by Jasmine Griffiths | May 24, 2024 | Uncategorised
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced a snap election for 4 July, ending months of speculation about the government’s future. In his speech on 22 May, Sunak highlighted the UK’s faster-than-expected economic growth and normalization of inflation, which...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 24, 2024 | Uncategorised
Ministers plan to appoint edtech evidence checkers to help schools and colleges work out which products deliver the best impact as part of an artificial intelligence “training package” for teachers worth up to £5 million. This will include a proposed “online resource...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 24, 2024 | Uncategorised
Skills bootcamps will focus on sectors with staff shortages due to tighter immigration rules, according to work and pensions secretary Mel Stride. A new government taskforce aims to address recruitment in areas like construction, care, and hospitality, viewing new...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 24, 2024 | Uncategorised
MPs had said that the government should create a financial literacy qualification as an alternative to GCSE maths resits as part of their plans for an Advanced British Standard. The House of Commons education committee has recently urged ministers to provide post-16...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 24, 2024 | Uncategorised
The full report of the ‘Cross-Cutting Evaluation of Plan for Jobs’, a system-level evaluation of key elements of the DWP’s part of the Plan for Jobs package. This report evaluated general levels of satisfaction with support received, the wider support needs of...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 24, 2024 | Uncategorised
A key initiative of DfE’s sustainability and climate change strategy for education is ‘sustainability leadership and climate action plans’. The strategy states: “By 2025, all education settings will have nominated a sustainability lead and put in place a climate...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 24, 2024 | Uncategorised
There are 6 UKSPF grant determinations, 1 capital and 1 revenue for each of England, Scotland and Wales. These determinations are made by the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities in exercise of the powers conferred by section 50 of the United...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 24, 2024 | Uncategorised
Last week, Education Secretary Gillian Keegan gave an address at the Education World Forum in London. Click here for the full transcript of her speech.
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 24, 2024 | Uncategorised
This report by McKinsey Global Institute, focuses on labor markets in nine major economies in the European Union along with the United Kingdom, in comparison with the United States. Technology, including most recently the rise of gen AI, along with other factors, will...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 24, 2024 | Uncategorised
The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) has recently published report on building a sustainable and self-improving sector. The Further Education and Skills: Changing systems of change report explores the challenges and opportunities facing the Further Education...
