by SCTP | Oct 29, 2018 | Uncategorised
Chancellor, Stephen Hammond has announced two significant changes to affecting apprenticeships in today’s budget. The contribution required of non-levy paying employers taking on apprentices will be reduced from 10% to 5% from April 2019. This change has been...
by SCTP | Oct 26, 2018 | Uncategorised
Youth Employment UK’s yearly nationwide survey benchmarks the experiences of 14-24 year olds transitioning between education and employment. One of its key findings for 2018 is that our society is failing its young women in the transition from education to employment....
by SCTP | Oct 26, 2018 | Uncategorised
ScreenSkills, the industry-led skills body for UK screen, and Creative & Cultural Skills, the UK’s Sector Skills Council for the arts, cultural heritage and design sectors, conducted an online survey this summer. It found that even once the new apprenticeship...
by SCTP | Oct 26, 2018 | Uncategorised
The latest government research, based on the ESFA’s 2017/18 employer satisfaction survey, shows satisfaction rates remaining high albeit with a small decline on the previous year’s figures. This is particularly encouraging as it is based on feedback from...
by SCTP | Oct 26, 2018 | Uncategorised
New research on apprenticeships by industry characteristics has revealed which sector is the most popular, what is preferred by each gender and where in the country apprenticeship starts are lowest. The Department for Education has compiled statistics focusing on the...
