News College facing ‘uncertain future’ agrees merger partner A troubled college is set to merge with one of the biggest college groups in the country this summer…. Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Education staff won’t be prioritised for vaccine as government continues with age-based approach School and college staff will not be prioritised for the Covid-19 vaccine over other workers in the next phase… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Exclusive College handed emergency cash as merger hits a second delay An embattled sixth-form college being propped up by a £3 million bailout has seen its merger delayed for a… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News ‘Bureaucratic’ process for adding courses to level 3 lifetime skills guarantee offer slammed One of the country’s largest manufacturing sectors has hit out at the “frustrating” and “bureaucratic” process of adding courses… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Covid-19 Delay to Covid-19 testing for providers branded ‘madness’ The government has failed to explain why private training providers will need to wait until the end of next… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Functional skills barrier removed for ‘eligible apprentices’ from today The government has finally reintroduced a flexibility that allows apprentices to take their end-point assessment (EPA) before their English… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Ofsted monitoring inspections paused for week of colleges’ return Ofsted will pause its remote monitoring inspections for the week beginning March 8 to allow schools and colleges to… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News GCSE and A-level exams 2021: Externally-set questions to be ‘optional’ Schools and colleges won’t be forced to use externally-set questions when determining their students’ GCSE and A-level grades this… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News ‘Pyrrhic victory’: Functional skills learners CAN receive teacher assessed grades Functional skills students can receive teacher assessed grades this year but only if it is not possible to sit… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Confirmed: How BTEC and other vocational quals will be graded in 2021 The government has today outlined its final decisions for awarding BTEC and other vocational and technical qualification (VTQ) grades… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News GCSE and A-level exams 2021: What we know so far about the government’s plans The government has confirmed its plans for replacing GCSE and A-level exams this summer, with teacher assessments due to… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Winners of the AoC Student of the Year Awards 2021 revealed The winners of this year’s Association of Colleges’ Student of the Year Awards have been revealed. Five learners from… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Newer 1 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 817 Older Must read 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 18h Jessica Hill 18h 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Next 3 stories 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 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
