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 5y Billy Camden 5y 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 5y Billy Camden 5y 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 5y Billy Camden 5y 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 5y Billy Camden 5y 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 5y Billy Camden 5y 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 5y Jess Staufenberg 5y 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 5y Billy Camden 5y 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 5y Billy Camden 5y 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 5y Billy Camden 5y 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 5y Billy Camden 5y 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 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Queen’s Birthday Honours 2021: Who received what in FE? The next FE commissioner and the author of the landmark post-18 education review are among those receiving gongs in… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y Newer 1 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 851 Older Must read 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 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo 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 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo
