News Revealed: The 2021 Pearson Teaching Awards winners Fifteen winners from across UK schools and colleges recognised Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Covid-19 Omicron: What you need to know about new guidance for education Principals told in an email this afternoon about rule changes for face masks and close contact isolation John Dickens 4y John Dickens 4y WorldSkills WorldSkills UK medal winners announced on C4’s Steph’s Packed Lunch Competitors from across the UK came together to celebrate each other’s success Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Staff London college group settles pay dispute after strike The union has agreed to pay staff extra and scrap an ‘open classroom model’ Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Devolution Exclusive Ofsted at odds with mayoral combined authority’s provision A potential conflict is brewing between central government bodies and devolved areas Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Skills reform Government strips popular Lords amendments from Skills Bill Ministers have put in a number of their own changes to the bill to rip up the Lords’ work Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y News Chartered Institution for FE admits 6 new members The institution now has twenty-one members paying an annual subscription fee of £5,000 Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Apprenticeships Exclusive Do better: schools urged to up £4.30-an-hour apprentice TA wage Some schools and trusts are offering TA apprentices less than £7,000 a year Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News Exclusive Let T Level students study other quals at the same time, says new Ofqual chief ‘If I was in charge of T Level policy you would have a T Level that was equivalent to… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Raise profile of degree apprenticeships or see them falter, universities warn Aspirations to ramp up degree apprenticeships in England will be stifled unless the government raises the profile of the… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Apprenticeships Lords committee urges levy spending focus on the young and on lower level courses The government has again been warned changes are needed for the apprenticeship levy Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Kickstart breaks down: NAO reports on massive underspend and ‘deadweight’ jobs At a cost of £7k per participant, Kickstart has become DWP’s most expensive support scheme Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Newer 1 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 839 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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 2mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
