by SCTP | Sep 26, 2018 | Uncategorised
The Association of Employment and Learning Providers has called for the apprentice minimum wage should be scrapped and instead, apprentices should simply be paid the national minimum wage. AELP CEO Mark Dawe said that the “general feeling” among AELP members was that...
by SCTP | Sep 25, 2018 | Uncategorised
The Hair and Barber Council has criticised the Government’s recent decision to cut funding for hairdressing apprenticeship training by 20%. Hair and Barber Council CEO (and former SCTP Chair), Keith Conniford has described the decision as yet another example of the...
by SCTP | Sep 25, 2018 | Uncategorised
While national governments in the UK have actively looked to international examples when devising further education and skills policy, much less use has been made of cross-UK comparisons. This report looks at what can be learned from comparisons in the approaches...
by SCTP | Sep 25, 2018 | Uncategorised
Team UK’s competitors enjoyed a spectacular opening ceremony at Euroskills, the European skills completion. Good luck to the UK Team and especially to cabinet maker Thomas Pennicott a student at SCTP member, Chichester College. For more see here.
by SCTP | Sep 22, 2018 | Uncategorised
Click here for a summary of the interview with Amanda Spielman which looked at T-level inspection, funding and research spending. Meanwhile, it has been reported that Ofsted has received the full £5.4M it requested from the DfE to cover the cost of inspecting all new...
