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DfE reveals how it will provide grades for A-level and GCSE students this summer

The government has confirmed it will use teacher assessments to provide calculated grades for students this year. The aim...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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DfE suspends process for defunding qualifications with low enrolments

The Department for Education has suspended the process for defunding thousands of legacy qualifications at level three and below...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Free recording: FE’s response & requirements to Coronavirus pandemic

On Saturday FE Week hosted a webinar to provide an overview of the latest legislation and guidance from the...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

List of ‘key workers’ and vulnerable children revealed

Education secretary Gavin Williamson announced on Wednesday that schools and colleges will only stay open from Friday afternoon until...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

College group launches Food Bank Friday

A large college group in London is launching “Food Bank Friday” in an effort to combat food shortages for...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Opinion

In the absence of official ‘clarity and certainty’ – what does the FE sector know tonight?

UPDATE 20/03/20: The government has now publish key worker guidance here, a Q & A here and information for...

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NICK LINFORD
News

College campuses must remain open indefinitely in response to coronavirus crisis

Colleges will have to keep campuses open to vulnerable children and those of “key workers” indefinitely, including during the...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Training providers demand income guarantee and relaxation of funding rules

Ministers have been urged to guarantee training providers’ income and for the Department for Education to relax funding rules...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

T-level assessment organisations call for 12 month delay

The awarding bodies designing the first three T-levels have called on the government to delay their rollout by a...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden