by Jasmine Griffiths | Jul 7, 2024 | Uncategorised
The Labour party have made reform of the Apprenticeship Levy a key focus of their plans for the skills system. They propose to turn it into a Growth and Skills Levy, which would allow businesses to spend up to 50% of their levy contributions on a wider range of...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jul 7, 2024 | Uncategorised
NHS staff who become apprentices with an employer will not experience a pay cut under a deal struck with trade unions. The policy, which came into force on July 1, means existing staff no longer risk a “detriment” to their wages if they begin an apprenticeship with...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jul 7, 2024 | Uncategorised
Jisc has announced a new way to help UK tertiary education and research organisations better position themselves to deal with the evolving threat of cyber attacks. The survey tool has been developed with the help of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and uses...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jul 7, 2024 | Uncategorised
The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) is inviting the Further Education (FE) and Skills sector to contribute to a piece of research that will explore the definition of social value in the context of FE and Skills, and how providers understand social value. As...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jul 1, 2024 | Uncategorised
East Sussex County Council is exploring the possibility of submitting a bid to the DfE for a grant allocation to lead Skills Bootcamp deliver in the county in 2025/26. SCTP is supporting by scoping interest within the membership to help gain a sense of what courses...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jul 1, 2024 | Uncategorised
Following a technical recession in the second half of 2023, the UK economy has shown tentative signs of renewed momentum, with growth of 0.5% expected this year, and 0.9% in 2025, according to the latest KPMG Global Economic Outlook. The report finds a number of...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jul 1, 2024 | Uncategorised
Providers who subcontract £100,000 or more of their post-16 delivery, across all ESFA funding streams, are required to submit a subcontracting standard. This report must be submitted to the ESFA by Wednesday 31 July 2024. If you completed the standard for academic...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jun 29, 2024 | Uncategorised
Ministers are due to arrive at government departments with their manifesto commitments in mind and keen to make their mark quickly. Retrofitting the nation’s homes – including switchover to low-carbon heating – should be a high priority for several of them. Getting it...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jun 29, 2024 | Uncategorised
This paper by the Institute for Employment Studies (IES) explores the links between career support and wider outcomes, to understand how one leads to the other, so that employers can design future career development programmes, or tweak their existing ones, to...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jun 29, 2024 | Uncategorised
As of the 1st August 2024, apprentices with learning differences without an Education, Health and Care Plan will be able to work towards a lower level of functional skills. This new guidance follows a positive SEND pilot that encapsulated 20 training providers across...
