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Students deserve to see accountability over delayed results

Awarding organisations, education institutions and the exams regulator should be open and honest about what’s led to delayed qualification results, writes Bernie Savage. Everyone remembers the day they got their exam results. It’s one of those occasions in our lives that everyone’s got a story about. Countless hours of studying, practicing, rehearsing and revising all […]

Opinion, Awarding, Young people

Richmond College strike plans on ice as arbitration talks planned over ‘fire and rehire’ proposals

UCU members at Richmond upon Thames College had planned walkouts to coincide with the start of term.

News, FE workforce

An urgent call to demystify apprenticeships

As we approach exam results, the option for a young person to undertake an apprenticeship needs to be a mainstream consideration, equal to that of choosing to study at university. To reach the point that both pathways are seen in equal terms, we need to make sure apprenticeships are better understood by students, the teachers […]

Opinion, Apprenticeships, Young people

Education inequalities study reports ‘dearth’ of second chances for learners

The Institute for Fiscal Studies report says significant investment is needed to address education inequalities

News, Adult education

Mayors’ plan to simplify adult education funding

Some mayoral combined authorities are planning ‘single pot’ approaches to their adult education budgets and free courses for jobs funding streams.

News, Adult education

Students still don’t know what ‘green skills’ are

If the UK is going to attract investment in its green economy, we desperately need skilled young people to enter the sector, writes Neil Bentley-Gockmann Last year, ahead of world leaders meeting in Glasgow for COP26, I chaired sessions on green skills for the WorldSkills International Conference looking at how educators are playing their part […]

Opinion

The PM-hopefuls need a plan for missed traineeship targets

Instead of taking back unspent cash, the DfE and Treasury should look at reallocating this underspend as a new training allowance, writes Ian Ross It is hard to escape the media frenzy and coverage of the Conservative Party leadership contest.  Most of us have probably thought about what the next Tory government will have in […]

Opinion

DfE’s latest consultation puts adult community education at risk

The suggested new outcomes are limited and do not relate to the wider benefits of adult learning, writes Sue Pember Hidden in the recent technical consultation document on FE funding and accountability there are a few proposals which, if implemented, could fundamentally change the adult education offer for many millions of learners who have poor […]

Opinion, Adult education

Let’s get more FE learners into the research sector

Roles previously considered ‘for uni graduates’ should be inundated with applications from college-leavers. Why aren’t they? asks Victoria Boelman Covid has had an interesting impact on employment for FE leavers. Within a few months of the virus hitting the UK, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) – fearing, and seeking to fend off, a […]

Opinion