News Concern over T-level industry placements rises as employers pull out Employers are cancelling T-level industry placements and providers are finding it increasingly challenging to find alternatives, new research has… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Another two providers delay T-level launch plans Two more providers due to teach the first T-levels in just two months’ time have delayed delivery for at… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Nine things we learned from the ESFA’s 2019-20 annual report and accounts The Education and Skills Funding Agency has this afternoon published its annual report and accounts for 2019-20, revealing college… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Ofqual predicts ‘slightly better’ GCSE and A-level results, but teacher grades will need hauling down Teacher-assessed grades will have to be hauled down by up to 12 percentage points this year so results are… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News, Opinion Pearson and Amazon Web Services develop first Cloud Computing BTEC Higher National qualifications to help address the cloud computing skills gap Pearson is really pleased to announce, in collaboration with Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), the development of the first… Billy Camden 5y Gary Gates 5y News DfE offers £96m grant for 16-19 tutoring after Covid catch-up fund U-turn The government has U-turned on its decision to exclude 16 to 19 providers from its £1 billion Covid catch-up… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News WorldSkills UK LIVE 2020 cancelled The country’s biggest skills and careers event, WorldSkills UK LIVE, has been cancelled for 2020 due to the health… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Claudia Harris to step down as Careers and Enterprise Company CEO The chief executive of the Careers and Enterprise Company is to step down to run a firm that supports… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Demise of subcontracting brokers – finally Using brokers in subcontracting deals will be a “serious breach” of funding rules next year, the government said today… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Brighton college receives emergency bailout as chief executive quits A chief executive has resigned after his college hit serious financial problems that led to a plea for emergency… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Sponsored post Sponsored How to assess learners’ starting points and personalise curriculum plans Ofsted’s new Education Inspection Framework (EIF) has changed the way learning is delivered, with increased scrutiny on the ability… The Skills Network 5y The Skills Network 5y News Revealed: How DfE will fund the school and college leavers scheme and list of eligible courses The Department for Education has published details of how it will fund the £101 million school and college leavers… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 818 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