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 Young people Exclusive Confused and frustrated: Most universities reject first cohort of T Level students DfE urges transparency amid looming UCAS deadline Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Exclusive Owner of defunct provider involved in £20m subcontracting scandal declares bankruptcy ESFA makes claim on insolvent SCL Training Ltd Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Young people ‘Justice is served’: Final T Level awarding organisation revealed The institute now has a full-house of awarding bodies to develop all 23 of the government’s flagship level 3… Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y Sponsored post Sponsored What Is Math Modeling? (And Why Should You Care About It?) Demonstrating the value of mathematics in our communities and lives can be difficult for educators; understanding math modeling can… M3 Challenge 4y M3 Challenge 4y News New safeguarding rules: what colleges and providers need to know Consultation launched on changes to keeping children safe in education guidance Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News DfE says over 550 ex-teachers answer Covid call to arms But no figures on how many have actually rejoined the classroom Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News Omicron: 1 in 25 college teachers and leaders off with Covid as absence rate doubles It comes as 300,000 students studying vocational and technical qualifications get ready to sit exams this month Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Adult education Relief as most AEB business cases are successful Colleges and providers that didn’t meet last year’s 90 per cent AEB threshold have had their business case outcomes…. Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y News Exclusive Justice: FE Week campaign wins £1.5m relief for victims of loan scandal Almost 600 victims of an FE loans scandal have had £1.5 million worth of debt written off following an… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Exclusive Base rate rise must be used to raise college staff pay, UCU demands A union has called on college leaders to “guarantee” that the latest FE base rate funding increase will result… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Newer 1 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 848 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill 2w 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Young people 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 4mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4mo News 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo