News SEND college censured for safety concerns and ‘inappropriate’ teaching A residential college for vulnerable young adults has been reprimanded by Ofsted for not protecting learners and staff from… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Feature, News Exclusive New FE Commissioner: ‘I want to change perception from one of fear to one of support’ But ‘some leaders do some really silly things, so there will always be consequences’, Shelagh Legrave warns Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Awarding Revealed: Winners of FAB Awards 2021 NCFE and WorldSkills UK are among the nine winners from tonight Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Assessment, Covid-19 Exams 2022: Ofqual confirms ‘plan B’ details Exams watchdog says schools and colleges should ‘guard’ against ‘over-assessment’ of students Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y Qualifications Labour warns BTECs cull could hit healthcare and retail hardest ‘We want to ensure every young person can gain a level 3 qualification whether through A-levels, T Levels, BTECs… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Ofsted Richard Branson’s Virgin Care training arm takes off with top Ofsted marks Inspectors lauded apprentices for ‘outstanding resilience’ during the pandemic Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Revealed: 39 post-16 providers to share £83m to accommodate demographic boom An additional 260,000 16- to 19-year-olds are anticipated to be in education in the coming years Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Office for Students OfS chief stepping down next spring Education secretary Nadhim Zahawi has thanked her for her ‘excellent work improving access to higher education’ Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y T Levels There is no T Level recruitment target, DfE maintains It comes despite the spending review making funding available for ‘up to 100,000 students’ by 2024 Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Adult education Most disadvantaged adults ‘least likely to participate’ in education, L&W finds Only four in ten adults are aware free basic skills courses are available, the survey also discovered Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Prison education Education behind bars: five ex-prisoners tell MPs of their learning experiences The quality of prison education came in for criticism, with one witness saying theirs was ‘dreadful’ Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y SEND Exclusive New digital functional skills qual: warning sounded on SEND exclusion Learners with special educational needs could be locked out by the new course’s subject content Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Newer 1 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 832 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
