by SCTP | Jun 18, 2018 | Uncategorised
A multi-million pound fund to help tackle the construction skills shortage has been launched by the Skills Minister Anne Milton. With 158,000 new construction jobs expected to be created in the UK over the next five years, the £22million Construction Skills Fund will...
by SCTP | Jun 16, 2018 | Uncategorised
Click here to see Skills Minister Anne Milton’s reply to a second letter sent by the South East LEP on the issues created from the non-levy apprenticeship procurement outcomes. Most of it is the standard restatement of policy but there is a commitment to the 3...
by SCTP | Jun 15, 2018 | Uncategorised
A warm welcome back to SCTP’s latest full member – national specialist, grade 1, IT apprenticeship provider, QA. We look forward to working with Amanda Spring, Apprenticeships Resourcer and James Dawson, Sales Manager. QA has a local branch in the New England Quarter...
by SCTP | Jun 15, 2018 | Uncategorised
The Government urgently needs to boost lower level skills training to be ready for Brexit, according to a new AELP policy paper. AELP wants ministers to use government spending and post-18 education reviews as an opportunity to “reverse the sharp fall in level two...
by SCTP | Jun 15, 2018 | Uncategorised
SCTP was represented at two regional provider network meetings with AELP this week – the London East meeting (Paul Mitchell) and the South meeting (Jo Bridger). The concerns of members that arose from the recent SCTP Members’ Meeting and Strategic...