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Reflecting on the changes of teaching in 2020

The year of 2020 has changed the face of learning and development, with training providers all over the world forced to move classrooms online to teach, access and collaborate. However, as we move into 2021, and almost a year on from our first lockdown, why are we still faced with the same challenges? Limited progress […]

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Ofqual must urgently allow teacher assessed grades for apprentices

All the stops on teacher assessed grades are being pulled out for GCSEs and A-levels, but yet again apprentices appear to be forgotten, writes Jane Hickie Lockdown three means that the focus must again be on protecting learners and apprentices from losing their livelihoods or not completing their programmes.  But the government’s current measures around apprenticeship […]

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The highlights from our webcast on post-Covid FE

It’s tough for many of us out there at the moment, but some are starting to plan for life after Covid. Earlier this week, a group of sector representatives and political leaders expounded their views on the theme “The FE Sector Post-Covid: Supporting individuals to access learning and make progress in their lives,” during an […]

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Covid forces delay to T Level work placements

Disruption during the pandemic has forced colleges to postpone industry placements required by 16- and 17-year-olds to complete their T Level, FE Week can reveal. Early years educator qualifications, including the T Level specialism, require 750 hours or more on an industry placement, far higher than the 315 hours minimum for other T Levels. A […]

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Ofsted snubbed as DfE moves closer to skills bootcamps national rollout

Thousands of adult education courses across England and funded from the new National Skills Fund will not be inspected by Ofsted, the government has admitted. FE Week can reveal that Department for Education sees no need for Ofsted inspections for skills bootcamps – a £38 million programme of courses targeting 25,000 unemployed and employed adults, […]

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‘Plethora’ of apprenticeship standards set to hit 600

The government has been accused of “losing their way” when it comes to England’s apprenticeships, as the number of standards on offer nears the 600 mark. Demands have been growing in recent years for the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education to “take stock” and focus on quality rather than quantity, but the pace of […]

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Backtrack part 2: BTECs and other vocational exams cancelled from next month

Written BTEC and other vocational exams planned for February and March should not go ahead, the education secretary has said. But students taking competency-based assessment including apprenticeships can continue with “protective measures put in place”. Gavin Williamson outlined the plans in a letter to Ofqual’s interim chief regulator Simon Lebus this morning before justifying the […]

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Funding for popular apprenticeship cut by £4k as MBA is axed

The popular level 7 senior leader apprenticeship will have its funding slashed by 22 per cent when a revised version is made available in March and its controversial MBA component is axed. In a blog post published this afternoon, the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education announced that the revision of the standard is now […]

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Government publishes guide to home learning

The Department for Education has released a “remote education framework” to support colleges and training providers to identify “areas for improvement” in their online teaching. The voluntary framework has been designed to be adapted to “fit the context of your provider” and to “signpost them to resources that can help them improve their practice”.  It […]

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