News Colleges can start testing students on-site before March 8, DfE confirms Secondary schools and colleges will be allowed to start testing students on-site before March 8, the Department for Education… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News What you need to know about applying to deliver T Levels from 2023 The Department for Education has today launched the registration process to deliver its flagship T Level qualifications from 2023,… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Covid-19 Extra £102m to extend 16-19 Covid tuition fund announced The government has set aside an additional £102 million to extend the 16 to 19 tuition fund for an… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News March 8 reopening guidance: Staff and students ‘advised’ to wear face coverings in classroom Staff and students in FE providers have been advised by the Department for Education to wear face coverings in… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Covid-19 College students to receive three Covid tests on site upon return College students will have four rapid Covid tests in the first two weeks of returning to the classroom from… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Colleges and FE providers to reopen in full from March 8, PM announces All students in colleges and other further education providers can “safely return” for face-to-face teaching from March 8, the… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Covid-19 Government to research range of ‘harms’ caused by Covid-19 to students and staff The Department for Education is tendering for research into how Covid-19 has impacted students and staff. The “rapid” data… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Unions ‘increasingly concerned’ government will order full school and college reopening on March 8 Unions have urged the government to phase the return of students to schools and colleges, amid concerns ministers will… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Exclusive Apprentice feedback tool kicked into the long grass A tool that allows apprentices to give feedback on their training provider via text has been delayed again and… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y National Apprenticeship Week 2021 | Supplement 16/02/2021 Find out more News Pearson launches ‘major’ consultation into the future of exams amid calls for end to GCSEs The exam board Pearson has launched a “major” consultation into the future of exams, following calls for GCSEs to… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Association of Apprentices launches to support trainees and boost retention An Association of Apprentices has been launched in an effort to help boost the number of the work-based trainees… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Newer 1 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 813 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 1w Jessica Hill 1w Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo