Skills reform DfE campaign calls on skilled workers to teach part-time in FE Particular shortages in construction, engineering and manufacturing, legal, finance, digital and health and social care aim to be tackled Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Crack down on ‘poor quality’ courses announced by Office for Students Plans for tougher outcome measures and ‘intrusive sanctions’ announced Will Nott 4y Will Nott 4y News Twelfth UTC closure confirmed The 14-19 college has failed to recruit enough students to become financially viable Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Covid-19 Face masks in classrooms ditched from tomorrow DfE to ‘shortly’ remove guidance on use in communal areas too, PM says Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y 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 4y Will Nott 4y Assessment, Covid-19 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 4y Shane Chowen 4y Long read 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 4y Jess Staufenberg 4y Ofsted Shrewsbury College bounces back from ‘inadequate’ to ‘good’ Principal praises ‘fantastic’ staff after rapid turnaround Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y 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 4y Shane Chowen 4y 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 4y Shane Chowen 4y Covid-19 Exclusive 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 4y Samantha Booth 4y Sponsored post Sponsored 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 4y WorldSkills UK 4y Newer 1 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 842 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
