by Jasmine Griffiths | May 6, 2024 | Uncategorised
The government has retracted on its “free courses for jobs” offer by restricting access to adults who are paid less than £25,000 – in a move branded as “short-sighted policy control”. Education and Skills Funding Agency rules for the incoming adult skills fund in...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 6, 2024 | Uncategorised
This non-statutory guidance provides advice to help educational settings to become better prepared for and able to respond to terrorism and other major incidents. It sets out practical steps to keep learners and staff safe in the event of an incident through simple...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 6, 2024 | Uncategorised
The government is launching the new Adult Social Care Training and Development Fund. Eligible adult social care (ASC) employers can claim varying levels of reimbursement from this fund, for spend on upskilling the adult social care workforce in England. ASC employers...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 29, 2024 | Uncategorised
East Sussex County Council has approved 2 years of funding for the TRANSFORM Service for East Sussex employers, after its European Social Fund project funding came to an end in December 2023. The Transform Project supported over 180 East Sussex employers with...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 29, 2024 | Uncategorised
The Department for Education has quietly the introduction of the lifelong learning entitlement. Students won’t be able to apply for LLE funding until September 2025, seven months after the planned February launch of the first LLE applications. The teaching of courses...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 29, 2024 | Uncategorised
The emergence of widely accessible generative artificial intelligence (AI) in 2023 raised several new considerations for the regulation of qualifications and assessments. These include new opportunities for AI to support the design, development and delivery of...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 29, 2024 | Uncategorised
AI-enabled tools and products are now more widely available in schools and other providers. This means that these technologies are affecting children and learners and the people who care for, educate and support them. Ofsted supports innovation and the use of AI where...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 29, 2024 | Uncategorised
This report from the DfE is based on a survey, carried out in 2023, which covered the first cohort of T Level learners. This cohort started their programme in September 2020. It draws on data from 3 longitudinal surveys of this cohort. It focuses on learners’:...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 29, 2024 | Uncategorised
From autumn 2024, the Levelling Up Premium (LUP) will be worth up to £6,000 annually. This applies to key STEM and technical subject teachers in the first 5 years of their career, including maths, construction and engineering, and early years education. Teachers in...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 29, 2024 | Uncategorised
The Department for Education (DfE) has written to a sample of independent training providers (ITPs), asking them to submit a financial forecast by Friday 31 May 2024. Details of how to submit the financial forecast is included in the individual notification and within...
