Awarding

City & Guilds appoints first female chair

The sector leader with 25 years experience of FE says she is ‘delighted’ to take the role

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Avoid ‘complex language’ and stereotypes to make exams accessible, says draft guidance

Ofqual launches consultation on draft accessibility guidance for exam boards

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Sponsored post

Developing excellence in teaching and training CPD

Access high-quality free to access practical and inspiring workshop and discussion sessions to help you improve your technical and…

WorldSkills UK
WorldSkills UK
Apprenticeships

Universities could be incentivised to run degree apprenticeships, minister suggests

University representatives have highlighted other areas which should be tackled first, though

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Spending Review

Spending review: FE & sixth form funding still ‘well below’ 2010 levels, IFS confirm

Education spending is set to rise by two per cent a year, compared to four per cent for health

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Spending Review

Spending review: Government criticised for ‘warm words’ on skills investment

FE leaders have been left frustrated by the lack of clarity

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


Spending Review

Spending review 2021: What the chancellor announced for FE and skills

Treasury documents set out spending plans for next three years

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Adult education, Spending Review

Spending review: £560m for new Multiply adult numeracy scheme confirmed

The government has revealed details of its new £560 million Multiply scheme, aimed at improving half a million adults’…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Prison education

Prison educators end long-running health and safety dispute

Around 600 staff at 49 prisons took four days of strike action between April and June 2021

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Spending Review

Spending review: Minimum wage for apprentices to rise to £4.81 an hour

It will take effect from April 1, 2022.

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Changing EPAO can be an exciting and rewarding step for you and your learners

Last month, I came across an informative and insightful article by Sallyann Baldry titled Considering Changing EPAO? A guide…

Victoria Boyle
Victoria Boyle
Protect Student Choice, Qualifications

BTECs: MPs to probe effect of defunding level 3 courses on learners

Sector experts have been invited to contribute and a minister will be asked to give evidence

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon

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