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Policy Corner - 9 June 2014

By Andrew Gladstone-Heighton, Policy Leader, Wednesday 11 June 2014

Andrew Gladstone-Heighton

Here’s your weekly round-up summarising the top education stories from the sector’s press including FE Week and the TES. Bosses face apprenticeship bill of up to £9K

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V Certs pilot feedback

By Kevin Gill, Marketing Projects Leader, Wednesday 11 June 2014

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For the past few months we’ve continued to keep you posted on our V Cert qualification developments. Throughout January to April participating schools have continued to work with us to review the content of our new V Cert qualifications and, where possible, deliver a selection of sample units to their pupils. Once again, we really wanted to give schools the opportunity to explore what we’d developed to help ensure that the qualifications continue to engage pupils.  The V Cert subjects covered in this year’s pilot were Computing, Business & Enterprise and Creative Craft and as with last year, the pilot project has been an invaluable source of information for NCFE and the schools that have taken part. Some of the schools completed their pilot as a single unit, some trialled the whole qualification and some used it as an opportunity to teach the Level 1 and Level 2 qualifications together to see how they aligned in mixed ability classes.

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VQ Day 2014

By David Grailey, Chief Executive, Wednesday 04 June 2014

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Today is the 7th annual VQ day celebrating vocational achievement and the benefits of practical, technical and vocational learning. Vocational qualifications have never been more important to the economy and to individuals. They help to equip the trained, talented employees businesses are crying out for and ensure young people have the skills needed to succeed in education and work. The government is also investing in vocational routes and acknowledging their value. Vocational Qualifications are being recognised as they can really enhance a learners life and their chance of getting into work.

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Non-academic courses are still valuable to learners

By David Grailey, Chief Executive, Thursday 29 May 2014

David Grailey

In March this year it was announced that around 5,000 adult vocational courses would be cut in order to "simplify and streamline" the adult skills system in England. Skills and Enterprise Minister Matthew Hancock also took to Twitter to announce that the Government will be binning ‘low-value’ courses such as self-tanning, balloon artistry and instructing pole fitness in order to focus on qualifications that employers value. Read my original statement on the subject.

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Policy Corner - 28 May 2014

By Andrew Gladstone-Heighton, Policy Leader, Wednesday 28 May 2014

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Are you up to the new standards? There’s going to be a new set of professional standards for teachers and trainers in Further Education (FE) – 20 ‘inspirational’ standards based on improving teacher practice are being published by the Education and Training Foundation (ETF).These standards will be referred to by Ofsted in their inspections and in informing their judgements, and aren’t intended to be a prescriptive checklist, but rather ‘to be owned by the teaching workforce…based on the model of the reflective practitioner’.

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