Opinion The chaos generated by this year’s exam results lies squarely at the door of Gavin Williamson The education secretary has, instead of neutralising problems with A-level and GCSE gradings, “taken a blow torch” to the… Fraser Whieldon 5y Tom Bewick 5y Opinion Key workers of tomorrow are taking their first steps today On the day BTEC learners will be finding out their results, Cindy Rampersaud writes about how their skills will… Fraser Whieldon 5y Cindy Rampersaud 5y Opinion The government must address ‘inexplicable variations’ in sixth form colleges’ A-level results Sixth form colleges are reporting that their A-level results do not reflect the grades they provided, or three year… Freddie Whittaker 5y BILL WATKIN 5y Opinion Apprenticeship assessment oversight change was needed as Ofqual has the regulatory levers to enforce changes End-point assessment is a key aspect of the government’s apprenticeship reforms, providing an independent test that an apprentice has… Nick Linford 5y Jennifer Coupland 5y Opinion How EdTech can transform further education post-lockdown The silver lining of the Covid-19 pandemic could well be a revolution in how further education utilizes the power… Billy Camden 5y Dana Dabbous 5y Opinion T-levels: optimistic preparations continue but Covid-19 heightens challenges Despite recent announcements, the impact of Covid-19 on T-level preparations remains acute in some areas, writes Suzanne Straw T-levels… Billy Camden 5y SUZANNE STRAW 5y News, Opinion Pearson and Amazon Web Services develop first Cloud Computing BTEC Higher National qualifications to help address the cloud computing skills gap Pearson is really pleased to announce, in collaboration with Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), the development of the first… Billy Camden 5y Gary Gates 5y Opinion FE’s time has come – the mainstream media should celebrate this Ann Limb urges the media to put further and adult education in the spotlight and the funding of skills… Billy Camden 5y ANN LIMB 5y Opinion How adult education added colossal ‘social return’ during lockdown All over the country, ACL tutors didn’t just provide new online courses – they kept an eye on the… Fraser Whieldon 5y Anna Mims 5y Opinion Disappointing: Sunak’s skills package dodges the issues The measures announced this week by the chancellor fail to address the key skills challenges the government faces, writes… Billy Camden 5y TOBY PERKINS 5y Opinion Coronavirus jobs plan must support quality training and be more than a gangplank to the dole We need to avoid a fiasco of schemes like Train to Gain when rolling out the Covid-19 jobs and… Billy Camden 5y TOM BEWICK 5y Opinion Treasury’s £111m traineeship boost is a giant leap forward The proposed tripling of traineeship starts with a £111 million boost is perhaps the brightest piece of news for… Billy Camden 5y MARK DAWE 5y Newer 1 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 249 Older