Popularity of non-A Level progression to HE increases 01/02/2016 Over a quarter of English students accepted to higher education in 2015 held at least one vocational qualification in their set of qualifications.
Changes to the regulation of vocational qualifications in Northern Ireland 29/01/2016 Northern Ireland intends to move to a single qualifications regulator.
AS Level proving more popular than initially thought – for now 25/01/2016 Almost three quarters of schools are intending to offer de-coupled AS exams in summer 2016.
Schools will be forced by law to raise awareness of vocational routes to higher skills 25/01/2016 A new law is to be introduced to allow vocational providers to visit schools as part of careers advice.
School performance tables are changing 22/01/2016 Performance tables signal a change in the way schools will be judged in future.
“Bold ambitions” for English education 19/01/2016 New proposals call for more robust benchmarks of performance.
Learning and Work Institute aims to “inspire people to learn” 18/01/2016 NIACE and the Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion have merged to become the Learning and Work Institute.
Timetable for Functional Skills consultation revealed 15/01/2016 Information has been released on the next stage of the Functional Skills review.
Regional inequality in education highlighted 14/01/2016 A cross-party group of politicians and education experts is examining inequality in education.
Call for arts subjects in the EBacc 07/01/2016 Prominent arts figures campaign for creative subjects in the EBacc.