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 5y Billy Camden 5y 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 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y 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 5y Billy Camden 5y 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 5y Billy Camden 5y 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 5y Billy Camden 5y 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 5y Billy Camden 5y 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 5y Billy Camden 5y 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 5y Billy Camden 5y 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 5y Billy Camden 5y 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 5y Billy Camden 5y 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 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News IfATE launches new reports to pre-warn sector of apprenticeship standard revisions A new tool that pre-warns providers and employers when apprenticeship standards are being revised has been launched today by… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 839 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
