by SCTP | Dec 6, 2017 | Uncategorised
Latest monthly round-up of information and news for businesses from the ESFA including: 1. Improvements to the apprenticeship service; 2. Apprentice Minimum Wage increase from April 2018; 3. Launch of the higher and degree vacancy listing; 4. Apprenticeship Live...
by SCTP | Dec 5, 2017 | Uncategorised
The government is asking people for their views on a green paper setting out measures to improve mental health support for children and young people. The green paper focuses on earlier intervention and prevention, especially in and linked to schools and colleges. The...
by SCTP | Dec 4, 2017 | Uncategorised
Today SCTP attended a briefing from Shaw Trust, the successful bidder for the Work & Health Programme (WHP) for the Home Counties region which includes East Sussex. Delivery of the new programme aimed at people with a disability, the long-term unemployed and a...
by SCTP | Dec 4, 2017 | Uncategorised
Ahead of the publication of its Careers Strategy, the DfE published a research report by careers ‘expert’ Dr Deidre Hughes looking at how young people, aged 16-19, make career choices, finding that most turn to parents, teachers and friends although work experience,...
by SCTP | Dec 4, 2017 | Uncategorised
The government has published its Careers Strategy with the strap line of ‘making the most of everyone’s skills and talents’. It says that tailored advice will be at the heart of the new strategy designed to make sure young people have the skills they need...
by SCTP | Dec 1, 2017 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has announced that it expects to issue notices of decisions to providers next week, on the long-delayed non-levy tendering process for funding apprenticeships with small employers. The message on the Bravo tendering site has gone out to those waiting for...
