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...
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...
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.
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...
by Sarah Sawyer | May 22, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Education Secretary, Damian Hinds, has unveiled new measures to support employers to offer T Level industry placements. The T Levels Industry placements policy update is new guidance published to support employers and providers to offer tailored placements that...
by Sarah Sawyer | May 22, 2019 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has published new guidance on the Industry Placement Capacity and Delivery Fund (CDF) for 2019/20. The CDF was introduced last year to ensure high quality industry placements can be delivered before T Levels are introduced in 2020, which industry placements...