by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 19, 2024 | Uncategorised
Five projects will receive a share of £1.5 million funding to boost occupational health services for small and medium-sized businesses. This funding is designed to develop new and innovative ways to improve occupational health services which will eventually be...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 19, 2024 | Uncategorised
The Department for Education has released new guidance which explains how and when they will intervene, where needed, with the different types of post-16 education and skills providers. It will help providers understand what may trigger intervention action. Click here...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 19, 2024 | Uncategorised
As part of the Big Listen, Ofsted have commissioned 2 independent suppliers to carry out research on their behalf: IFF Research (IFF) and the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen). IFF will carry out research activities with leaders and other professionals in...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 19, 2024 | Uncategorised
The Office for National Statistics has released the April edition of regional, local authority and parliamentary constituency breakdowns of changes in UK employment, unemployment, and economic inactivity and other related statistics.
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 19, 2024 | Uncategorised
Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden and Education Secretary Gillian Keegan jointly hosted a roundtable to better harness the benefits cutting-edge technologies like AI could have for the education sector. Teachers, education professionals and technology companies came...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 19, 2024 | Uncategorised
Officially, just over 4% of people are unemployed – about 1.4 million people in the UK. While there has been a slight uptick in recent months, unemployment is still relatively low historically. But the unemployed represent only a small part of the nearly 11...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 19, 2024 | Uncategorised
This month’s economic indicators reveal a mixed picture. Employment has seen a decrease of nearly a full percentage point over the past year, accompanied by an unexpected rise in unemployment. Additionally, the rate of ‘economic inactivity,’...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 15, 2024 | Uncategorised
Accountability thresholds that “unfairly penalised” larger training providers have been replaced in an update to the apprenticeship accountability framework, as the DfE has recently published changes to four of the ten intervention thresholds that it monitors to...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 15, 2024 | Uncategorised
The Department for Education had updated the publication of the apprenticeships statistics to include the latest monthly transparency data on apprenticeship starts, reported to date. This provisional data now covers August 2023 to January 2024.
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 15, 2024 | Uncategorised
The DfE has updated the ‘Apprenticeship training provider accountability framework and specification’ with changes to the sections on apprentice feedback, withdrawals, apprentices past planned end date, break in learning. In this update, DfE are retaining the same...
