News Coronavirus: Schools and colleges will rank GCSE and A-level pupils within grades Schools and colleges will rank their GCSE and A-level pupils within each grade under a new system of assessment… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Chief regulator offers ‘reassurance’ over this summer’s GCSE and A-level grades Ofqual’s chief regulator Sally Collier has “reassured” GCSE and A-level students that the grades they get this summer will… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Coronavirus: An explainer on how GCSE and A-level grades will be awarded this summer Ofqual has revealed how students will be assessed for GCSE and A-level qualifications this summer, following the cancellation of… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Hadlow break-up hits two month delay due to ‘complexity’ Delays have struck the break-up of the first college group to go insolvent owing to the “necessarily complex and… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive Remote assessment guidance too vague and open to malpractice, say awarding bodies Online assessment will only work for around 40 per cent of apprenticeships and the government’s “vague” guidance in the… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive University in drive to push MBA apprentice places as government reviews funding A university is scrambling to recruit MBA apprentices amid the government’s review of the programme’s funding. On Monday the… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Treasury confirms colleges CAN furlough staff Treasury officials have given colleges the green light to tap into their coronavirus job retention scheme. Speaking to FE… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Students to sit English and maths exams at home during Covid-19 lockdown Thousands of students will be able to sit their functional skills exams from home from next week, the first… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Funding agency ‘pause’ planned audits during Covid-19 lockdown All planned routine funding audits of FE providers have been put on hold, the government confirmed today. The Education… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Supplier relief: Liverpool reveals Covid-19 provider support Training providers in Liverpool will continue to receive adult education payments to “provide stability and help to protect the… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Applications to apprenticeship provider register to be suspended The Education and Skills Funding Agency has today announced they will stop accepting applications to the controversial register of… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Colleges set to furlough staff through Covid-19 job retention scheme Colleges across England are identifying staff that could be eligible for an 80 per cent wage subsidy from the… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 804 Older Must read 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Next 3 stories Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo Apprenticeships Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Adult education Exclusive Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo
