by SCTP | Dec 11, 2022 | Uncategorised
Labour’s Report of the Commission on the UK’s Future, led by former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, was published this week. Among its wide-ranging recommendations on devolution were consolidating adult education and skills funding streams, improving democratic...
by SCTP | Dec 11, 2022 | Uncategorised
On the 13th December, at 10.00am the Education Committee will question Robert Halfon, Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships, and Higher Education. Mr Halfon was the Committee’s Chair until October 2022. MPs may ask about plans to improve T Levels, the decline in...
by SCTP | Dec 9, 2022 | Uncategorised
Education secretary Gillian Keegan has made her first education committee appearance. She answered questions about apprenticeship quality, the possibility of teaching apprenticeships, and plans for a new British Baccalaureate and we learned that the overall 67 per...
by SCTP | Dec 9, 2022 | Uncategorised
The government exceeded its target for skills bootcamps starts last year. DfE figures show 16,120 people started one of the free, 12-to-16-week courses between April 2021 and March 2022 against a target of 16,000. Click here for more.
by SCTP | Dec 9, 2022 | Uncategorised
This is something that apprenticeship providers have been asking for for years. Now, the DfE’s head of apprenticeship funding policy, John Myers has said that the department would release the rules before May for August implementation. Click here for more.
