by SCTP | Mar 2, 2018 | Uncategorised
Sir Gerry Berragan, the chief executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships, made his concerns known regarding the practicality of the tight timetable for T Level implementation during a keynote speech at an Ofqual conference for vocational education awarding...
by SCTP | Mar 2, 2018 | Uncategorised
There are potentially disturbing reports in FE Week of an HMRC investigation into subcontracting that could result in fines after it discovered many providers were ignoring VAT rules on management fees. We don’t want to alarm our members but felt we needed to...
by SCTP | Mar 2, 2018 | Uncategorised
SCTP’s Teach Too event that was due to take place on Friday 2 March but was cancelled due to the weather has been rescheduled for Friday 23 March, as before at Sussex Downs College, 9.30-13.00.
by SCTP | Mar 2, 2018 | Uncategorised
A survey carried out by CACHE has found that although parents do see the value of technical education, twice as many parents would advise their children to study for A-Levels (53%) rather than technical qualifications (26%). It also found a low awareness of the...
by SCTP | Mar 2, 2018 | Uncategorised
The Public Accounts Committee has published its report into the monitoring, inspection and funding of Learndirect. It has made 5 recommendations: 1. Develop a new framework for identifying providers who are too big to fail; 2. The ESFA should publish its expectations...
by SCTP | Mar 1, 2018 | Uncategorised
Latest from the ESFA (former EFA) including: 1. Information: 16 to 19 funding: advanced maths premium; 2. Information: 16 to 19 Discretionary Bursary and extended work placements funding; 3. Information: local authority recoupment 2018 to 2019; 4. Information: ESFA...
