News Exclusive Extraordinary efforts of staff still caring for vulnerable learners FE Week has spoken to a number of specialist colleges to uncover the impact the Covid-19 crisis is having… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News DfE ploughs on with plans for T-level launch despite coronavirus concerns The government is driving forward with plans to launch the first three T-levels from September 2020 despite the disruption… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Funding clawback warning to colleges for deliberate under delivery Colleges that deliberatley under deliver their adult education budget allocations this year will have their funding clawed back, the… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Coronavirus: Schools and colleges will rank GCSE and A-level pupils within grades Schools and colleges will rank their GCSE and A-level pupils within each grade under a new system of assessment… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Chief regulator offers ‘reassurance’ over this summer’s GCSE and A-level grades Ofqual’s chief regulator Sally Collier has “reassured” GCSE and A-level students that the grades they get this summer will… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Coronavirus: An explainer on how GCSE and A-level grades will be awarded this summer Ofqual has revealed how students will be assessed for GCSE and A-level qualifications this summer, following the cancellation of… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Hadlow break-up hits two month delay due to ‘complexity’ Delays have struck the break-up of the first college group to go insolvent owing to the “necessarily complex and… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive Remote assessment guidance too vague and open to malpractice, say awarding bodies Online assessment will only work for around 40 per cent of apprenticeships and the government’s “vague” guidance in the… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive University in drive to push MBA apprentice places as government reviews funding A university is scrambling to recruit MBA apprentices amid the government’s review of the programme’s funding. On Monday the… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Treasury confirms colleges CAN furlough staff Treasury officials have given colleges the green light to tap into their coronavirus job retention scheme. Speaking to FE… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Students to sit English and maths exams at home during Covid-19 lockdown Thousands of students will be able to sit their functional skills exams from home from next week, the first… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Funding agency ‘pause’ planned audits during Covid-19 lockdown All planned routine funding audits of FE providers have been put on hold, the government confirmed today. The Education… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 854 Older Must read Awarding Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 4d Josh Mellor 4d Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 3w Shane Chowen 3w Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo Young people 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
