Author: Billy Camden

Ofqual has warned exam results could be delayed and students miss out on places if the government relies on slashing marking time to deliver a radical overhaul of university admissions. The regulator said post-qualification admissions reforms would rely on results for level 3 courses, including AS and A-levels, being released up to three weeks sooner […]

A fresh European Social Fund tender worth £17 million is in the works and is expected to launch next month. The Education and Skills Funding Agency today revealed plans for the procurement which would be open to eight local enterprise partnership (LEP) areas that have gaps in provision. It is, however, subject to funding being […]

The government has pledged to introduce legislation to support its lifetime skills guarantee policy and enable flexible training throughout people’s lives in the Queen’s speech today. In her address to the state opening of Parliament, the monarch also promised that ministers would address lost learning during the pandemic. Last night, Downing Street confirmed that a […]

Students will no longer wear face masks in school and college from next week, Boris Johnson has confirmed. The recommendation that masks be worn in classrooms and by learners in communal areas will be lifted from May 17. However, the rule that staff and other adults wear face coverings in situations where social distancing is […]

Ofsted will review the impact its inspection framework has on staff wellbeing and the government has promised not to publish guidance outside of working hours as part of a new charter unveiled today. The Department for Education and Ofsted have made 12 commitments as part of the new education staff wellbeing charter. From the autumn, […]

A college is being threatened with education administration following a £20 million apprenticeship subcontracting scandal, FE Week understands. Brooklands College has failed to file accounts for the past two years amid an ongoing clawback dispute with the Education and Skills Funding Agency and budgetary pressures. Andrew Baird, one of the government’s paid national leaders of […]

One of England’s largest training providers has been rapped by Ofsted for serious safeguarding failures in its early years provision. The watchdog also claims the company, part of a global venture capital firm incorporated in the US, is under investigation by another agency. Ofsted’s announced safeguarding inspection of GP Strategies Training took place in February […]

A decision on whether one of England’s most popular apprenticeships can keep its degree element has been kicked into the long grass. The level 6 digital technology solutions professional integrated degree standard is set for change under the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education’s route review process. A revised version of the apprenticeship was supposed […]