Skills for Life Network TeamThe ESFA has reminded providers that all remaining apprenticeship frameworks will be withdrawn to new starts on 31 July 2020. From 1 August 2020, all new apprenticeship starts must be on new, employer-designed standards.
Jonathan Kay, Head of English and Maths at an FE College in the north of England, writes on the challenges of estimating GCSE grades and ranking learners, especially in the context of large cohorts. How do you collect assessment evidence? And how do you rank 5000+ learners?
The AP Toolkit aims to support those operating in Advanced Practitioner (AP)-types roles across the sector, and consists of a set of five guides and a set of development cards.
As the coronavirus pandemic took hold in 2020, our Conference plans had to change, and so #APConnect Live was born!
The evaluation of the AP Programme 2020 is almost complete, and the final report will be released very soon. In the meantime, we’d like to sign off with a reminder of all that has been achieved over the last two years of the programme.
The #APConnect Constellations, which are our communties of practice, are an outstanding feature of the #APConnect programme for Advanced Practitioners.
This new paper, published by NCFE and the Campaign for Learning, looks at the likely impact of the COVID-19 crisis on post-16 education, the economy and labour market, and outlines an action plan to address the consequences for jobs, apprenticeships, youth unemployment and adult retraining.
Newcastle College is currently accepting applications for FE teacher training courses with bursary support of up to £26000, with places being allocated on a first come first served basis.
The Education Secretary has announced that vulnerable and disadvantaged young people across the country will receive free laptops.
The National Association for Teaching English and Community Languages to Adults (NATECLA) is calling for ESOL exams to be replaced by teacher assessment this year, and for learners to be allowed to continue learning during the summer term without needing to prepare for examinations.
Provider achievements from the Education and Training Foundation’s reimagined Study Programme support initiative were showcased at the StudyGood Conference held in Birmingham on the 13th of March 2020.
All routine inspections of schools, further education, early years and social care providers have been suspended in response to the COVID-19 situation. Urgent inspections where specific concerns have been raised can still go ahead however.
