News Hospitality and catering courses added to level 3 lifetime skills guarantee offer The government has added hospitality and catering courses to its new level 3 adult offer after controversially excluding the… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Williamson slammed for ‘ignoring’ concerns about scrapping BTECs Twelve education bodies have today slammed the education secretary for “ignoring” their concerns and ploughing ahead with plans to… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Union calls for formal review after OCR confirms 42% exam fees rebate Exam board OCR has confirmed it will give schools and colleges a rebate of 42 per cent of fees… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Colleges invited to use cost-cutting consultants Colleges will be given access to the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s army of cost-cutting advisers from September. The… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Students are worried employers will see TAGs as ‘fake grades’, says Ofqual advisers Students are worried employers will see their teacher assessed GCSEs as “fake grades”, Ofqual has said, as the regulator… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News DfE considers college vaccine passports FE students could need to be fully vaccinated to attend education and training in the coming year under plans… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Ofsted High praise for university in first tranche of Ofsted’s level 6 and 7 apprenticeship inspections Ofsted’s first new provider monitoring visits of level 6 and 7 apprenticeship provision have resulted positive results for higher… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Ofsted UTC jumps from Ofsted ‘inadequate’ to ‘outstanding’ in a year A university technical college (UTC) has been rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted just a year after being hit with the… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News 5 things we learned from DfE’s final apprenticeship reform review The Department for Education has today published its final review of its apprenticeship reform programme. Officials established the programme,… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News 100 jobs at risk as combined authority rejects WEA’s adult education bid Around 100 jobs are at risk at one of England’s largest charitable adult education providers after a mayoral combined… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Apprenticeships Target apprenticeships at most disadvantaged, Social Mobility Commission tells government Apprenticeships are failing to reach their social mobility “potential” and must be better targeted at the most disadvantaged, the… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Provider-level achievement rates to return in 2021/22 Next year’s provider-level qualification achievement rates (QARs) will be published following a two-year suspension. The Department for Education has… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Newer 1 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 839 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
