Assessment, Awarding Ofqual extends term-time checkpoints to hundreds of thousands more VTQ students Extra workload anticipated for schools and colleges to ensure grades are handed out on time Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y News Dwindling SME starts drag down apprenticeship figures in 2022/23 Starts for level 2 also continue to fall while higher levels shoot up Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Sponsored post Sponsored How apprenticeships can provide effective employee retention People want to be the best that they can be, and an apprenticeship gives them a structure to do… Advertorial 2y Pearson 2y Ofsted Top Ofsted marks for Bristol apprenticeship provider in first full inspection Professional Apprenticeships judged ‘outstanding’, with inspectors citing high pass rates Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Colleges Strike ballot fails to meet turnout threshold in half of colleges UCU members at 32 colleges are, however, set to strike Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Party Conferences 2023 Labour: Sunak’s Advanced British Standard plans ‘careless’ and ‘undeliverable’ Ahead of her conference speech, the shadow education secretary said the prime minister’s decision to ‘junk’ T Levels was… Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y News T Level courses canned as low GCSE grades bite Tens of thousands more students than normal entered FE this year without a pass in English and maths Joshua Stein 2y Joshua Stein 2y Party Conferences 2023 Starmer to introduce ‘technical excellence colleges’ Colleges meeting specialist local skills needs will bid for a new status under Labour Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Colleges Dorset merger on the cards to secure future of struggling college Kingston Maurward College in talks to join Weymouth College Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Colleges ‘Inadequate’ Croydon College told to ‘harmonise cultures’ by FE Commissioner Behaviour and attendance improving since ciritical inspection Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Multiply £30m allocated in first year of Sunak’s flagship maths scheme goes unspent Whitehall too ‘short-termist’ after councils return most of Multiply funding Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y News Security guards face losing licences after fraudulent training exposé Pressure mounts on regulators to toughen up on malpractice Joshua Stein 2y Joshua Stein 2y Newer 1 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 839 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 1w Shane Chowen 1w 16-19 Long read Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo News Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the… Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Next 3 stories Skills reform Long read New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2mo Qualifications Exclusive Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
