Apprenticeships ESFA buckles to sector pressure on ‘unfair’ apprenticeship drop-out rule A threshold for withdrawals that triggers ‘enhanced monitoring’ has been significantly increased Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo WorldSkills REVEALED: UK elite skills team to go for gold at Worldskills The country’s top technical students and apprentices have been chosen to represent the UK at the world’s elite skills… Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Covid-19 Ofqual reveals how exams and assessments in 2023 will look Covid-19 related adaptions for VTQs will be scrapped Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo News Queen’s Speech 2022: Nothing new for FE as government focuses on schools and HE The speech sets out the government’s legislative agenda for the next year Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo SEND 3-week SEND review extension after accessible versions finally published Children’s minister said a ‘full, fair, open consultation is key to vision for more inclusivity’ Samantha Booth 2mo Samantha Booth 2mo News A National Baccalaureate: How it would work Trust proposes new qualification to give all students a record of accomplishments between 14 to 18 Samantha Booth 2mo Samantha Booth 2mo Qualifications, Skills reform Level 2 qualifications review ‘materially flawed’ Providers and awarding organisations have had their say on the government’s level 2 qualifications review. Here’s what the sector… Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Assessment Saxton: Adaptive testing could end exam tier ‘ceilings’ ‘What I found very difficult with tiering was having to have conversations with students and parents about ‘we just… Will Nott 2mo Will Nott 2mo SEND Delay (again) in accessible versions of SEND review The government has missed its own second deadline for publishing British Sign Language (BSL) and easy-read versions of the… Freddie Whittaker 2mo Freddie Whittaker 2mo Industrial action UCU threat: Raise pay or we’ll strike on exam day Strikes are planned for the same day on which many GCSE students are due to take what UCU calls… Will Nott 2mo Will Nott 2mo Sponsored post Sponsored Mindful Education – helping colleges and training providers prepare for AAT Q2022 Delivering new or updated qualifications can be daunting, but working with Mindful Education makes the transition to AAT Q2022… Mindful Education 2mo Mindful Education 2mo Teaching College to trial four-day week Move aims to tackle crisis in recruitment for English, maths and STEM teachers Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Newer 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 648 Older Must read Colleges, Exams Colleges fork out for taxis and b&bs to get students to exams during rail strikes Students resorted to sleepovers and parents took days off work to get their children to college on time Jason Noble 3d Jason Noble 3d News Long read How the cost of living crisis is taking its toll on FE students Leaders reveal how families are now struggling to feed and clothe their children Jason Noble 3d Jason Noble 3d Colleges Union rejects AoC’s ‘totally unacceptable’ new pay offer for college staff The pay offer has been upped to 2.5% from 2.25% Jason Noble 6d Jason Noble 6d Next 3 stories Funding Soaring inflation wipes out skills budget boost Ministers have been urged to immediately add an extra £350 million a year in skills funding on top of… Will Nott 2w Will Nott 2w News Times Education Commission adds voice to calls for new ‘baccalaureate’ It is estimated to cost the government an extra £1.2bn a year Billy Camden 2w Billy Camden 2w Colleges Major review launched to bring colleges back into public sector After ten years in the private sector, the ONS are now considering whether to reclassify colleges as public sector… Shane Chowen 4w Shane Chowen 4w
