News Exclusive Former exams firm boss set to be new Ofqual chief A former exams company chief executive is set to replace Dame Glenys Stacey as the chief regulator at Ofqual,… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Campaign launched to encourage learners to respond to DfE’s level 3 and below review The awarding body that runs BTECs has launched a campaign to encourage students to respond to the government’s level… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Ofqual launches 10-day consultation on advance topics for 2021 exams Ofqual is seeking views on its plans to release advance notice of topics ahead of exams next year, suggesting… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Third apprenticeship rate consultation as ESFA considers changes to eligible cost rules The current apprenticeships rate review is set to undergo its third consultation as the Education and Skills Funding Agency… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Leaked document reveals how the DfE chose level 3 ‘lifetime skills guarantee’ qualification list A confidential document that shows the criteria the government used to choose the level 3 courses in the prime… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Confirmed: Level 3 ‘lifetime skills guarantee’ qualification list excludes major economic sectors Almost 400 level 3 qualifications have been chosen for the prime minister’s lifetime skills guarantee – but major sectors… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News DfE reveals Christmas contact tracing rules Further education providers are being asked to remain “on-call” up to the day before Christmas eve to assist with… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News AoC calls for government to force post-16 providers to collaborate The Association of Colleges has called for an end to competition in the FE market and for government to… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Ofsted’s ‘support’ and monitoring visits from January: what FE providers need to know Ofsted has today published further details about how their phased return to normal inspection activity of FE providers will… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive In conversation with Paul Joyce about Ofsted’s 2019/20 annual report Ofsted published its annual report for 2019/20 last week, and while chief inspector Amanda Spielman chose not to use… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News AoC announces Dr Shaid Mahmood as next chair The Association of Colleges has announced Dr Shaid Mahmood as its next chair of the board. He takes over… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Little known skills-based work academy programme given major funding boost Marius Ardelean found himself without a job and with little prospect of finding another after Covid-19 struck. But he… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y Newer 1 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 830 Older Must read 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 7d Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 7d 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 4w Shane Chowen 4w 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 Next 3 stories 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 Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo
