City & Guilds Research Report on Skills & Education Policy

by Sarah Sawyer | May 22, 2019 | Uncategorised

City & Guilds have published a research report ‘Sense & Instability 2019’, calling on the government to urgently rethink how skills and education policy in the UK is designed and delivered. They believe that an independent body, a ‘Skills...

Public Accounts Committee Apprenticeship Reforms Progress Report Published

by Sarah Sawyer | May 22, 2019 | Uncategorised

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has published its progress report into the apprenticeship reforms that were introduced in April 2017. The report gives six conclusions and recommendations for the Department for Education (DfE) including assessing whether there are...

Important Update for Providers Delivering Provision to 14-16 Year Olds

by Sarah Sawyer | May 22, 2019 | Uncategorised

The Department for Education (DfE) is advising that Independent Learning Providers who are providing education and training to children of compulsory school age of more than 18 hours a week to 5 or more children, or one or more child with an EHC plan or who is...

New Guide to Inspire Young People to Choose an Engineering Career

by Sarah Sawyer | May 22, 2019 | Uncategorised

EngineeringUK has released a new free guide ‘Getting the message across’ to help STEM professionals and ambassadors to deliver exciting and varied activities to help encourage young people to consider engineering as a career choice.

Survey Finds Employers Unaware of Recent Apprenticeship Levy Reforms

by Sarah Sawyer | May 22, 2019 | Uncategorised

A YouGov survey, commissioned by Pearson Business School, has found that the majority of UK businesses are unaware of recent changes intended to improve the apprenticeship levy and suggests that much more needs to be done to engage with businesses to communicate these...