Qualifications

Labour: BTECs defunding delay ‘doesn’t go far enough’

Kate Green has called for a four-year moratorium on scrapping any applied general qualifications

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Qualifications

Zahawi announces slowing down of BTECs cull

The exit requirements for English and maths in T Levels will also be relaxed

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

College CEO to step down after ‘serious heart attack’

John van de Laarschot will leave Nottingham College to ‘focus on regaining fitness and resilience’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Qualifications

Labour shortages: logistics, retail and construction on what needs to happen next

Sector bodies want greater flexibility in the apprenticeship levy as well as more level 2 provision

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Staff

Smiley face for emoji project, as ETF reports on success stories in functional skills teaching

A project by the foundation is attempting to plug a gap in sector research

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon


Adult education

AEB business case outcomes delayed

Providers are waiting to see if they can hang on to underspent AEB funding

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Adult education

Centenary celebration of L&W sees Princess Royal back prison education reform

Careers education was a big theme of the even

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

NHS trust apologises as it exits the apprenticeship market

An NHS trust has left the apprenticeship provider market following a highly critical Ofsted report. Tees, Esk and Wear…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Why Ofsted’s new inspection framework may see ‘outstanding’ providers marked down

Some ‘outstanding’ colleges which have improved since their last inspection may still be downgraded because the bar has been…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Assessment

College forced to reveal secret A-level inquiry results

The college had refused to reveal the results to staff and students up to now

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Wales

A tertiary future for Wales

The commission will have the power to institute a register of providers and establish quality assurance frameworks

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen

Must read

16-19

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
Qualifications

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
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
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