News WorldSkills 2019: Rebecca West picks up gold medal for beauty therapy Team UK has achieved a gold medal in beauty therapy for competitor Rebecca West. The achievement means Britain retains… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive Skills for Care quits official quality assurance role for apprenticeships Skills for Care is to scrap their adult care external quality assurance service (ACEQUAS) to apprenticeship end-point assessment organisations,… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News WorldSkills closing and medal ceremony | watch it live here Watch the WorldSkills 2019 medal ceremony live here from 5pm (UK time) today, and see Russian president Vladimir Putin… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Deputy FE commissioner appointed as DfE struggle to find advisers The Department for Education’s latest recruitment drive for the office of the FE Commissioner has led to the appointment… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News WorldSkills 2019 day 4: Team UK rallies together as they cross the finishing line Team UK is finishing WorldSkills 2019 with thunderous applause and deafening cheers from a caravan of supporters. A crowd… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News WorldSkills 2019 day 3: Thomas flush with success as he steams past the finish line Team UK’s plumbing and heating competitor Thomas Thomas has this afternoon finished his tests. Hear from plumber Thomas Thomas… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News WorldSkills 2019 day two: Dining out on world-class Skills FE Week reporter Fraser Whieldon samples the high life by taking part in the restaurant service competition at WorldSkills… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News WorldSkills 2019 day 1: Team UK make the first cut as they get in their groove Team UK has made a good start on the road to medal success, after completing the first day of… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News WorldSkills 2019: UK’s young people feel colleges are worst in the world at preparing them for adult working life, says new report Young people in the UK feel their school or college are the worst in the world at preparing them… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News WorldSkills 2019: Team UK flies the flag at dazzling opening ceremony Team UK has been flying the flag at the dazzling opening ceremony for WorldSkills Kazan 2019. Team UK joined… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News What time is the WorldSkills 2019 opening ceremony and can I watch it live? The WorldSkills 2019 opening ceremony starts at 5pm (UK time) today and can be watched live via this link:… Nick Linford 6y Nick Linford 6y News Pass rate falls for GCSE English and maths resits Figures published this morning for those aged 17 and over in England that sat GCSE English show the pass… Nick Linford 6y Nick Linford 6y Newer 1 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 830 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 3d Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3d 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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
