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Coronavirus: Colleges to receive just 10 home testing kits each

Colleges will receive just 10 coronavirus home testing kits each, and should only use them in “exceptional circumstances”, the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE confirms U-turn over masks in colleges

Learners and staff at colleges in high-transmission areas will be required to wear face coverings following a U-turn by…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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IfATE launches second consultation for new apprenticeship funding model

A second funding rate consultation has been launched by the government’s apprenticeships quango. The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical…

Shane Mann
Shane Mann
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Sally Collier to be replaced by Dame Glenys Stacey as Ofqual chief regulator

The chief regulator of Ofqual Sally Collier is to leave following the exams fiasco that has engulfed England in…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Government to U-turn on masks in colleges

Staff and students will be expected to wear face coverings in colleges in England from September following a government…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Pearson confirm final deadline for revised BTEC grades

All BTEC results will be ready by next Friday, awarding body Pearson has said, adding that level 3 results…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon


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Colleges ask for flexibility in COVID-19 catch-up funding to support ‘borderline’ students

College leaders have expressed concern about the ‘gaps in knowledge’ of new level 3 students starting in September after…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Results 2020: What you need to know about this year’s appeals and Autumn resits

Ofqual has confirmed today its appeals and resits process. We take you through what you need to know…   1. The…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Universities agree to honour all first choice offers for pupils who hit grades after U-turn

Universities have agreed to honour all-first choice offers for thousands of students rejected last week who have now had…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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GCSE results 2020: Top grades increase, with nearly four in five pupils achieving a pass

The proportion of GCSEs at grade 7 or above given to pupils in England has risen by 5.7 percentage…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Top results at A-level almost double under new system

The proportion of A*s awarded to A-level pupils has almost doubled – revised results released today show. Exams regulator…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Pearson announces eleventh-hour grading U-turn on BTECs – telling colleges NOT to issue results tomorrow

Colleges have been told not to issue BTEC results tomorrow after an eleventh hour grading U-turn from Pearson. The…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon

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Skills reform

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

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Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs

New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels

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Shane Chowen
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DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

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

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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…

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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…

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