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GOVERNMENT’S TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS TO COUNT FOR UCAS POINTS IN BID TO END “SNOBBERY”
Read more: GOVERNMENT’S TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS TO COUNT FOR UCAS POINTS IN BID TO END “SNOBBERY”In a report in The Independent today (6/12/18) – Students who take the government’s new flagship technical qualification will receive Ucas points in a bid to end “snobbery” towards vocational education, the education secretary will say. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/t-levels-technical-qualifications-vocational-education-damian-hinds-ucas-apprenticeships-a8669326.html Learners who complete a T-level programme will be allocated the same amount of Ucas points as students who do three A-levels to help progression……
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PROGRESS SLOWS IN CLOSING THE GAP BETWEEN THE MOST AND LEAST ADVANTAGED STUDENTS STARTING DEGREES
Read more: PROGRESS SLOWS IN CLOSING THE GAP BETWEEN THE MOST AND LEAST ADVANTAGED STUDENTS STARTING DEGREESfe News has reported the second release of UCAS’ 2018 End of Cycle Report shows a record 19.7 per cent of young people classified as living in the most disadvantaged areas of the UK (POLAR4 quintile 1) were accepted through UCAS to start a course in September 2018. This is up 0.4 percentage points, and……
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SHADOW SPOKESPERSON ASKS SKILLS MINISTER ABOUT THE NATIONAL CAREERS SERVICE
Read more: SHADOW SPOKESPERSON ASKS SKILLS MINISTER ABOUT THE NATIONAL CAREERS SERVICEGregory CampbellShadow DUP Spokesperson (International Development), Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Cabinet Office) To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) geographical area and (b) age range the National Careers Service covers. Tweet Share Hansard source(Citation: HC Deb, 3 December 2018, cW) Anne Milton Minister of State (Education) “Careers is a devolved matter and the National Careers Service covers England only. The service provides……
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OUR CAREERS SUPPORT FAILS TO PROVIDE SOCIAL JUSTICE, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY OR VALUE FOR MONEY – IT’S TIME FOR CHANGE
Read more: OUR CAREERS SUPPORT FAILS TO PROVIDE SOCIAL JUSTICE, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY OR VALUE FOR MONEY – IT’S TIME FOR CHANGERobert Halfon has today delivered a key speech highlighting the fragmentation and incoherence of the Careers Support landscape across England. TO READ HIS FULL SPEECH – 031218 Robert Halfon Careers Speech Key comments include: “Careers support is still far too fragmented We have a confused mish-mash of offerings of support with different government agencies providing bits……
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APPRENTICESHIP ECONOMICS: A NEW PUBLIC-PRIVATE EDUCATION INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP
Read more: APPRENTICESHIP ECONOMICS: A NEW PUBLIC-PRIVATE EDUCATION INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPAn article written by Richard Marsh, Apprenticeship Partnership Director at Kaplan Financial and published by feNews. https://www.fenews.co.uk/featured-article/22459-there-s-a-hole-in-my-bucket-continuing-apprenticeship-reforms-2 The latest DfE Apprenticeship stats show that over 15,000 employers have now activated their Apprenticeship levy; that’s c75% of levy payers. Understandably it those with the largest levies that have been quickest to take action, of those with a ‘substantial’(£100k+) levy 90% have……
