Skills reform Skills Bill debate: Senior Tories split on level 3 reform Several senior Conservative peers voted against the government last night following fiery exchanges on plans to scrap the majority… Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y Sponsored post Sponsored Supporting your learners to develop skills for the future workplace with Barclays LifeSkills Explore how Barclays LifeSkills can help you to support your learners in developing their skills Barclays LifeSkills 4y Barclays LifeSkills 4y News Thousands of adults to be offered free new technical courses – but 2 regions miss out Institutes of Technology will offer 65 new short and modular courses later this month Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Revealed: Over 100 colleges and unis to share £18m fund to expand higher technical quals The names of more than 100 FE and HE providers to win a slice of an £18 million ‘growth… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Feature, News Exclusive It’s a delicate business, this assessment reform The debate about high-stakes assessment is hotting up. Jess Staufenberg talks to the movers and shakers You will have… Jess Staufenberg 4y Jess Staufenberg 4y Covid-19 Zahawi and Javid encourage school and college student vaccine take-up The education and health secretaries have urged parents to get their children vaccinated to prevent the spread of Covid-19…. FE Week Reporter 4y FE Week Reporter 4y Adult education DfE sets off on £17m hunt for HGV bootcamp training providers The DfE has upped the budget and is now looking for nearly twice the number of drivers they were… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News College principal to become government’s new Social Mobility Commission deputy Alun Francis expected to be second-in-command to Katharine Birbalsingh – head of the country’s ‘strictest school’ Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Skills reform Calls grow for reform of ELQ rules Former Conservative ministers and trade union bosses have both called for retraining rules to be relaxed Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y FE workforce ETF mulls scheme to bring out-of-work professionals into FE teaching It comes after the Department for Education admitted there are ‘significant difficulties’ recruiting FE teachers Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Covid-19 College brings back face masks after rise in Covid cases It comes after a cases in Derbyshire increased by 6.5 per cent in a week Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y FE Week Podcast The FE Week Podcast: The Tory Party Conference, Lords ‘Peer Review’ the Skills Bill and the future of assessment In this week’s episode, we’re joined by exams board guru Kirstie Donnelly and policy director Simon Ashworth Shane Mann 4y FE Week Podcast 4y Newer 1 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 854 Older Must read Awarding Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 3d Josh Mellor 3d Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 3w Shane Chowen 3w Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo Young people 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
