by Jasmine Griffiths | Mar 17, 2024 | Uncategorised
ESFA have published version 2 of the technical funding guide for ESFA-funded skills bootcamps. The main change from version 1 is that they have added information about the new heavy goods vehicles (HGV) skills bootcamps that could start from February 2025. The update...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Mar 17, 2024 | Uncategorised
You can now contact DfE and the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) using the contact form within the Customer Help Centre. For more information on the portal, its benefits and how to use it, see the below help centre articles: Introducing the Customer Help...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Mar 17, 2024 | Uncategorised
Last week ESFA issued 16 to 19 allocation statements for most school and academy sixth forms, and this week they’ve started to upload them for further education colleges. ESFA expect to issue at least 97% of allocations by the end of March. There may be a very...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Mar 17, 2024 | Uncategorised
Latest from ESFA including: Information: 16 to 19 funding allocation statements for 2024 to 2025. Information: Additional teachers’ pension funding from April 2024. Information: The Customer Help Portal is now live. Information: The technical funding guide for ESFA...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Mar 17, 2024 | Uncategorised
The Youth Voice Census is an annual temperature check on how all young people in the UK feel about life, study, work and general prospects. The 2023 Youth Voice Census was presented to over 150 MPs and over 4,000 young people aged 11-30 took part. It’s the largest...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Mar 17, 2024 | Uncategorised
Students are now armed with the means to ‘cheat’ their way through almost any non-exam assignment by putting questions to a large language model (LLM) of generative AI such as ChatGPT, Snapchat’s My AI, and a multitude of new AI ‘study aid’ platforms. Students are...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Mar 17, 2024 | Uncategorised
The search for a firm to conduct “tackling antisemitism” training in colleges has been paused by the Department for Education. The DfE has indefinitely extended the bidding deadline for its “tackling antisemitism in education” contract, which now has a closing date of...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Mar 17, 2024 | Uncategorised
The female-led leadership team of IfATE (the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education) are calling for better representation across every sector. According to 2022/23 data, the number of women and men on apprenticeships is about 50/50 (51.2% for women and...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Mar 17, 2024 | Uncategorised
The DfE is seeking to appoint one or more Prime Supplier(s) as part of the Tackling Antisemitism in Education (TAE) Programme, from FY24-25 to FY26-27. The aim of the TAE programme is to support schools, colleges, and universities to tackle antisemitism effectively...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Mar 17, 2024 | Uncategorised
The Department for Science, Innovation & Technology and the Department for Culture, Media & Sport have commissioned research to understand the UK’s artificial intelligence (AI) skills needs now and in the future. This survey explores the perspectives of...
