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EEF Blog: How do you solve a problem like GCSE resits?
November 7th 2018
What’s the Education Endowment Foundation doing in the post-16 sector to improve outcomes for disadvantaged students? That’s the question programme manager Kathryn Davies tackles h … Read more
Government should invest in reading to combat loneliness
November 6th 2018
A new report entitled A Society of Readers, from leading think tank Demos and commissioned by national charity The Reading Agency, finds a significant body of evidence to show that … Read more
Digital Teaching Professional Framework
November 6th 2018
The Education and Training Foundation has launched the Digital Teaching Professional Framework designed to help the Further Education and Training workforce to become confident and … Read more
The Budget: a view from FE
November 2nd 2018
The Association of Colleges has published observations and a detailed summary of the announcements in this year’s Budget that are relevant to the education and skills sector, concl … Read more
Family learning in prisons toolkit now available
November 2nd 2018
The Evaluation of Family Learning in Prisons toolkit has been developed to empower providers, practitioners and prison staff to demonstrate the impact of family learning programmes … Read more
CPD Programme
October 29th 2018
The team are busy finalising day 3. We are really looking forward to seeing you all again at either: Cohort 1, 9 November, Birmingham IBIS Cohort 2, 16 November, Leeds Novotel or C … Read more
Improving engagement and attainment in maths and English courses
October 2nd 2018
This research and project report outlines how behavioural interventions can improve participation in and completion of maths and English courses. A legacy of the projects is a set … Read more
Essential digital skills framework
September 12th 2018
Five categories of essential digital skills for life and work: see the newly published Essential Digital Skills framework, which will form the basis for revised digital skills qual … Read more
Survey shows only 41% of students feel prepared for the digital workplace
September 11th 2018
A JISC survey of 37,000 students shows that half of college learners and almost 70% of university students think digital skills will be important for their chosen career, yet only … Read more
GCSE re-sits: moving on
September 3rd 2018
An overview of maths and English GCSE re-sit results 2018 and an update on professional development opportunities to help you support your GCSE learners