Sponsored post Sponsored Pearson Digital Live: Evolving Education | 26–29 April 2021 Following the success of last year’s event, Pearson is thrilled to announce our free virtual Digital Live conference is back… Pearson 5y Pearson 5y News WorldSkills UK LIVE cancelled again – but national skills competitions return The country’s biggest skills and careers event has been cancelled for a second year – but national skills competitions… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Apprenticeships Call for new ‘baccalaureate’ to replace A-levels, BTECs, T-Levels and apprenticeships A three-year ‘baccalaureate’ should be introduced to replace A-levels, BTECs, T-Levels and apprenticeships, a think tank has said. A… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Colleges take adult education clawback battle to Downing Street Colleges have called on the prime minister to intervene in the government’s “devastating” adult education clawback plans that risk… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Prison education: Three days of strikes announced Education staff at 49 prisons across England will go on three days of strike action in the coming weeks… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News ‘Staggering’ number of college students ‘between one and four months behind’, AoC survey warns A “staggering” three quarters of 16 to 18-year-old college students are performing below normal expectations and are between one… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News, Opinion Sponsored AAC 2021 | An opportunity to look to recovery and the future of apprenticeships At the FE Week Annual Apprenticeship Conference (AAC) in 2020 we all gathered in Birmingham knowing that it was… Shane Mann 5y KIRSTIE DONNELLY 5y News Ofsted to visit ‘sample’ of colleges where sexual abuse has been reported Ofsted’s review of sexual abuse will see the watchdog make on-site visits to a “sample” of colleges where abuse… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive Recruit teachers by talking up prestige of profession, DfE told Talk about the “magic” of teaching, and less about structures and funding routes, to attract more people into the… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Government ‘expects’ to drop face masks in classrooms requirement by May Students should no longer be required to wear face masks in classrooms from 17 May, the Department for Education… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Race report ‘avoids tackling’ systematic discrimination in apprentice recruitment An ethnic minority representative group has slammed a prime ministerial commission’s proposal for an apprentice recruitment campaign “highly targeted”… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive Swithenbank’s payoff revealed as auditors confirm financial regulations breached The former chief executive of Hull College Group received £219,000 last year, despite only being in post for 67… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 839 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