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Centenary Commission launched
January 14th 2019
A commission has been launched to consider the challenges England faces in educating people throughout their lives, 100 years on from the publication of a landmark report which con … Read more
DfE ends requirement for post-16 dyslexia assessements
December 18th 2018
The Department for Education has announced an assessment for a specific learning difficulty (which includes dyslexia) undertaken at any age will allow people with dyslexia to apply … Read more
CPD Programme
December 18th 2018
Three cohorts (68 APs) attended Day 3 of the programme in November. The overall ‘flavour’ of the day was one of reconnecting with cohort colleagues and exploring ‘Action and Empowe … Read more
Communities of Practice
December 18th 2018
Eight modules have been created within our Canvas platform to support APs following this strand, with 71 digital badges being awarded to date.
Collaborative Projects
December 18th 2018
Collaborative Project Leads have been exploring how best to evaluate the impact of implementing the AP role across their partnerships.
AP Toolkit
December 18th 2018
Our existing AP Toolkit has now been enhanced by the publication of four, more substantial, resources addressing themes identified by APs on the CPD Programme. These can be accesse … Read more
Ofsted Annual Report 2017/2018
December 12th 2018
In this year’s report, Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman highlights concerns around the effectiveness of the government’s policy to require learners who have not achieved a grade 4 i … Read more
Functional Skills – Guided Learning Hours
December 12th 2018
The Minister of State for Apprenticeships and Skills has outlined the government’s expectation that guided learning hours for reformed Functional Skills qualifications should be se … Read more
Incentive programmes for the recruitment and retention of teachers in FE
December 7th 2018
This research, commissioned by the DfE and carried out by CooperGibson Research, aimed to identify the strategies or incentives which may most effectively drive recruitment and ret … Read more
Skills to Drive a Productive Society
November 22nd 2018
This report, researched and written by NOCN in partnership with the Learning & Work Institute, recommends an inclusive National Skills Strategy to increase productivity, improve li … Read more