Barnado's launches new partnership programme as children struggle to cope with lockdown
More than a million parents believe their child could benefit from professional help in the wake of the coronavirus lockdown...
Wednesday, 19 August 2020 00:01
Brother Engineering plans to make half a million masks per day
A Swansea based engineering company has adapted its way of working and is now producing surgical masks, creating new jobs and supporting the Welsh Government’s efforts to increase Welsh production of much needed PPE...
Wednesday, 19 August 2020 00:01
Colleges to receive £200 million to transform their buildings and campuses
More than 180 colleges will receive a share of £200 million to begin immediate work from this September to repair and refurbish buildings and campuses so they continue to be great places to learn for the local communities they serve, the Education Secretary Gavin Williamson announced today (19 August).
Wednesday, 19 August 2020 00:01
Commonwealth Equality Project: Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) call for bids
CSSF seeks project bids to support interested governments and civil society organisations change legislation to reduce violence and discrimination against women, girls and LGBT people...
Tuesday, 18 August 2020 17:15
Ofqual statement on grading of VTQs, 18 August 2020
The statistical standardisation approach used in A levels and GCSEs was not used in most vocational and technical qualifications, including BTECs...
Tuesday, 18 August 2020 16:18
NHS Providers comment on Hancock's PHE speech
Responding to health and social care secretary Matt Hancock’s speech on the future of public health, the chief executive of NHS Providers, Chris Hopson said...
Tuesday, 18 August 2020 15:26
New help on offer for disabled people working from home during the pandemic
Disabled people can now benefit from financial support to work from home, thanks to an extension to the Access to Work scheme...
Tuesday, 18 August 2020 15:25
LGA responds to launch of National Institute for Health Protection
Responding to Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock’s speech today that Public Health England is to be replaced with the National Institute for Health Protection...
Tuesday, 18 August 2020 14:48
Labour calls for immediate clarity on timing of GCSE results
Labour has called for the Education Secretary, Gavin Williamson, to provide urgent clarity on when students would receive their GCSE results, and what information they would receive...
Tuesday, 18 August 2020 14:22
ASCL calls for review into grading fiasco
The Association of School and College Leaders will be formally writing to the Secretary of State for Education to request an immediate independent review into the grading fiasco...
Tuesday, 18 August 2020 14:10