News Ofqual wants admissions ‘flexibility’ for students with ‘one or two lower grades’ Post-16 providers have been urged to “offer greater flexibility” in admission decisions to ensure students who get “one or… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News ESFA reveals spending and audit rules for £96m 16-19 Covid tutoring fund Colleges and other 16 to 19 providers will be paid at least an additional £150 per disadvantaged learner next… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Revealed: The 20 college partnerships to share the £5.4m College Collaboration Fund Twenty college partnerships will receive grants through a fund designed to develop greater collaboration across the sector, the government… Simon Kay 5y Simon Kay 5y 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 Newer 1 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 839 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 1w Shane Chowen 1w 16-19 Long read Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo News Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the… Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
