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BTEC and other vocational exams to go ahead this week despite national lockdown, DfE confirms

BTEC and other vocational exams will still go ahead this month despite the new national lockdown restrictions, the Department…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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GCSE and A-level 2021 exams cancelled

Summer exams will not “go ahead as normal” this year, the prime minister said tonight after announcing schools and…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Gateshead College accounts reveal the story behind shock deficit

Unauthorised loans, at least £5 million in government bailouts and an inability to investigate potential “fraud” has been revealed…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

College return: Leaders call for further delay ahead of prime minister’s address

Colleges leaders have told FE Week they want a delay to face-to-face teaching for most students until at least…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Queen’s New Year honours 2021: Who got what in FE?

The outgoing FE Commissioner Richard Atkins has been knighted in the 2021 Queen’s New Year Honours. Around 30 people…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

New staggered January return plan announced

The government has pushed FE student return dates back by an extra week – but BTEC and other vocational…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


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Army ‘on standby’ to support schools and colleges with Covid testing

The government told the media last night that the military will be “on standby”  to support secondary schools and…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

£78m Covid mass testing support revealed

The government will make £78 million available for the rollout of rapid mass Covid-19 testing of students from January…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

New Ofqual chief promises to work with sector for ‘smooth-running’ exams next year

The new interim chief regulator at Ofqual has promised to work with the sector to ensure the “smooth-running” of…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Bring back individual learning accounts, say influential MPs

Influential MPs have added their voices to calls for the return of individual learning accounts to help reverse the…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Unions tell ministers mass testing plans are ‘inoperable’, and pledge to back colleges who refuse

Unions and professional associations have said they will fully back schools and colleges that are “unable” to deliver mass…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Non-exam-year FE students to switch to online learning for first week back in January

FE students who are not preparing for exams in 2021 must learn at home for the first week of…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden

Must read

Colleges, Long read

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
Shane Chowen
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