Politics, Young people

Spending review: FE & sixth form funding still ‘well below’ 2010 levels, IFS confirm

Education spending is set to rise by two per cent a year, compared to four per cent for health

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Young people

BTECs: MPs to probe effect of defunding level 3 courses on learners

Sector experts have been invited to contribute and a minister will be asked to give evidence

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Young people

BTECs: 118 MPs and Lords call on new education secretary to rethink cull

'It is perfectly possible for T Levels, A-levels and BTECs to co-exist', insist cross-party group

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Young people

NCFE scoops £38m prize in battle for T Level contracts

The charity has beaten City & Guilds and Pearson to become the flagship qualifications' largest awarding body

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Young people

Level 2 ‘won’t be forgotten’, promises new skills minister

Alex Burghart has been setting out his priorities for his new role

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Young people

Revealed: Awarding bodies for 2023 T Levels

City & Guilds, NCFE with VTCT, and Highfield Qualifications have been chosen by IfATE

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Young people

Clumsy, complex and slow: business puts the boot into Kickstart

New figures reveal less than two-fifths of Kickstart jobs created have been filled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Training Providers, Young people

ESFA opens bids for new 16 to 18 traineeships contracts

Contracts worth between £100,000 and £300,000 are up for grabs

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Young people

Two big exam board winners in third wave of T Levels

The awarding organisations that will develop, deliver and award the six T Levels being rolled out from 2022 are...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden