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Whitehead’s bonfire of the quals

Around 95 per cent of the adult vocational market’s 19,000-plus qualifications could be axed under radical proposals to “de-clutter the system,” FE Week can reveal. The move, put forward by BAE Systems group managing director Nigel Whitehead in a review requested by Skills Minister Matthew Hancock, would leave just “hundreds” of qualifications. Mr Whitehead’s report, […]

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Training provider under investigation

A London-based training provider is under its second investigation from the same awarding body following complaints from learners. Bright Assessing, which provides qualifications for unemployed people who want to re-enter the workplace, is under the spotlight of NCFE (formerly the Northern Council for Further Education) once again. The provider boasts a pass rate of between […]

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Maths and English

Download your free copy of the FE Week 16-page special on maths and English education and policy in FE, sponsored by Tribal. Click here to download (16 mb) ——————————————————————————————– Introduction Numeracy and literacy levels are apparently at crisis point among young adults and the FE sector has been ordered by the government to pick up the […]

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Ofqual announces detail of new maths and English GCSEs

Ofqual has published full details of the new maths and English GCSEs which will be introduced from 2015. In a report published today, the qualifications watchdog confirmed there will be a new grading scale that uses the numbers 1 to 9 to identify levels of performance, with 9 being the top level. Maths, English language […]

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Exam talks over Ramadan clash fears

Qualifications bodies have been in talks with Muslim groups over concerns the summer exams season could be affected by Ramadan. The Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) is among those working to “reduce as far as possible the impact” of the month-long religious period, which is expected to fall in the key academic months of June […]

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Conflict of interest group’s no show

Plans for a Skills Funding Agency-led panel to investigate potential conflicts of interest where awarding organisations also deliver education have been shelved, FE Week can reveal. The government said in January that a task-and-finish group was being “convened” following an 11-month review by the Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Select Committee. But it has now […]

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Serving the apprenticeship time

It’s just over a year since the minimum duration rule was applied, meaning most apprenticeships would have to last at least a year. Phil Hatton looks at whether the rule offers the quality assurance it was hoped for. I was one of the two authors of the first NVQ back in 1987, which really changed […]

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Former AoC president takes governor post at college mauled by Ofsted

A former Association of Colleges president has become City College Coventry’s new governors’ chair after a disastrous Ofsted report resulted in the Skills Funding Agency calling for “fundamental changes”. Maggie Galliers, who was the association president for 2011/12, was unanimously voted into the post and joins new interim principal John Hogg in a revamped leadership […]

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Members don’t want major reform

A number of apprenticeship reviews over the last two years have suggested the system might be broken. There may well be issues, argues Graham Hoyle, but it certainly doesn’t need wholesale fixing As FE Week reported at the end of May, the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has a serious difficulty with the […]

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