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 News Adult education charity to close despite plans for a rescue deal A long-running adult education charity in Brighton is to close with the loss of almost 50 jobs tomorrow after… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News ESFA scraps provider achievement rate reports Colleges and training providers will not have access to qualification achievement rate (QAR) reports to use internally for 2019/20,… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Monthly apprenticeships update: May starts fall 60% Apprenticeship starts for the month of May 2020 fell 60 per cent on the previous year, figures published this… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive 300 redundancies planned at England’s largest apprenticeship provider England’s largest apprenticeship provider is planning to slash around 300 jobs as it battles with “significantly reduced” learner numbers… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Adult education ESFA ‘withdraws’ AEB funding clawback plans following sector backlash The Education and Skills Funding Agency has “withdrawn” plans to clawback this year’s unspent adult education budget grant funding… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 830 Older Must read Skills reform Long read New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled Billy Camden 6d Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 6d Qualifications Exclusive 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 3w Shane Chowen 3w Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo