by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 1, 2020 | Uncategorised
Innovate UK has announced another round of funding for its Future Leaders Fellowships (FLFs) which funds early career researchers and innovators from business and academia with up to £1.5 million over four years. The scheme is open to UK registered businesses. It is...
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 1, 2020 | Uncategorised
Ofqual has updated its guidance on what schools and colleges and other centres should do if exams or other assessments are seriously disrupted. The updates are to include links to COVID-19 related contingency, health and support pages published by the Department for...
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 1, 2020 | Uncategorised
The DfE has published the government response to the consultation on the removal of the outstanding exemption for routine inspection by Ofsted. The response states that “the exemption will be lifted and initial inspections of formerly exempt schools, colleges...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 30, 2020 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has announced that it has reviewed the 2019 to 2020 reconciliation policy for grant funded adult education budget (AEB) and Advanced Learner Loans Bursary (ALLB). It has said the “intention remains not to reconcile most providers and so the approach...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 30, 2020 | Uncategorised
This BBC news article discusses how young people have been particularly hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic’s disruption to the jobs market. It examines the statistics which show that under-25s were more likely to be furloughed than any other age group and this...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 30, 2020 | Uncategorised
The latest monthly newsletter from the Education & Training Foundation outlines the latest news and support programmes for the FE and skills sector. You can subscribe to this newsletter for all the latest information from the ETF. The Centres for Excellence in...
