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T-levels implementation should be delayed again, says chair of social mobility commission

Dame Martina Milburn has called for the rollout of T-levels to be delayed for a year. While giving evidence…

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Jessica Fino
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Challenger for AoC president withdraws due to ‘personal reasons’

The race to decide the next Association of Colleges president has taken another turn, after the challenger candidate pulled…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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College in fight to avoid merger after second grade 4 report published by Ofsted

A troubled land-based college has officially been rated ‘inadequate’ for the second time in a row, with Ofsted criticising…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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DfE begins search for provider of £80m T-level support programme

The government is on the hunt for an organisation to design and deliver the second phase of a professional…

Jessica Fino
Jessica Fino
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Revealed: The 3 colleges that will share £1.2m to open centres for excellence in SEND

Three colleges have been chosen to open centres for excellence in special educational needs and disabilities. City College Norwich,…

Jessica Fino
Jessica Fino
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Minister ‘thrilled’ with Traineeship progressions despite steady decline in take-up

The skills minister has hailed the success of traineeships after research revealed 75 per cent of learners move on…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon


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Edexcel further maths A-level paper replaced amid cheating concerns

An A-level paper due to be sat by thousands of students this Thursday is to be replaced amid concerns…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Amidst low take-up predictions DfE to give £30k per T-level and ‘tolerance’ for under-delivery

The first wave of T-level providers are expected to recruit half the amount of students the government predicts, research…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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T-levels: The colleges selected to run courses in 2021

The names of the 64 colleges chosen to deliver T-levels in the second wave of their roll out have…

Simon Kay
Simon Kay
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Interview: Chris Jones, CEO, City & Guilds

Last month, education giant City & Guilds raised a few eyebrows by calling for the creation of a new…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Ofsted watch: Universities falter while colleges shine

Universities have stumbled this week, with one being rated ‘requires improvement’ and another losing its grade one, while colleges…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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DfE seeks company for £20m contract to supply sanitary products to colleges

The government will spend up to £20 million supplying free sanitary products to schools and colleges across England, it…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden

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Skills reform

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

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

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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

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Anviksha Patel
Colleges, 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…

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Jessica Hill
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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…

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Jessica Hill
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The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release

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