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College adds ‘vlogging for adults’ classes to its leisure learning programme

An Ipswich college is hoping to uncover the next big social media star by introducing video blogging classes to its programme of leisure courses. From this month, Suffolk New College is offering a ‘vlogging for adults’ course at its Ipswich campus, a course covering everything from building a successful social media profile to making quality […]

Founder of student-run games studio wins top title at National Enterprise Educators Awards

A lecturer who founded student-led, commercial games publishing studio Rizing Games, has been awarded a top title at the National Enterprise Educators Awards, reports Samantha King. Michael Warburton, the head of computer games development at Cambridge Regional College, won the Enterprise Catalyst award last week for his work with Rizing Games, a company run by […]

Movers and Shakers: Edition 217

Your weekly guide to who’s new and who’s leaving Ian Clinton OBE, Interim principal and chief executive, North Shropshire College Start date: August 2017 Previous job: Principal at Telford College of Arts and Technology Interesting fact: At 14, he put a plaster on the finger of The Who’s lead singer Roger Daltrey before he went on […]

Education is the missing piece in David Lammy’s race review puzzle

The criminal justice system in this country disproportionately affects people from black and ethnic minority backgrounds, and prison education is failing them, says Nina Champion The overwhelming message from David Lammy’s groundbreaking new report is the depressing lot faced by minorities at every stage of life: from school exclusions, to engagement with the police, to […]

Ofsted watch: A quiet summer of good news

This week has seen an all-too-rare period of all good news when it comes to Ofsted inspections. The heaviest hitter in the last full week in August is probably TTE Training, an independent learning provider based in Ellesmere Port, which went from a ‘good’ grade at its last inspection to an ‘outstanding’ this time around. […]

Tens of thousands more students will need to resit English GCSEs

Over 40,000 more students may need to resit their English GCSE next year than did this year, after failing to achieve the required grade 4 in the reformed exams. There should be slightly fewer resits overall in maths, however. Just under 160,000 pupils scored below the grade 4 threshold – equivalent to a D or […]

BREAKING: ESFA appoints Eileen Milner as its new chief executive

The Education and Skills Funding Agency has appointed a permanent chief executive to replace Peter Lauener. Eileen Milner, who joins the ESFA from the Care Quality Commission, will start her new job in November, after which Mr Lauener is expected to retire. In his announcement, he wrote that the appointment process for the position of […]

GCSE resits 2017: Sharp fall in maths results but English improves

Just under a quarter of the older students resitting their maths GCSEs achieved grades of A* to C this year, a sharp fall of 5.1 percentage points. In English, however, the picture is somewhat rosier: 29 per cent of learners scored a C or above, up 2.1 points from 2016. In total, 149,537 students sat […]

City & Guilds Group calls for people to share educational experiences that shaped them

A social media campaign launched by the City & Guilds Group is encouraging people from a range of careers to come forward with their stories of skills development. The #MySkillsStory campaign is encouraging people of all ages to share educational experiences that have had a profound impact on their lives on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. […]