Education Policy Guru

Education policy consultant. Working with Schools, FE Providers, HEIs, Employers, Awarding Orgs & Government.

[Education Policy Guru @EduPolicyGuru]

Young people on benefits to be offered construction and hospitality work https://t.co/M2wwSf9AJ8

[Education Policy Guru @EduPolicyGuru]

Post-16 education & skills white paper.

A sharper alignment between FE provision & employer demand. Stronger emphasis on lifelong learning & re-skilling so adults can more easily retrain as industries evolve. https://t.co/x9MZ9OkIuT

[Education Policy Guru @EduPolicyGuru]

The DfE - simplifying the ‘confusing’ qualifications landscape since 2018.

New V-level courses to be brought in for students https://t.co/9qNX9aZ5NI

[FE Week @FEWeek]

🚨DfE has scrapped three more T Levels due to low demand

Meanwhile, Pearson has awarded contracts to run health and science giving them six of the nine 'generation 2' licenses

https://t.co/70n9I0JH8Y

[Education Policy Guru @EduPolicyGuru]

@shanechowen Early Years Education was a successful qualification that didn’t need to be fixed. It would be doing well irrespective of whether it was classed as a ‘Technical’ or not.

[Education Policy Guru @EduPolicyGuru]

T-levels are a disaster – ‘the T-level saga has turned into the latest illustration of a longstanding problem, namely the poor treatment of colleges by the educational powers that be.’ https://t.co/5oYR2SKpfP

[Education Policy Guru @EduPolicyGuru]

It’s amazing how many self-proclaimed leaders find it impossible to accept criticism or challenge….

Including in the Education sector.

[Education Policy Guru @EduPolicyGuru]

Qualifications key to government growth mission will stay, with 70% of the remaining qualifications due for defunding to be saved.

https://t.co/m1qYWyxXIA

[Education Policy Guru @EduPolicyGuru]

Great start #DWP

[Education Policy Guru @EduPolicyGuru]

Ofqual demands 'honesty' in new AO rules. Ofqual declined to comment if it was bolstering rules in the wake of recent fines & regulatory actions taken against NCFE, City & Guilds & Pearson. https://t.co/04bTrPXz9G

[Education Policy Guru @EduPolicyGuru]

Prime Minister introduces apprenticeship changes to support opportunity & fill roles in demand https://t.co/6vUTdcMhN9

[Education Policy Guru @EduPolicyGuru]

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[FE Week @FEWeek]

🪓 Exclusive: Most students who quit T Levels in 2021 took a course that's due to be defunded in the next two years

https://t.co/GFMxagL5Ig

[Education Policy Guru @EduPolicyGuru]

A huge shame that DHSC decided to pause funding of the new L2 Adult Social Care Cert just before it commenced, due to the Election. A large amount of preparation & employer engagement stopped in its tracks.

[Shane Chowen @shanechowen]

Skills shortages in the care sector impact all of us.

When we needed HGV drivers, government intervened immediately with training.

Care needed the same urgency yesterday.

Here’s @jessjanehill’s deep dive on care training in crisis for @FEWeek

https://t.co/EgdaldJytT

[Education Policy Guru @EduPolicyGuru]

This isn’t the picture Ifate painted in their email today. They detailed a Sound of Music ‘the hills are alive’ style vista.

[FE Week @FEWeek]

⚠️ Every T Level will be reviewed as fresh figures reveal 'low' student recruitment and confirm 'worryingly low' retention on the qualifications

https://t.co/ijhPrlNqwt

[Education Policy Guru @EduPolicyGuru]

The PM might better placed tackling corrupt, self-serving politicians and government officials first. Get your own house in order. https://t.co/ic1cKCxymW

[Professor Bob Harrison @BobHarrisonEdu]

“there were nearly 5.5 million adults enrolled in government-funded further education qualifications in 2004/5 compared to 1.5 million by 2020/21.
According to the Institute for Fiscal Studies’ Annual Report this represents a 72% reduction” https://t.co/4pfbHZo0B3

[Education Policy Guru @EduPolicyGuru]

@AnneMilton @AoCDavidH @AoC_info @AELPUK So the ABS can’t be allowed to replicate T Levels then.

[Education Policy Guru @EduPolicyGuru]

Hearing many Awarding Orgs are pulling out of HTQ & L3/L2 Tech qual applications due to the challenging approval criteria, lack of resources & financial commitment. Will @IFAteched be forced to downsize with fewer than expected applications, to save taxpayers money?

[Education Policy Guru @EduPolicyGuru]

Reading an apprenticeship standard assessment plan… the words ‘relatively unstructured’ apply to one of the assessment method.

Try applying & evidencing that requirement to Ofqual’s exacting standards!

[Education Policy Guru @EduPolicyGuru]

Been saying this for a while. DfE could have saved A LOT of money.

[Steve Hewitt @SteveHewittMIS]

Simple answer: nationalise the Awarding Orgs. I am not joking.