News A-level results 2020: Top grades up by 2.4 percentage points The proportion of top A-level grades handed to students in England has increased by 2.4 per cent this year…. Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive Sixth form colleges cry foul over standardisation as principals report problems with A-level results The body representing sixth form colleges has demanded action after the vast majority of principals reported lower-than-expected A-level grades… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Ofqual to provide guidance on “valid mock grades” Ofqual has announced it will publish guidance on how colleges can use “valid mock grades” to appeal A-levels and… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News DfE sets out plans to allow disappointed exam students to use ‘valid mock grades’` Students will be given the choice of receiving a “valid mock grade” instead of their standardised centre-assessment grade under… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News University picked as preferred bidder to take over HS2 college at risk of insolvency The national college for High Speed 2 looks set to be taken over by a university as part of… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exams 2020: Ofqual confirms final appeals process for GCSEs and A-levels Schools and colleges will be able to appeal against GCSE and A-level results if they feel data used to… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Rule change restricting use of 16-19 tuition fund branded ‘bureaucratic madness’ An “unwelcome” change to the rules for the government’s 16 to 19 tuition fund which restricts the learners the… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Confirmed: Exams watchdog to takeover apprenticeship assessment quality checks Exams watchdog Ofqual is to take the lead in a “new simplified external quality assurance (EQA) system” for apprenticeships… Nick Linford 5y Nick Linford 5y Sponsored post Sponsored The Skills Network’s Free LMS To Accelerate Providers’ Online Delivery Leading online learning provider, The Skills Network (TSN), has today announced that it will permanently offer its learning platform… The Skills Network 5y The Skills Network 5y News Exclusive Colleges in administration miss third transfer date as accountants continue to rack up fees The only FE colleges in administration, Hadlow College and West Kent College, continue to be owned and run by… Nick Linford 5y Nick Linford 5y News DfE launches new matching and redundancy support service for apprentices A new service that allows employers to share their vacancies with redundant apprentices has been launched by the Department… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News ESFA scraps minimum duration repeat rule for returning apprentices A minimum duration rule that was preventing some people from returning to and finishing an apprenticeship will be scrapped… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 818 Older Must read 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 3d Jessica Hill 3d 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Next 3 stories Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 3mo Billy Camden 3mo Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo