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Disadvantaged students ‘effectively penalised’ for not studying A-levels, research finds

They may have lost out when competing for university places

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WorldSkills

Getting ready for Shanghai: inside WorldSkills UK’s motivational bootcamp

"I want you all to take a moment to think about why you want that gold medal"

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Ofsted

Fourth consecutive ‘requires improvement’ Ofsted rating for BMet

Inspectors criticised leaders for failing to ensure the college’s curriculum is "consistently good in all subjects and at all...

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Levelling Up

Levelling up white paper: The key reforms for FE and skills

New sixth forms, a skills mission and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund all feature

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Colleges

College barber courses to run suicide prevention training

'I’ve had people sit in my chair and tell me about everything... the affairs, the redundancies, the funerals. We...

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Skills reform

DfE switches to individualised learner record for skills bootcamps amid dodgy data concerns

There were reports of serious gaps in outcomes data under the previous system

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Skills reform

£60m tender launched for third wave of skills bootcamps

Providers have five weeks to bid for contracts

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Qualifications

BTEC funding to be debated in parliament after petition hits 100k signatures

Over 20,000 people signed the petition in just two days

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Ofsted

Provider fights back over ‘inadequate’ Ofsted rating

The provider blamed Covid-19 for withdrawals over the last two years

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Will Nott