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Ofsted slams major NHS trust for rapid apprenticeship recruitment

The trust made ‘insufficient progress’ in all three areas of a follow-up monitoring visit

News, Ofsted

It’s a delicate business, this assessment reform

The debate about high-stakes assessment is hotting up. Jess Staufenberg talks to the movers and shakers You will have seen the headlines around assessment: “Scrap GCSEs”, “reform exams”, “focus on skills”.   They’ve been building for a while – about a year ago, some Conservative MPs said GCSEs should be “replaced with academic, technical exams and […]

Feature, News

IPS Ltd bringing tailor-fit solutions to the Further Education Sector

Established for almost thirteen years, IPS Ltd has created systems for the Further Education sector and has provided end-to-end solutions across the UK. We understand that colleges already have systems in place and our focus is to join what they already have together to make them work in a brand-new way. We focus on integrating […]

News, Sponsored post, Sponsored post

Goodbye Keegan – hello Burghart

The departing skills minister did well to lead in a pandemic but was too college-focused, writes Jane Hickie There is no doubt that Gillian Keegan brought prominence to the FE agenda as minister for apprenticeships and skills. Indeed, she was the first former apprentice to hold the office. Leading on the FE white paper and […]

Opinion, Cabinet reshuffle

Legal risk to providers over lack of non-binary options

Providers are warning they face “massive” legal and reputational risk because the Education and Skills Funding Agency continues to make students choose a sex rather than their gender to enrol on courses. Currently, the individualised learner record, which providers have to fill in with a student’s information to access funding, mandates learners choose either male […]

News

Revealed: The 88 providers that won national adult education budget tender funding

Half of the 88 training providers to win funding in the government’s national adult education budget (AEB) tender did not hold a procured AEB contract last year, FE Week analysis has found. Outcomes for the delayed procurement were communicated to providers last month and the list of winners has now been released. A total of […]

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Level 3 results 2021 | Live blog

Welcome to FE Week‘s liveblog of A-level and level 3 results day 2021! UPDATE: The live blog is now closed. Sorry if your pictures didn’t make it in – we’ve been inundated with stories and there simply hasn’t been time to add them all. We really appreciate you sending them so thank you. Congratulations to all […]

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Ofqual confirms vocational and technical qualification exam arrangements for 2021/22

Ofqual has confirmed teacher-assessed grades are to end and exams will return next year for vocational and technical qualifications. But awarding bodies will be allowed to adapt assessments in 2021/22 for qualifications like functional skills and T Levels, in light of how Covid-19 has affected students’ learning, the regulator has said. What adaptations could be […]

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Remote apprenticeship assessment to be made permanent option

Remote delivery of apprenticeship assessment will become a permanent option that providers can use beyond Covid-19, the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education has announced. The institute said today that the apprenticeship flexibilities and temporary discretions introduced to support the sector through the pandemic will run until the end of 2021, but a number will […]

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