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Rethink assessment models: For adult learners, we need flexible, less punitive assessment systems that focus on functional skills and confidence-building, not only high-stakes exams. Currently a lot ...
The gender gap in pass rates has flipped in post-16 GCSE maths. This year, 16.4 per cent of females achieved a grade 4 or ...
This, as we all know, is what will be happening to thousands of students across the land on GCSE results day.  Then the yearly battle occurs of the FE sector picking up the pieces and having to ...
An apprenticeship provider that is part of an Ofsted ‘outstanding’ college group has secured its own grade one rating from ...
Income from the immigration skills charge fell for the first time in four years amid calls for transparency over where the ...
Adult learning can help rebuild community and resist hate Far-right narratives thrive in disconnected communities. Adult learning providers like the WEA show how education can foster belonging, ...
Recent reductions in Turing Scheme funding have left FE colleges scrambling to sustain international study trips. With disadvantaged students hardest hit, they must now find innovative ways to deliver ...
From rival to collaboration – the key to success in FE Wigan & Leigh college principal Anna Dawe demonstrates how collaboration is power if regions are to fully harness the opportunities offered by ...
A London college has been accused of “unjust enrichment” and holding “secret negotiations” with rivals by two property developers in a £6.6 million High Court claim. South Bank Colleges (SBC), part of ...