News Revealed: Government list of apprenticeships given green light for online assessment A list of 70 apprenticeship standards where permission has been granted to carry out end-point assessments remotely during the… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Can providers furlough staff and receive ESFA supplier relief? Staff that have been furloughed by training providers must return to work if they want to receive supplier relief… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Colleges given access to DfE free meal vouchers The government has extended its national food voucher scheme to colleges that are having “practical difficulties” delivering free meals to students during the… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News DfE relaxes functional skills rule for apprentices The government has relaxed the requirement for level 2 apprentices to achieve their functional skills qualification. This morning, Ofqual confirmed… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News DfE reveals provider criteria for accessing supplier relief Training providers must have a qualification achievement rate for 2018/19 of above 40 per cent to be eligible for… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Revealed: More details on how functional skills qualifications will be assessed Functional skills students can be moderated via “adapted assessment” such as online tests this summer, but only where teacher… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Hundreds of Sheffield College support staff win payrise Support staff at Sheffield College will see a salary increase as high as 18 per cent from May as… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Ofqual’s proposals for awarding vocational and technical qualifications: A speed read Ofqual has today published a consultation on how it proposes to award vocational and technical qualifications this summer. Here’s… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Decision on how to grade thousands of BTECs and other quals left to awarding bodies Awarding organisations will be left to decide which of the thousands of BTECs and other technical qualifications can be… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Stranded: how college international students are coping away from home With no blueprint for this unprecedented pandemic, colleges are coming up with their own solutions to help international students… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive MBA apprenticeship to live on despite attempt to axe Universities are still planning to offer the MBA in the level 7 senior leader apprenticeship, despite the qualification being… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive New shadow ed sec admits NES plan didn’t reach voters Freddie Whittaker meets Rebecca Long-Bailey, Labour’s new shadow education secretary The lack of an “overarching message” from Labour on… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 830 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
