ESFA e-Bulletin Issue 211

Latest from the ESFA (former EFA) including: 1. Action: gender pay gap reporting deadline; 2. Action: hospital education baseline collection; Information: 16 to 19 revenue funding allocation statements for independent learning providers for 2018 to 2019; 3....

ESFA Update Issue 395

Latest from the ESFA (former SFA) including: 1. Gender pay gap reporting deadline; 2. Traineeships: advertising vacancies 19 to 24; 3. Updated provider data self-assessment toolkit.

Open University Calls for Apprenticeship Shake Up

Peter Horrocks, Vice-Chancellor of SCTP member, The Open University, has called for a relaxation of the tight rules governing the way employers spend the apprenticeship levy.   This would involve the introduction of ‘modular apprenticeships’, in addition to existing...