by Jasmine Griffiths | Sep 28, 2024 | News
The Department for Education recently released a report on the successes and challenges of the SME brokerage pathfinder. The research explored: the experiences of stakeholders uptake and engagement with the pathfinder ways to improve uptake of similar programmes in...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Sep 28, 2024 | News
The government is boosting opportunities for young people through ambitious apprenticeship reforms in England. The Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson recently announced a new growth and skills levy which will replace the...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Sep 28, 2024 | News
Skills England is a new arms-length body that will bring together key partners to meet the skills needs of the next decade. Skills England will play a critical part in the government’s mission to drive growth across the country, supporting people to get better jobs...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Sep 28, 2024 | News
This report from the Department of Transport outlines future skills needs across the UK’s transport sector. It also examines the sector’s challenges, which include demographic trends, the impacts of new technologies and the transition to net zero. It identifies...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Sep 23, 2024 | News
The Hardship Fund aims to support individuals and families who are struggling with everyday costs, such as basic living expenses, household items and utilities, or rent arrears. Grants of up to £2,000 are available for eligible individuals and families, but only in...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Sep 23, 2024 | News
Over 5,000 young people across the UK shared their voices with Youth Employment UK at the beginning of 2024. Youth Employment UK have collated their feelings on life, work and education into expert insights inside the Youth Voice Census report. This year’s findings...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Sep 22, 2024 | News
The Department for Education has provided a summary of provider-reported Skills Bootcamps completions and outcomes between April 2021 and March 2022. Click here for a summary of provider-reported Skills Bootcamps starts between April 2021 and March 2022.
by Jasmine Griffiths | Sep 22, 2024 | News
Qualification achievement rates (QARs) give one measure of how well FE colleges and other training organisations perform each year. ESFA are conducting research into QARs to find out how they: are used can be improved to meet the needs of view your education data...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Sep 22, 2024 | News
The further education (FE) teacher mentoring programme, funded by DfE and delivered by Cognition Learning Group, is now accepting applications for cohort 4. The aim of the programme is to boost mentoring in FE organisations by equipping established teachers with the...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Sep 22, 2024 | News
The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) RM6348 adult skills and learning dynamic purchasing system (DPS) is now live. Designed to empower public sector bodies to source essential training services quickly and simply, it will remain open until October 2028. CCS has produced...
