Teacher training
Billy Camden
Skills reform

Careers advice law change among three DfE amendments to Skills Bill

Religious sixth form colleges will also finally be able to academise

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Qualifications

Level 2 ‘won’t be forgotten’, promises new skills minister

Alex Burghart has been setting out his priorities for his new role

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
T Levels

Revealed: Awarding bodies for 2023 T Levels

City & Guilds, NCFE with VTCT, and Highfield Qualifications have been chosen by IfATE

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Apprenticeships

Sunak extends apprenticeship employer incentives and Kickstart scheme

Apprentice incentives will run until end of January while Kickstart will go until end of March

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

Inclusivity and diversity apprentice panel helps provider gain top Ofsted marks

The provider’s online community platform has impressed the watchdg and improved attainment

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon


Skills reform

Pearson’s spotlight on workforce skills report: The key recommendations

The report proposes relaxing rules on equivalent or lower qualifications and giving local leaders more say on skills

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
16-19

Clumsy, complex and slow: business puts the boot into Kickstart

New figures reveal less than two-fifths of Kickstart jobs created have been filled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Spending Review

Spending review: will it be trick or treat for the sector?

Groups such as the CBI and UCU have put in submissions for the three-year spending review

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Assessment

College defends keeping A-level inquiry secret amid community backlash

The college has also insisted they have kept staff in the loop on how the review has been run

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
EDI

BAME apprentice awards: back in person – and bigger than ever

One of the winners was credited for ‘showing a real passion for the women in STEM agenda’

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Assessment, Covid-19

2022 exams: What you need to know about plan B

DfE and Ofqual seeking views on draft teacher assessed grades guidance

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth

Must read

Colleges, Long read

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
Shane Chowen
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