by SCTP | Dec 14, 2024 | News
Literacy and numeracy skills among adults have largely declined or stagnated over the past decade in most OECD countries, according to the second OECD Survey of Adult Skills. Click here for a summary of the report’s findings from the OECD.
by SCTP | Dec 13, 2024 | News
With a pledge of 1.5 million new homes to be completed by the end of this parliament, the government has set the building trade a huge target. And part of the solution will be provided by a £140 million network of 32 training hubs where apprentices can qualify in...
by SCTP | Dec 13, 2024 | News
The Department for Education has commissioned Ofsted to examine how providers are using and could use AI to ‘support teaching and learning’ and manage administration. Click here for more.
by SCTP | Dec 13, 2024 | News
The government’s preferred candidate to become the next Ofqual chief regulator has told MPs that T Levels need the “right kind of reform” to “grow, flourish and succeed” against a backdrop or slow take up and high dropout rates. Sir Ian Bauckham also suggested that...
by SCTP | Dec 13, 2024 | News
Three quarters of apprenticeship vacancy adverts block applicants who have not already achieved a grade 4 pass in GCSE English and maths, research has found. The Association of Employment and Learning Providers analysed 5,440 vacancies and discovered 72 per cent of...