by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 20, 2019 | Uncategorised
The latest labour market statistics have been published by the Office for National Statistics. They show that in the three months up to January 2019, the UK employment rate was estimated at 76.1%, higher than for a year earlier (75.3%) and the unemployment rate was...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 20, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Department for Education (DfE) has announced plans to support more young people with additional educational needs by launching a procurement exercise for experts to come forward and kickstart specialist training for more Educational Psychologists. £31.6 million...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 20, 2019 | Uncategorised
Latest update from the ESFA including: 1. Action: government consultation – review of post-16 qualifications at level 3 and below in England; 2. Action: interested in FE workforce data? We want to hear from you!; 3. Information: apprenticeship funding rules 2018 to...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 19, 2019 | Uncategorised
Damian Hinds, Education Secretary, has launched a consultation which forms the first stage in the government’s review of post-16 level 3 and below qualifications (excluding T Levels, A Levels and GCSEs). The consultation will look at only providing public...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 19, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) has issued its Invitation to Tender (ITT) for the second wave of T Levels, which will be taught from September 2021. The subjects for bidding on are Building Services, Onsite Construction, Digital...