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MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 390

James Evans Head of Partnerships (South), SCL Education Group Start date: May 2022 Previous Job: Business Development Manager, SCL Group Interesting fact: With a passion for grass-roots football, James has coached Aylestone Park FC for six years and recently took them to league cup victory. Ros Parker Principla, Isle of Wight College Start date: September […]

Movers and Shakers

Not enough desks for DfE staff sent back to the office

Staff at the Department for Education have had to work in corridors and canteens after the government’s return-to-the-office edict because the DfE has almost twice as many workers as desks. Whole teams have been turned away from some offices because of over-crowding. And rural staff and those with caring responsibilities are considering their futures as […]

News

MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 389

Rachel Nicholls Chief Executive, Inspire Education Group Start date: July 2022 Previous Job: Deputy CEO, Inspire Education Group Interesting fact: Rachel is a keen sportswoman and currently has a gold handicap of 12, she once played four rounds of golf in one day for Cancer Research, teeing off at 4am in the dark! Matt Laws […]

Movers and Shakers

In search of new college governors: DfE opens tender for board recruitment service 

The successful bidder will have three years to place at least 134 governors on college boards in return for £485,000

News, Governance

Are you tackling cultural poverty among students?

Ofsted is inspecting for ‘cultural capital’, but limited experience of the world is still holding learners back, writes Josh Spears Have you ever felt like more and more learners are struggling to answer essay-style questions, not because they don’t know the facts, but because they lack good analysis? Maybe, like me, you teach GCSE English […]

Opinion, The Staffroom - opinion

T Levels will make the qualifications system less confusing

But other qualifications, including BTECs, will continue to play an important role alongside T Levels and A levels, writes Alex Burghart The skills and post-16 education act becoming law last month was a watershed moment in bringing our skills system into the future. From our clear-eyed analysis of what works here and abroad, we found […]

Opinion, Skills reform, T Levels

Revealed: 38 BTECs facing the chop to clear way for first T Levels

They’re among 160 level 3 quals set to be defunded from 2024

News, Qualifications, Skills reform, T Levels

MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 388

Elise Temple Principal & Director of Education and Skills, NACRO Start date: May 2022 Previous Job: Vice Principal – Quality, Teaching, Learning and Assessment, The Sheffield College Interesting fact: Elise is at her happiest when exploring new places with her favourite people, getting creative in the kitchen, or indulging in her love of gaming. Matt […]

Movers and Shakers

The level 2 qualifications review is deafeningly silent on key problems

The review seems unaware of the sell-by dates of its proposals – and that’s only the beginning, writes Gordon Marsden As a founder member of the Right to Learn group, which advocates for a statutory right to learn throughout life, I was struck by a number of issues as I ploughed my way through the […]

Opinion