by Jasmine Griffiths | Aug 18, 2024 | News
Ofqual has published guidance for schools, colleges and other exam or assessment centres on qualifications arrangements for 2024. This guide is for schools, colleges and other exam or assessment centres and explains what they can expect from awarding organisations...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Aug 18, 2024 | News
This guidance outlines the technical specification that Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) has used for calculating further education funding for young people. The purpose of this document is to show, at technical implementation level, the specification behind...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Aug 18, 2024 | News
Vocational and technical qualification (VTQ) and T Level results for 2024 were released last week. Click here for FE Week’s round-up of the key trends and here for a break down of the trends across England.
by Jasmine Griffiths | Aug 18, 2024 | News
The Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) congratulated students in England, Northern Ireland and Wales for results received last week. These include AS/A level, Level 3 vocational and technical qualifications (VTQs), and T Levels. The approach to grading returned to...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Aug 18, 2024 | News
Hundreds of thousands of young people across England celebrated getting their A Level, T Level and Vocational Technical Qualifications (VTQ) results last week as the Education Secretary thanked teachers and congratulated students. It comes as 32.1% of all English...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Aug 18, 2024 | News
As school leavers across England prepare to receive their exam results in the latter stages of August, a poll of 1,000 young people aged 14-18 reveals that 60% consider apprenticeships to be a valuable pathway to a career. However, 59% still think that they need to go...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Aug 18, 2024 | News
The Apprenticeship Growth Pilot is now launching, but eligible training providers won’t automatically receive funding. To participate, providers must confirm their involvement by signing a contract variation. If you plan to claim funding for FY 24/25 based on...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Aug 18, 2024 | News
The most recent labour market data (covering the period April to June) sees a slight improvement on the very poor figures over recent months. Employment has edged up to 74.5%, back to where it was three months ago; unemployment has edged down to 4.2%, its lowest since...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Aug 18, 2024 | News
Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, issues have emerged with the UK’s official labour market data. The Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) main data source on the labour market, the Labour Force Survey (LFS), estimates that there are over a million fewer...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Aug 18, 2024 | News
Unemployment in the UK fell to 4.2% in the three months to June, down from 4.4% in the previous quarter. However, wage growth slowed to an annual rate of 5.4%, the weakest in about two years, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Despite the drop in...
