Opinion

Ofqual’s new app requires improvement

Ofqual’s app is a step in the right direction. It’s a prototype, though, and several more steps will be...

Gemma Gathercole
Gemma Gathercole
Opinion

What is the action plan for T-Levels?

FE Week’s resident policy expert, Gemma Gathercole, dissects the DfE’s latest document… More than a year after the post-16...

Gemma Gathercole
Gemma Gathercole
News

Government outlines single awarding organisation plan for prisons

The Ministry of Justice intends to appoint single awarding organisations for seven areas of study, it has announced on the...

Gemma Gathercole
Gemma Gathercole
Opinion

Explaining new GCSE grades and what this means for post-16 resits

By this time on results day, we’re all now aware of the new style of numerical GCSE grading. But...

Gemma Gathercole
Gemma Gathercole
News

Institute for Apprenticeships remains the favourite option for EQA

The Institute for Apprenticeships continues to be the dominant external quality assurance (EQA) provider of choice for most Trailblazer...

Gemma Gathercole
Gemma Gathercole
Opinion

Frontier Economics is right: the T-level tender approach is not viable

Important new research carried out for the DfE demonstrates that a single awarding body for T-levels would have disastrous...

Gemma Gathercole
Gemma Gathercole
Opinion

Did Brexit REALLY make a difference to the election outcome?

The effect Brexit had on the results varies wildly from place to place and can’t be distilled into a...

Gemma Gathercole
Gemma Gathercole
Opinion

Are the party pledges for FE meaningless?

Both Labour and the Lib Dems have made some pre-manifesto pledges on further education, but these should all be...

Gemma Gathercole
Gemma Gathercole
News

Panel debates end-point assessment and RoATP

Concerns about quality and the impact of reforms on social mobility dominated the panel debate of FE and skills...

Gemma Gathercole
Gemma Gathercole