News A-levels 2021: Havering students picket college over lower than expected A-level grades Students and parents have picketed a London sixth form over accusations the college leadership unfairly altered their A-level grades…. Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Labour warns cutting off BTEC funding could entrench inequality Labour has warned cutting off public funding for BTECs could entrench inequalities in exam results, especially affecting students with… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Results day sees adult learners step towards new careers Adults across England are today finding out whether they have stepped closer to their dream careers or finally passed… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Northern College steers clear of ‘perfect storm’ and will remain standalone A much-loved adult residential college has announced it will remain standalone and has fought off a £2.4 million funding… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News GCSE results 2021: Pass rate increases for maths and English resits The pass rates for this summer’s GCSE maths and English resits have risen on 2020, new figures out today… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News College reappoints sector veteran as interim principal A college has appointed a sector veteran as interim principal for the second time after its permanent principal left… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News A-level results 2021: Top grades rise to 44% in record-breaking year The proportion of top A-level grades handed out this year has increased to more than 44 per cent following… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News 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…. Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Teachers have ‘earned country’s trust and admiration’, says Williamson Education secretary Gavin Williamson has said teachers’ “hard work” in producing grades for their students this year has “earned… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Search begins for sixth Hull College leader in two years A college’s first permanent leader in nearly two years has left after six months, owing to difficulty working away… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News 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…. Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Colleges need guaranteed funding for significant surge in student enrolments, says AoC Colleges are calling on the government to move to an “in-year funding model” after their membership body projected an… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Newer 1 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 812 Older Must read 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 6d Jessica Hill 6d Long read, Prison education Long read 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo