www.FEnews.co.uk have championed work based learning and Skills News since 2003
. FE News is the leading Further Education and Skills news site with nearly 300,000 monthly user sessions. The site has a range of specialist Skills content ranging from monthly columnists such as Skills Minister John Hayes, UK Skills CEO Simon Bartley, Skills Funding Agency CEO Geoff Russell and National Apprenticeship Service CEO Simon Waugh.
Last year the FE News team flew out to Canada for the World Skills competition with the UK Skills squad and shot nearly a feature length film length of video interviews at WorldSkills Calgary 2009. The FE News team are hoping to cover the Euro Skills event in Lisbon in December 2010 and will be covering the World Skills competition when it comes to the Excel Centre in London 2011.
CEO Gavin O'Meara explains "Since we launched in 2003, FE News has been focussed on providing positive news about the entire FE and Skills sector. Back in 2003, work based learning and skills did not receive much coverage. We made a very conscious effort to raise the profile of work based learning and skills on the site, always showing the benefits of vocational skills to the learner and the UK economy.
We are delighted that UK Skills asked us out to Calgary for last year's World Skills competition, what an experience and inspiration to see the very best "skilled" learners from across the World competing. It used to be called the Skills Olympics and I can now understand why. We are really looking forward to London 2011 and want to encourage the entire FE and Skills sector to get involved"