News Exclusive High-profile college leader to step down The president of the Association of Colleges is retiring as chief executive of one of England’s largest college groups… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News What Pearson found in its survey on the future of exams Eight of out ten teachers believe high stakes exams should be taken throughout the year, and most want more… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Education secretary to open Festival of Education 2021: how to watch Education secretary Gavin Williamson will open the Festival of Education today, kickstarting the two-week long virtual event. The festival… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Exclusive DfE scraps ‘ludicrous’ bootcamp research and launches leak investigation The Department for Education has been forced into an embarrassing U-turn by dropping “secret” plans to ban thousands of… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Ofsted Ofsted bosses contradictory over limiting inspection grades for poor careers advice A confused picture has emerged after Ofsted’s chief inspector contradicted her FE director on whether poor careers advice could… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Skills Bill: Labour to seek amendments to local skills improvement plans and IfATE powers Labour will seek amendments to the Skills Bill so that metro mayors have a bigger role in local skills… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Feature, News Exclusive Can the Centres for Excellence master the GCSE resit problem? The Centres for Excellence in Maths are headed into their fourth year. With just two years of funding left, FE… Jess Staufenberg 4y Jess Staufenberg 4y News DfE reforms to BTECs and other level 3 quals will hit disadvantaged students hardest, sector warns Government plans to remove funding for the majority of BTECs will hit the most disadvantaged young students the hardest,… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Strikes on the cards at 11 colleges University and College Union members at 11 colleges across England are voting on industrial action from today. Ten of… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Number 10 seeks education and skills deputy director for new delivery unit Number 10 is seeking a “deputy director for education, jobs and skills” to work in a new unit set… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Exclusive FAB warns of ‘conflict of interest’ arising from Skills Bill legislation Plans to hand the government’s apprenticeships quango new powers over technical qualifications are a “retrograde step” and introduce a… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Exclusive Two more struggling UTCs join multi-academy trusts Another two university technical colleges are being absorbed into multi-academy trusts and expanding their age ranges after facing possible… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Newer 1 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 832 Older Must read 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 5d Anviksha Patel 5d 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 3w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3w Next 3 stories 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo
