Terry Fennell
396 posts
Wow. I look at this and think, in 800 years time, humanity will live on Mars in large numbers, under an artificial biosphere, with plant and animal life in copious numbers.
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Agree & simplification of funding another old chestnut on white papers
Mick Fletcher@OldDitch
Can anyone remember an FE White paper that didn't promise to put employers at the centre / in the driving seat /at the heart / . What's new?
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Ahh yes, the official stock 'shortly' response, a term that can mean minutes, hours, days & even weeks.⌛️🤞
AELP@AELPUK
Latest from @educationgovuk - "Sector guidance will be updated shortly in line with the Education Secretary’s statement. We will share this with you once available."
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Food Manufacturing Sector has worked through the pandemic ensuring food goes to the nation and excluded from the List, absolute shambles..
Nick Linford@NickLinford
What @educationgovuk won't tell you is list of sector subjects excluded from L3 'lifetime skills guarantee' Whether u agree with way list of less than 400 courses arrived at or not - we should expect transparency & some chosen quals aren't even 'full'! feweek.co.uk/2020/12/09/con…
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Could try asking the consumers of standards, there have been over 200,000 achievers over 4 years so it's about time Ofsted did have an opinion!
FE Week@FEWeek
Joyce told @FEWeek “it’s too early for me to definitively say whether standards-based apprenticeships are a better product than legacy frameworks" bit.ly/3qsQdnx
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Waiting for the first officIal to claim this is a 'simplification' of the system
Nick Linford@NickLinford
Current funding rules Announcement replaces loan funding with fully-funded (free) first full level 3 learners (yellow) Why not include the first full level 2 (red) which only has 50% subsidy? Why not help lower rung on ladder? @halfon4harlowMP may well ask @GillianKeegan
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There's a good chance based on current T Level spending the DfE would be happy to provide a personal chauffeur, failure not an option..!
Tom Bewick@TomBewick
@NickLinford “World-Class.”
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I suspect like most educational decisions this summer it will depend on what Scotland does
AELP@AELPUK
Coronavirus: Push back GCSE and A-level exams, says Labour bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
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I think 'fantastic' is pushing it a bit, heard the same/similar sound bites from Just about every SoS in the past ten years...
Gillian Keegan@GillianKeegan
Fantastic speech by @GavinWilliamson today @SMFthinktank. #FEreform will be crucial if we are to #levelup #skills and #opportunities to rebuild our country post-Covid-19. Now is the era of technical skills and education. It is time to stand up for the forgotten 50%. #FEreform
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Certain amount of irony there as the IfATE insist EPAOs not using enough Tech to deliver EPAs, this is exactly one of the reasons..!
Nick Linford@NickLinford
With the technology failure leaving @JenniferCouplan @IFAteched mute - we now have the FE Commissioner trying to answer questions that he has no responsibility for. Come on @CommonsEd @halfon4harlowMP - this is poor
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Hope traineeship initiative works, however I suspect many workplaces will not be returning to normal for some time, will employers sign up to the responsibility..?
Simon Ashworth@SimonAshworth
The government is pledging to provide 30k new traineeships to get young people into work @AELPUK Under the £111m funding boost, firms in England will be given £1k for each work-experience place they offer. Traineeships to triple as unemployment fears mount bbc.com/news/business-…
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Terry Fennell retweetledi
Shout out to this @Morrisons security man keeping this good boy dry. He said ‘well you never know how dogs feel about the rain’
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Terry Fennell retweetledi
🔊🎥We’re planning to break new ground with this industry digital conference in October, which will discuss in detail the future of End-Point-Assessment and external quality assurance #EQA — you really can’t afford to miss it so make sure you register below. 👇
Federation of Awarding Bodies (FAB)@AwardingBodies
👋 Register your interest #EPA2020 We are planning on holding a full high quality virtual conference on 6th October, supported by @Ofqual and @IFAteched. This virtual conference will be open to all those interested in #EPA. Read more & register here: awarding.org.uk/register-your-…
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Terry Fennell retweetledi
Scotland’s teaching unions have written to the Scottish government, calling for confirmation that teachers will not be asked to return to the classroom until after the summer holidays in August
tes.com/news/coronavir…
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If face to face enabled for training will that also mean EPA observations back in scope..?
Nick Linford@NickLinford
Apprentices ALSO expected to receive face-to-face training from June feweek.co.uk/2020/05/15/app… via @FEweek
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Fail to see the logic behind this decision, if anything publish the results as COVID offers perfect excuse for low uptake. Spotlight well and truly on DfE now
Nick Linford@NickLinford
‘Staggering’: @educationgovuk to stop the monthly publication of apprenticeship starts feweek.co.uk/2020/04/28/sta… via @FEweek
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