by Sarah Sawyer | May 27, 2020 | Uncategorised
Latest information from the ESFA: 1. Latest information on coronavirus (COVID-19); 2. Information: 2019 to 2020 year-end forecast funding claim cancelled; 3. Information: new end-point assessment (EPA) flexibility announced for calculated functional skills...
by Sarah Sawyer | May 27, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Resolution Foundation is hosting an interactive webinar to debate the need for, and challenges surrounding, a new settlement for Britain’s low-paid workers. Following a presentation of new Resolution Foundation research, leading voices from the world of work,...
by Sarah Sawyer | May 27, 2020 | Uncategorised
The government has extended the deadline on its Tampon Tax Fund round of funding for 2020-21, in light of COVID-19. The deadline is now 7 June. The purpose of the Tampon Tax Fund is to allocate the funds generated from the VAT on sanitary products to projects that...
by Sarah Sawyer | May 27, 2020 | Uncategorised
Labour’s shadow education secretary and shadow apprenticeships minister have criticised the government’s response to AELP’s claim that the ESFA’s supplier relief scheme was unlawful. This follows the Government Legal Department (GLD) response to a...
by Sarah Sawyer | May 27, 2020 | Uncategorised
Following a question from the Chair of the Education Select Committee about the possibility of introducing a guarantee offering every young person from 16 to 25 a guaranteed apprenticeship, the Prime Minister has said that he will look into the idea as one of the ways...
by Sarah Sawyer | May 26, 2020 | Uncategorised
The government’s collection of guidance and advice about COVID-19 in educational settings for staff, parents and carers, pupils and students has been updated to include guidance for education settings on preparing for the wider opening of schools, early years and...
