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Let’s get Technical

By Andrew Gladstone-Heighton, Policy Leader, Thursday 31 July 2014

Andrew Gladstone-Heighton

In amongst the range of announcements made over the past month was a major ‘launch’ from the Department for Education, who finalised their technical guidance for Vocational Qualifications which would contribute to performance tables at Key Stage 4. Rather confusingly, qualifications that meet these requirements will be known as ‘Technical Awards’, different to already-announced ‘Technical Levels’, (which are vocational qualifications that contribute to performance tables for 16-18 year old learners).

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General Election: 9 months to go…

By Andrew Gladstone-Heighton, Policy Leader, Thursday 31 July 2014

Andrew Gladstone-Heighton

The past couple of months have seen the initial education and skills battle lines being drawn for the 2015 General Election: The most surprising announcement was July’s Cabinet reshuffle in which Michael Gove was replaced as Secretary of State for Education by the relatively unknown former Treasury minister and Minister for Women Nicky Morgan (view her political background and voting record here).

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Policy Corner - 28 July 2014

By Andrew Gladstone-Heighton, Policy Leader, Tuesday 29 July 2014

Andrew Gladstone-Heighton

It’s all change at the top. Time for a fresh start? (p7) – its ‘all change’ in Education and Skills world, with new Ministers Nicky Morgan and Nick Boles replacing Michael Gove and Matthew Hancock. The TES article looks at the legacy Nicky is set to inherit at the Department for Education, where ‘she faces the tough task of making her predecessors reforms work on the ground.

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Ofqual consultations

By Lindsay Plumpton, Communications Leader, Tuesday 29 July 2014

Lindsay Plumpton

Last week saw the launch of two very important consultations from Ofqual. One is focused around withdrawing the regulatory arrangements for the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) and the other is looking at Guided Learning Hours (GLH). Ofqual has concerns about the QCF in terms of its ‘unitised’ style of learning and the worry that it is not supporting unit and credit transfer or synoptic assessment.

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Apprenticeships and Traineeships to go under the spotlight

By Lindsay Plumpton, Communications Leader, Thursday 24 July 2014

Lindsay Plumpton

MPs are set to take a closer look at the effectiveness of Apprenticeships and Traineeships for 16 to 19 year olds, it has been reported. The House of Commons Education Select Committee has called for written evidence for the inquiry; particularly looking at whether Apprenticeships and Traineeships meet employers’ needs and prepare learners for work.

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