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WorldSkills Diversity and Inclusion Heroes award winners 2021

An apprentice who hosted STEM career events at schools, and a provider giving back to the LGBTQ+ community have been recognised at the WorldSkills UK Diversity and Inclusion Heroes awards. This is the second year of the awards, following the inaugural event at WorldSkills UK LIVE in 2019, run in partnership with Coca-Cola European Partners. […]

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New data shows improved picture for apprenticeship starts amid pandemic

Apprenticeship starts appear to be recovering after new data showed a less dramatic percentage drop amid the pandemic. Figures published this morning by the Department for Education show there were 91,100 starts recorded from August to October 2020, compared to 125,800 reported for the same period pre-Covid-19 in 2019/20 – a 28 per cent fall.  […]

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FE white paper: The key reforms

The FE white paper included more than 30 proposals but the majority repeat or build on current reforms rather than announcing radically new ones. In this handy explainer FE Week explores the most significant and newest plans.   1: Create ‘Local Skills Improvement Plans’ and college business centres To ensure technical skills provision is “responsive […]

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Here are 4 things the FE White Paper missed out

Verdict on the White Paper? Fine start but requires improvement, writes Stephen Evans “We must put employers’ needs for skills centre stage. We must make colleges and training providers more responsive to employers’ and learners’ needs, reaching out to more businesses and more people, and providing training in ways that suit them.   “Creating a truly […]

Opinion, Uncategorized, Skills reform

Ofqual delays decision on solution for apprentices stuck in limbo

A decision on whether apprentices can receive teacher-assessed grades for their English and maths if they are unable to sit their assessments has been pushed back by Ofqual until at least late February. As previously reported by FE Week, tens of thousands of work-based learners, mostly in the health and care sectors, have been stuck […]

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Ofqual publishes summer 2021 exams plan

The exams regulator Ofqual has finally revealed its plans for replacing exams this summer. Two consultation documents have gone live this afternoon: one for GCSEs and A-levels; and one for vocational and technical qualifications including BTECs and functional skills. Both have a two week deadline for submissions of 29 January 2021.   GCSEs and A-levels […]

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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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