News Specialist colleges honoured in inaugural Natspec awards Leading post-16 providers that teach students with special educational needs and disabilities have been recognised for excellence in the sector at… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News DfE publish guidance on fully opening FE to young people and adults from September The Department for Education has this morning published guidance on what FE colleges and providers will “need to do”… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Federation of Awarding Bodies chair and vice-chair to step down Paul Eeles and Terry Fennell, the chair and vice-chair of the Federation of Awarding Bodies respectively, are to step… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Leicester College takes ‘difficult decision to close’ in local lockdown Leicester College is to close from today as part of the country’s first localised lockdown following a flare-up of… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News ESFA to force ‘significant’ reductions to FE subcontracting by 2022/23 The Education and Skills Funding Agency has confirmed it will apply a cap on the volume of subcontracting as… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exam boards to investigate claims of ‘bias’ in teacher-assessed grades Exam boards will be expected to investigate claims from students that schools and colleges have not shown “care or… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News GCSE and A-level autumn series grades to be based only on exams, Ofqual confirms Student grades in this year’s autumn exam series will be based on their performance in the tests alone, not… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News PM promises ‘every young person’ the ‘chance of an apprenticeship or an in-work placement’ The prime minister has promised to offer an “opportunity guarantee” that will give “every young person the chance of… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Official figures reveal 85% fall in apprenticeship vacancies The number of vacancies on the government’s Find An Apprenticeship website plummeted by more than 80 per cent in… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exams regulator to lose their FE lead The head of Ofqual’s vocational and technical qualifications (VTQs) department is stepping down. Phil Beach, who is currently leading… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Government to ‘fast track’ £200m of £1.5bn capital budget to refurbish colleges The government is to make £200 million of its £1.5 billion college capital funding pot available from this September… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Kate Green appointed shadow education secretary Kate Green has been appointed as the new shadow education secretary. The MP for Stretford and Urmston, a former… Shane Mann 5y Shane Mann 5y Newer 1 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 830 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
