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
Billy Camden
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
Billy Camden
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
Billy Camden
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
Billy Camden
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
Billy Camden
News

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
Billy Camden


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
Billy Camden
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
Fraser Whieldon
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
Billy Camden
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
Billy Camden
News

EuroSkills 2020 postponed until 2021

The international EuroSkills 2020 competition has been postponed from this September until next year, it has been announced. It…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Teachers to estimate functional skills results this summer

Results for this summer’s cancelled functional skills exams will be based on teacher calculated grades, Ofqual is set to…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden

Must read

Colleges, Long read

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
Shane Chowen
16-19

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
Qualifications

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
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel