Covid-19

Face masks in classrooms ditched from tomorrow

DfE to ‘shortly’ remove guidance on use in communal areas too, PM says

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Apprenticeships in prisons STILL being considered, and 4 other takeaways from today’s prison education hearing

Skills minister Alex Burghart and prisons minister Victoria Atkins answered questions from the House of Commons education committee this…

Will Nott
Will Nott
Covid-19, Exams

Scheme extended to cover costs of extra invigilators for this term’s vocational exams

Exams invigilator costs can be claimed back by FE centres with high staff absences due to Covid.

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Long read

‘Sport is special – it’s in your face’: New College Pontefract

Sport is often forgotten in discussions of FE. But with Ofsted looking hard at ‘personal development’, the award-winning PE…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Ofsted

Shrewsbury College bounces back from ‘inadequate’ to ‘good’

Principal praises ‘fantastic’ staff after rapid turnaround

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges

First chief of freshly merged City of Portsmouth College

The new leader will take the reins in the summer and joins the college ‘at the start of a…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen


News

BTEC students nearly twice as likely to drop out of university, report finds

Dropping out or repeating a year at university is rare, but students with BTECs are more likely to be…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Covid-19

Omicron: January exams start smoothly despite staff shortages

Staff are working extra hours, with managers stepping in to help invigilate vocational and technical qualifications

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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WorldSkills UK’s Skills Development Hub benefits educators and students

Keeping up with the latest developments in careers guidance and student development is just a mouse click away.

WorldSkills UK
WorldSkills UK
T Levels

Confused and frustrated: Most universities reject first cohort of T Level students

DfE urges transparency amid looming UCAS deadline

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News
Billy Camden
T Levels

‘Justice is served’: Final T Level awarding organisation revealed

The institute now has a full-house of awarding bodies to develop all 23 of the government’s flagship level 3…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen

Must read

Colleges, Long read

Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation

As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Colleges, Long read

Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission

Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Long read, Prison education

The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release

‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal

Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal

Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying…

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel