News Sector bodies unite to call for education staff to get Covid vaccinations priority Trade unions and sector representative bodies have combined forces to call on the government to prioritise education staff in… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Revealed: Williamson sets out his plan for replacing exams this year Education secretary Gavin Williamson has this morning outlined his expectation for how exams will be replaced this year. In… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Revealed: Almost 50 T Level colleges sharing £48.5m to refurbish buildings Almost 50 colleges set to deliver T Levels from 2021 will share £48.5 million to refurbish their buildings. Successful… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News DfE launches £135m capital fund for wave three T Level providers Colleges and training providers in the third wave of the T Level rollout are being invited to bid for… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Ofsted visits to be conducted remotely until Feb half term Ofsted’s planned monitoring visits will take place remotely until after the February half term, the watchdog has announced. The… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Funding for popular apprenticeship cut by £4k as MBA is axed The popular level 7 senior leader apprenticeship will have its funding slashed by 22 per cent when a revised… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Government publishes guide to home learning The Department for Education has released a “remote education framework” to support colleges and training providers to identify “areas… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News AoC Sport challenges colleges to go to the moon during lockdown Students and staff are being encouraged to keep their bodies and brains active throughout lockdown by walking, running and… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News FE staff should get Covid vaccine priority, say college leaders FE staff should be moved up the priority list for Covid-19 vaccines so that providers can reopen to all… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Employers should pay for laptops so apprentices can be remote educated, says Keegan Employers should pay for apprentices’ digital devices to continue training remotely, Gillian Keegan said today as she confirmed learners… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Tender launched for national rollout of skills ‘boot camps’ The tender for the nationwide rollout of the government’s technical skills “boot camps” has been launched, with £36 million… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Ofqual warns this summer’s grading solution is unlikely to be consistent Ofqual’s new interim chief has warned that the solution to replacing this summer’s exams “won’t be the same for… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 832 Older Must read 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 5d Anviksha Patel 5d 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 3w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3w Next 3 stories 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo
