Orbis Education and Care launches Orbay e-commerce outlet for adults & children with autism
Orbis Education and Care has launched its very own online shop – called ‘Orbay’ – selling products created by the learners that it works to support. Orbis is one of the UK’s providers of specialist schools and homes supporting children and adults with complex needs associated with autism, with its new online shop selling items […]
Scotland’s colleges offer funded learning spaces to address social care crisis
Scotland’s colleges have responded to the recruitment crisis facing social care by launching Introduction to a Career in Social Care – an online course designed to bring more trained candidates into this area of work at a time when the country faces a social care crisis caused by the skills gap and worsened by the […]
NMC seeks to modernise community and public health nursing standards
The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) has launched a consultation on new draft education standards that build on ambitions for community and public health nursing in the UK. The standards, for specialist community public health nursing (SCPHN) and specialist practice qualifications (SPQs), will equip the next generation of community and public health nurses working in […]
New wing opens at North Lincs autism provision in response to rising demand
Options Barton in North Lincolnshire – a specialist residential and education provision for children with autism and associated complex needs – is celebrating the opening of a brand new wing. The new building enables the facility to extend its student intake to offer specialist support and expertise to more young people with autism – which […]
RCN warns against ‘two-tier’ nursing education…
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) warns that the new nursing apprenticeship will need to ensure graduate-level education for ‘would-be’ nurses to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills. Announced on November 30 by the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, it is expected the move will allow as many as 1,000 apprentice nurses to join the NHS […]
