Big Turn Out at Brighton’s Big Skills Debate

Members of the local business and education communities gathered for a debate titled, ‘The Future of Work: Are We Doing Enough About Skills?’, The Big Debate, organised by Brighton & Hove Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by SCTP member, the University...

ESFA Update Issue 401

Latest from the ESFA (former SFA) including: 1. Supporting employers to engage their end-point assessment organisation; 2. Advanced Learner Loans provider seminars; 3. Withdrawal of frameworks by Issuing Authority; 4. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Halfon Calls for GCSEs to be Scrapped

Former skills minister and current chair of the Education Select Committee, Rob Halfon MP, has called for GCSEs to be scrapped. This article by Alice Barnard, Chief Executive of The Edge Foundation looks at whether the new GCSE gradings are understood by employers and...

London Learning Consortium Commissioning Events

SCTP member, the London Learning Consortium (LLC) is holding two commissioning events to outline its partnership allocation process for 2018/19. There is a London event but the more local event is for Voluntary Community & Social Enterprise organisations that work...

ESFA Business Update Issue 33

Latest edition of the ESFA’s newsletter for businesses including: 1. National Apprenticeship Awards 2018; 2. Apprenticeship service update; 3. Apprenticeship quality; 4. National Contact Centre support for employers; 5. Social media.