Conservatives had announced end of vocational qualification introduced in 2020, while Labour plans to review itGordon Brown has called on the new government to retain the Conservatives’ technical qualifications, which...
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Read MoreReport criticises ‘range of shortcomings’ in qualifications intended to be equivalent to A-levelsThe government’s “gold standard” vocational qualifications, T-levels, have been strongly criticised...
Read MoreCoalition fears DfE may break pledges that only small percentage of qualifications will be replaced by T-levelsA coalition of former education ministers has attacked the government’s “disastrous” plan to scrap...
Read MoreGovernment likely to treat FE sector as ‘big schools’, removing autonomy over borrowing and investment Further education (FE) colleges are likely to be treated as “big schools” by the government and lose...
Read MoreUnion boss says workers are pursuing above-inflation pay rise after ‘real-terms cut since 2010’Teachers in sixth-form colleges in England are the latest workers to be balloted over strike action in pursuit of an...
Read MoreCheap labour no longer enough to win over firms as other countries invest in improving their workforcesBritain risks being left behind in the increasingly intense battle for investment from overseas, unless it can improve the...
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Read MoreUnions criticise government for failing to take action earlier amid rapid rise in Covid infectionsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageLast-minute moves to tackle the spread of the Omicron variant of...
Read MoreSir Kevan Collins says saving made by chancellor’s ‘meagre’ offer will be dwarfed by cost of lost learningA former education recovery tsar has described the chancellor’s latest catch-up offer as...
Read MoreMore than 40,000 students could be offered places in new Turing scheme – though costs may not be fully coveredThe government’s replacement for the Europe-wide Erasmus student exchange scheme appears to have got off...
Read MoreSending bubbles home after contact with Covid cases no better than testing to stop infection spreading, say scientistsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageScientists have recommended daily tests for...
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