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DfE backtracks: Schools and colleges left to decide whether BTECs go ahead

The Department for Education has said this evening that schools and colleges can now cancel BTEC assessments due to...

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BTEC and other vocational exams to go ahead this week despite national lockdown, DfE confirms

BTEC and other vocational exams will still go ahead this month despite the new national lockdown restrictions, the Department...

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GCSE and A-level 2021 exams cancelled

Summer exams will not “go ahead as normal” this year, the prime minister said tonight after announcing schools and...

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Billy Camden
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Gateshead College accounts reveal the story behind shock deficit

Unauthorised loans, at least £5 million in government bailouts and an inability to investigate potential “fraud” has been revealed...

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Billy Camden
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New staggered January return plan announced

The government has pushed FE student return dates back by an extra week – but BTEC and other vocational...

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Billy Camden
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£78m Covid mass testing support revealed

The government will make £78 million available for the rollout of rapid mass Covid-19 testing of students from January...

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Billy Camden
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New Ofqual chief promises to work with sector for ‘smooth-running’ exams next year

The new interim chief regulator at Ofqual has promised to work with the sector to ensure the “smooth-running” of...

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Unions tell ministers mass testing plans are ‘inoperable’, and pledge to back colleges who refuse

Unions and professional associations have said they will fully back schools and colleges that are “unable” to deliver mass...

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Non-exam-year FE students to switch to online learning for first week back in January

FE students who are not preparing for exams in 2021 must learn at home for the first week of...

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Billy Camden