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Ofqual Chief Regulator writes to school and college heads about grading arrangements

Dr Jo Saxton, Chief Regulator, has written the following letter to school and college heads about grading arrangements for 2024...

Thursday, 28 September 2023 11:32

Gold ratings for forty-six universities and colleges as TEF results announced

Forty-six universities and colleges have been awarded Gold ratings in the latest Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) exercise carried out by the Office for Students (OfS)...

Thursday, 28 September 2023 09:51

Action taken to help promote no and low-alcohol drinks

More people could be encouraged to purchase alcohol-free drinks in pubs, restaurants, shops, and venues, under government proposals to make alternatives to alcoholic drinks more popular...

Thursday, 28 September 2023 09:32

Bold new TV advert lifts the lid on real and ‘extraordinary’ work of prison and probation officers

Research commissioned by the Ministry of Justice shows that 47% of the public doesn’t know much, if anything, about what the prison service does.* Many who do join the service will ultimately leave...

Thursday, 28 September 2023 09:30

Government funding to train 500 new youth workers

Young people will get better support and services as the Government supports the training of youth workers with £800,000 of new funding, the Culture Secretary has announced today...

Thursday, 28 September 2023 09:28

One in 10 Amazon customers offered ‘bribes’ for positive reviews, Which? finds

One in 10 Amazon shoppers could have been offered an incentive in exchange for a five-star review of an Amazon product in the last year, according to Which? research...

Thursday, 28 September 2023 00:01

£80 million funding delivered to improve and protect bus services

Millions of people across England will benefit from lower fares, improved reliability and better bus services, as the Government delivers a further £80 million to support buses into 2025...

Thursday, 28 September 2023 00:01

Health and social care organisations call on government to overhaul end of life care

A coalition of leading health and social care organisations is calling on the government to tackle failings in the way older people are cared for in their final years of life...

Thursday, 28 September 2023 00:01

Thousands more pupils to receive support to improve school attendance

Thousands more pupils will be supported in schools as the Department for Education today announces four more attendance hubs...

Thursday, 28 September 2023 00:01

Israeli settlements ‘systematically erode’ viability of Palestinian State, says UN Special Coordinator

The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process on Wednesday expressed deep concern over the relentless expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem...

Wednesday, 27 September 2023 18:53