by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 29, 2024 | Uncategorised
The 2024 to 2025 advanced learner loans application service will be available from Monday 10 June 2024, for learners who wish to start eligible qualifications from the 1 August 2024, funded by a loan. ESFA has updated learning and funding information letters for 2024...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 29, 2024 | Uncategorised
Latest from ESFA including: 1. Action: Business case deadline for adult funding allocations 2024 to 2025 – Sunday 28 April 2024. Information: ESFA adult skills fund contract for services (procured from 2023) allocations. Information: 2024 to 2025 advanced learner...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 29, 2024 | Uncategorised
This report from Resolution Foundation delves into the challenges young people with mental health issues face during their transition to adulthood, including difficulties in education, employment, and financial management. Poor mental health can impede their...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 29, 2024 | Uncategorised
The 2024 minimum wage increase is significant, benefiting approximately 1.6 million workers with a 9.8% cash increase and a real-terms rise of 7.8%. This marks the third largest annual rise in the minimum wage’s history, coinciding with its 25th anniversary. The...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 28, 2024 | Uncategorised
Two-fifths of the British public believe the lack of information technology education in primary and secondary education has stood in the way of a potential career in the tech sector. According to a new study from BAE Systems Digital Intelligence, perceptions like...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 28, 2024 | Uncategorised
The Industry and Regulators Committee, chaired by Baroness Taylor of Bolton, has launched an inquiry into skills policy, focusing in particular on apprenticeships and training in the context of the skills the UK economy needs for the future. The Committee is seeking...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 28, 2024 | Uncategorised
Newly commissioned government research highlights industry placements as crucial for T Level student preparation. Researchers tracked the progress of 477 of the 1,300 students involved in wave one of the flagship qualification rollout and interviewed them 10 months...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 28, 2024 | Uncategorised
FE teachers will be eligible for a “levelling up premium” payment of up to £6,000 from this autumn however in a controversial twist, staff in independent training providers have been excluded. Ministers are extending the scheme, launched for school teachers, to those...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 28, 2024 | Uncategorised
The government has said it has “no plans” to change single-phrase Ofsted judgments, following reports that they could be scrapped subsequent to Ruth Perry’s death. The Department for Education’s response to the education committee’s report on Ofsted, was released last...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 19, 2024 | Uncategorised
DfE published an updated Apprenticeship Accountability Framework (AAF) last week. This update confirms an intention to take a more robust approach towards poor quality provision. ESFA has introduced higher thresholds for some indicators to support the early...
