Adult education Exclusive DfE becomes only AEB contractor unwilling to introduce coronavirus supplier relief for training providers The Department for Education now stands alone in failing to introduce a coronavirus supplier support package for training providers… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News AoC launches national esports football tournament A national tournament that will see college students face-off against their peers in FIFA games for the first time… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News DfE appoints Nick Timothy as non-executive director Nick Timothy, the controversial former chief of staff to prime minister Theresa May, has joined the Department for Education…. Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News GCSE and A-level exam results days revealed Students will receive their GCSE and A-level results on the normal days of August 20 and 13 respectively this… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Vast majority of apprentices still receiving training, according to AELP survey More than eight in 10 apprentices are continuing to receive training during the Covid-19 lockdown, the Association of Employment… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Ofqual seeks views on plans for teachers to estimate GCSE and A-level grades The sector has just days to respond to an Ofqual consultation on its plans for teacher calculated GCSE and… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Free recording: Response to Ofqual’s guidance on grading vocational qualifications Last week, Ofqual published their guidance on arrangements for grading BTEC, functional skills and other vocational qualifications this summer…. Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive College loses £91k after ending the wait for a favourable Nigerian exchange rate A college tied up in a long-running legal dispute with a Nigerian State has accepted a loss of £91,000… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News DfE cancels achievement rates publication in 2021 for all providers The government will not publish provider-level achievement rates for the current academic year due to the coronavirus crisis. However,… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Labour appoints shadow apprenticeships minister as Hardy holds onto colleges Toby Perkins has been appointed Labour’s new shadow apprenticeships and lifelong learning minister – separate to the shadow further… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News T-level content finally published as minister says most colleges ‘wanted to continue’ The long-awaited content for the first three T-levels is set to be published as the skills minister pleads with… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News College apprenticeship provider cuts staff wages by 25% to ‘buy time’ Staff at a college owned apprenticeship provider have taken a 25 per cent pay cut for the next sixth… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 830 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
