Aspiration Awards 2025
Nominations for our 2025 Aspiration Awards are now open! Submit your nominations before the window closes on Friday 21 February 2025.
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Now approved: New Dental Nurse EPA standard (ST1431)
Aligning with the General Dental Council (GDC)’s Safe Practitioner Framework, you can now update your provision ahead of the mandatory changes due August 2025.
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English and maths delivery, your way
From Functional Skills to initial assessment and diagnostics, we'll build you a bespoke solution based on your learners' English and maths needs.
Post-16 reforms update
The DfE has announced a pause in the plan to defund existing post-16 qualifications. Read more details and book a consultation with our experts.
VTQ timely delivery of results
The first term-time checkpoint to ensure timely delivery of your learners' results is open. Find out what actions you need to take before 31 January.
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The Curriculum and Assessment review: a landmark moment?
With the potential to be a landmark moment for our education system, our Head of Policy, Michael Lemin, explores how the upcoming review could create a more inclusive, flexible, and skills-focused system that empowers all learners.
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Learner stories: “I’m passionate about advocating for children's rights and ensuring they have access to education”
We speak to Saman Kaur, a recent Education and Early Years T Level student at Sandwell College, who has now begun studying for an Early Childhood Studies degree at Staffordshire University following completion of this qualification.
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Foundations for the future: how we created our Social Impact Report
Following the launch of our Social Impact Report, we speak to three members of our Research and Insight team – Isha Sachdeva, Lauren Peart and Janet Lloyd – to learn more about how this milestone publication was put together.
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How NCFE is advancing learning and transforming lives through social impact
Deborah Jenkins, Chair of the Board of Trustees at NCFE, outlines how the awarding organisation and education charity is making a difference for learners, backing innovative initiatives, and influencing wider policy in the sector.
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What the party conferences told us about the future of skills
Michael Lemin, Head of Policy at NCFE, reflects on the recent Labour and Conservative Party Conferences in Liverpool and Birmingham and explores his key takeaways including what they told us about the future of skills.
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What the new Adult Skills Fund (ASF) means for learners and training providers
Andrew Barton, Product Manager for Learning for Work, outlines the key changes to the Adult Skills Fund (ASF) – which replaced the AEB in August 20 – focusing on new funding rules, tiered rates, and their impact on training providers.
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FE learners challenged with transforming the future of assessments
A new competition has been launched to help find innovative uses of artificial intelligence (AI) within assessments, challenging learners to showcase their creativity in order to revolutionise the future of assessments and exams.
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Leeds City College: Students gain global perspective volunteering in St Lucia
We caught up with Karl Jones, Lecturer in the Public Services Department at Leeds City College, to find out how the Uniformed Public Services V Cert qualification and the opportunity to volunteer abroad have shaped students' futures.
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