FE Careers announce partnership with the 157 Group
News Posted: December 10th, 2010 under Online Recruitment News, Press Releases.
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FE Careers and FE News have formed a media partnership with the 157 Group.
FEnews.co.uk is the largest independent online news site in the Further Education and Skills sector, with regular columnists ranging from Skills Minister Kevin Brennan, Shadow Skills Minister David Evennett, to AoC President Pat Bacon, Edexcel’s Isabel Sutcliffe to David Collins from LSIS. The 157 Group will now also start writing regular columns on FE News. As a part of the partnership the 28 member colleges of the 157 Group will have access to promote their latest news and events on FE News and to have reduced job advertising on FE Careers. FEcareers.co.uk is the largest online job advertising site that is a specialist in the Further Education and Skills sector.
The 157 Group is an influential group of 28 colleges, who are dedicated to promoting excellence and raising the standard of Further Education and Skills in the UK. The 157 Group was formed in 2006, in response to the Foster review of the future of Further Education, where in paragraph 157 he argued that principals of large successful colleges should play a greater role in policymaking.
FE News and FE Careers CEO Gavin O’Meara explains the significance of the partnership:
“We are thrilled to be working more closely and strategically with the 157 Group. The 157 Group are the most influential and exciting group of Colleges in the sector. They genuinely want to make a difference in Further Education and Skills, to continually raise the standards of excellence, to raise the profile of the FE sector with the general public and share the amazing work of the Further Education and Skills sector with the nation. We both have the same aim and we are really excited about being able to help the 157 Group reach the entire FE and Skills sector to share their best practice and views.
“This is a group with an amazing amount of experience and leadership. We know that this partnership is going to make a positive impact upon the sector. FE News has a wide audience within the FE and Skills sector, who are passionate about wanting to make real difference in individual learner’s lives. With our range of columnists from Ministers, to Principals of Colleges, Heads of Providers, Awarding Bodies, Sector Skills councils and Government departments and now with the 157 Group – this will enable the FE and Skills sector will be able to share ideas and best practice to be able to improve the individual learners experience and the role of the Further Education and Skills sector in the UK.”
157 Group Executive Director, Lynne Sedgmore CBE adds:
“157 is delighted to be working with FE News to develop a lively debate on current topics of interest and concern to staff in the learning and skills sector. 157 colleges are a strong and influential collective force, intent on making a major impact on the future policy, shape and landscape of the sector and related policy. We are committed to raising the reputation of the sector and contributing to excellence and the raising of quality, alongside the sharing of good practice. “Our colleges are at the leading edge of innovation, employer engagement, and new business practices and we have a huge passion and desire to offer our services and experience for the benefit of the whole sector.”
The first column from the 157 Group will be featured in FE News in March 2010.
