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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
Fraser Whieldon
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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
Billy Camden
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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
Billy Camden
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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
Billy Camden
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
Billy Camden
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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
Billy Camden


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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
Billy Camden
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
Fraser Whieldon
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
Billy Camden
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
Fraser Whieldon
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
Fraser Whieldon
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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
Billy Camden

Must read

16-19

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
Qualifications

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
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, 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
Jessica Hill