making headlines from around the globe
— phone-ins for people working in the Further Education and skills sector, including apprenticeships
— analysis of the key issues affecting employers, learners, providers and awarding bodies
— top tunes from the 80s, 90s and 2000s

Your World. Skills World.

Available for broadcast, download and replay on the FE News website (www.fenews.co.uk/skillsworld) and other channels (e.g. Spotify, iTunes and Sound Cloud).

Team:
Presenter: Tom Bewick
Editor: Gavin O’Meara
Digital Producer: Ellie Hanson
Policy: Dr Rebecca Conway
Operations: Karen Daws

E-mail: skillsworld@fenews.co.uk

#SkillsWorldLive Radio Show FE News

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Presented by Tom Bewick, #SkillsWorldLive Radio Show builds on the popular podcast series, #SkillsWorld on FE News, where Tom interviewed some of the leading figures shaping the post-compulsory education and skills systems, including apprenticeships.

Originally created to help bring people together and connect the world of FE during the coronavirus outbreak, season 2 of the #SkillsWorldLive Radio Show will take place every Friday 10:30am to 11:30am.

Supported by the Federation of Awarding Bodies, their Platinum Partners' programme, and in association with FE News, #SkillsWorld Radio Show Live will carry:

— weekly interviews with special guests making headlines from around the globe
— phone-ins for people working in the Further Education and skills sector, including apprenticeships
— analysis of the key issues affecting employers, learners, providers and awarding bodies
— top tunes from the 80s, 90s and 2000s

Your World. Skills World.

Available for broadcast, download and replay on the FE News website (www.fenews.co.uk/skillsworld) and other channels (e.g. Spotify, iTunes and Sound Cloud).

Team:
Presenter: Tom Bewick
Editor: Gavin O’Meara
Digital Producer: Ellie Hanson
Policy: Dr Rebecca Conway
Operations: Karen Daws

E-mail: skillsworld@fenews.co.uk

    Skills World Live at the Battle of Ideas Festival

    Skills World Live at the Battle of Ideas Festival

    This week, presenter Tom Bewick, was asked to question a panel at the Battle of Ideas Festival taking place in London.

    • 1 hr 31 min
    Skills World Live Roadshow: Leeds City Region Skills Development and esports

    Skills World Live Roadshow: Leeds City Region Skills Development and esports

    This week, we’re in Leeds as we co-produce the show, sponsored by Pearson, with BTEC Media Production students at Leeds City College’s Quarry Hill Campus.

    • 58 min
    Skills Minister, Andrea Jenkyns sets out her stall at Brexit rally

    Skills Minister, Andrea Jenkyns sets out her stall at Brexit rally

    Delivering a keynote speech to the Bruges Group on Monday 3 October, Jenkyns told a gathering of party members that she felt the government had another major fight on its hands, at least equivalent to the Brexit process.
    On the FE and skills brief, minister Jenkyns said:

    “A skilled modern economy competing on the global stage requires technical skills just as much as it needs graduates. Yet the current system would rather our young people get a degree in Harry Potter studies than an apprenticeship in construction. Now, it doesn't take magic powers to work out that this is wrong, which is why the government is committed to putting the broomstick to good use and carrying out a spring clean of low-quality courses. If a course isn't providing someone with a positive outcome leading to a well-paid job, then it makes no sense why the government should be funding it, especially taxpayers.

    “We're injecting more flexibility in the funding system, and we are changing the landscape of how qualifications are funded and making it easier to access education whatever stage in your life.”

    • 10 min
    The Great Skills Debate at the Labour Party Conference

    The Great Skills Debate at the Labour Party Conference

    The Great Skills Debate at the Labour Party Conference.
    For the first time, Skills World Live Radio Show hit the main party political conference season, starting with Labour in Liverpool.

    It comes at a time when:

    The UK is the second slowest in the G7 for productivity grow (output per hour worked)
    British employers have slashed investment in workplace skills by up to a fifth since 2005
    2 million adults have fallen off the community education rolls
    The number of apprenticeship opportunities for young people under 25 has nearly halved
    In England, the government is threatening to axe thousands of qualifications at Level 2 and below
    Presenter, Tom Bewick, leads a discussion with a panel of invited guests:
    Toby Perkins MP, Shadow Skills Minister
    Sonia Sodha, Observer, Chief Leader Writer
    Alan Woods, OBE, Co-Chair, Federation of Awarding Bodies
    Katie Orr, TQUK

    • 55 min
    Skills World Live Radio Show: Summer Exam Series: What lessons can we learn?

    Skills World Live Radio Show: Summer Exam Series: What lessons can we learn?

    This week, Dr Jo Saxton, the Chief Regulator at Ofqual, makes her inaugural appearance on the Skills World Live Radio Show.

    Presenter, Tom Bewick, interviewed the quango chief about four key issues:

    The roll out of plans to tackle grade inflation as a result of the pandemic?
    What lessons will be learned from the delay to some VTQ results this summer?
    One year on from taking on the role, how is her ‘true north’ agenda going and what does it mean in practice for regulation?
    How will the Skills Act and IfATE’s new role in approving qualifications avoid a bureaucratic nightmare?

    • 1 hr 1 min
    Skills World Live Radio Show: Why is qualifications reform so controversial? 4.13

    Skills World Live Radio Show: Why is qualifications reform so controversial? 4.13

    • 1 hr

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