News Omicron: 1 in 25 college teachers and leaders off with Covid as absence rate doubles It comes as 300,000 students studying vocational and technical qualifications get ready to sit exams this month Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Adult education Relief as most AEB business cases are successful Colleges and providers that didn’t meet last year’s 90 per cent AEB threshold have had their business case outcomes…. Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y News Exclusive Justice: FE Week campaign wins £1.5m relief for victims of loan scandal Almost 600 victims of an FE loans scandal have had £1.5 million worth of debt written off following an… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Exclusive Base rate rise must be used to raise college staff pay, UCU demands A union has called on college leaders to “guarantee” that the latest FE base rate funding increase will result… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News How effective are face masks in the classroom? Minsters have published the evidence behind their decision to bring back face coverings in the classroom Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y Apprenticeships Providers wanted for ‘portable’ apprenticeships pilot Apprentices will have multiple employers under the new ‘flexi-jobs’ programme. Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y Sponsored post Sponsored UK training provider The Skills Network offers sexual consent training for post 16 educators across the country Following the introduction of a revised Ofsted inspection framework, schools across England are now inspected and judged on the… The Skills Network 4y The Skills Network 4y Covid-19 Omicron: Return of face coverings in classrooms to help stall surge New measures for education have been announced to combat Omicron spread and surge in staff absences. Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y News Queen’s New Year honours 2022: Who got what in FE and skills? This year includes one CBE, six OBEs, four MBEs and one BEM – but no knighthoods or dames Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Zahawi grants new terms for deputy commissioners The deputy commissioners work with colleges with quality or financial health concerns. Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y Covid-19 Sixth formers could be offered Covid booster jabs Booster jabs should be rolled out to 16 and 17 year olds, the JCVI has recommended. Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y Adult education Skills bootcamps to be erected in nine new areas Existing providers of ‘high quality’ bootcamps have also been handed funding Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Newer 1 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 832 Older Must read 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 3d Anviksha Patel 3d 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 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 3w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3w Next 3 stories 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Colleges, Long read 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo
