by Sarah Sawyer | Apr 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
The latest edition of the Education & Training Foundation’s (ETF) weekly courses newsletter is available with details of the support that the ETF is providing to the FE and skills sector. This includes new expert-led English and maths webinars and a new ETF...
by Sarah Sawyer | Apr 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
Jim Harra, CEO at HMRC has written an article to explain what employees need to know about getting government support if they have been furloughed.
by Sarah Sawyer | Apr 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
Ofqual Chief Regulator, Sally Collier, has responded to the Direction from the Secretary of State for Education, about awarding results for GCSEs, AS and A levels in 2020. Her letter refers to work that Ofqual will now do in order to calculate students’ GCSE, AS and A...
by Sarah Sawyer | Apr 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
Ofqual have launched a consultation seeking views on a number of features of the exceptional arrangements for awarding GCSEs, AS and A levels in 2020. The consultation will close on Wednesday 29 April. A summary of the proposals can be read here.
by Sarah Sawyer | Apr 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
A survey of training providers has revealed that more than 8 in 10 apprentices are continuing to receive training during the COVID-19 lockdown. The AELP survey had responses from 150 providers who train 81,000 apprentices between them. Further insight from the survey...
by Sarah Sawyer | Apr 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
The DfE has appointed Nick Timothy as a non-executive board member, he is a former joint chief of staff to the prime minister.
