SCTP’s Member Conference Report – 18 July 2019

by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 24, 2019 | Uncategorised

Thank you for all our members who attended the latest SCTP members’ conference at Crawley College on 18 July. Members heard presentations from Christina Dennis on behalf of the Coast to Capital LEP Skills 360˚ Board about the work towards their Local Industrial...

ESF Call for Driving Apprenticeship Growth Across the SELEP Area

by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 24, 2019 | Uncategorised

The South East LEP (SELEP) has released an ESF call of up to £1.7 million to run a project within the South East LEP area to offer support to individuals to undertake apprenticeships, and to employers to offer apprenticeships, including promoting opportunities and...

DfE and ESFA Publish their Annual Reports and Accounts

by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 24, 2019 | Uncategorised

The Department for Education and the ESFA have both published their annual reports and accounts for 2018/19. FE Week have picked some interesting points from both reports here.

Report With Employer Recommendations to Improve the Apprenticeship System

by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 24, 2019 | Uncategorised

The Institute of Student Employers (ISE) have published a report highlighting the challenges that employers face with the apprenticeship system and levy. They have made a series of recommendations which they believe will make the system more effective including...

Mencap Report on Making Apprenticeships More Accessible

by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 23, 2019 | Uncategorised

Mencap have published a report entitled ‘Access All Areas’ looking at how to make apprenticeships more accessible to people with a learning disability and/or difficulty. The recommendations from the report include removing the age cap on traineeships for...