by Jasmine Griffiths | Jun 29, 2024 | Uncategorised
Entries are now open for the 21st National Apprenticeships and Skills Awards. This is the first year T Level students and employers will be recognised alongside apprentices, apprenticeship employers and skills champions in the celebrations. It is free to enter and all...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jun 29, 2024 | Uncategorised
National Apprenticeship Week 2025 will run from Monday 10th – Sunday 16th of February 2025. It’s the biggest week in the apprenticeship calendar, and 2025 promises to be bigger and better than ever before. The week-long event unites the entire apprenticeship community...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jun 29, 2024 | Uncategorised
For some educators, the rise of AI in education means potentially compromising teacher’s abilities to think independently, rendering traditional training obsolete. There are concerns that financially constrained training providers might replace human tutors with...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jun 29, 2024 | Uncategorised
The publication date for the year two progress report on LSIP stage two priorities has been delayed due to the election. The new publication date, originally set for the end of June 2024, will be communicated to Employer Responsible Bodies via email in due course. No...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jun 23, 2024 | Uncategorised
Last week, ESFA issued the contract for services allocations for ESFA’s adult skills fund for the 2024 to 2025 funding year. These allocations were procured from 2023. Allocations will be issued in a digital format on manage your education and skills funding. Note...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jun 23, 2024 | Uncategorised
The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) has updated the adult skills fund (ASF) funding rules guidance that was first published in March 2024, to clarify 2 points. When using the earnings threshold, you must apply this to the learner’s gross annual salary and...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jun 23, 2024 | Uncategorised
Latest from ESFA including: Information: Updated adult skills fund funding rules for the academic year 2024 to 2025. Information: Adult skills fund contract for services allocations for the 2024 to 2025 funding year. Information: 2023 to 2024 year-end forecast funding...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jun 23, 2024 | Uncategorised
This document by the Office for Students (OfS) sets out how they will distribute funding for up to two academic years that is designed to grow and build capacity and increase equality of opportunity in Level 6 degree apprenticeships provision at higher education...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jun 23, 2024 | Uncategorised
The Department for Education released the rules providers must follow when using subcontractors to provide post-16 education and training (excluding apprenticeships). Recently they released the subcontracting funding rules for post-16 education and training (excluding...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jun 23, 2024 | Uncategorised
The unemployment rate has unexpectedly risen to its highest level for two and a half years, official figures show. The rate climbed to 4.4% in the three months to April, the highest since September 2021. Despite the increase, wage growth remained strong, with earnings...
