by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 4, 2024 | Uncategorised
Organisations from the FE and skills sector have sent their wish lists of policy changes and requests for funding ahead of the government’s spring budget on March 6. At the last fiscal event, the autumn statement, the government prioritised tax cuts over government...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 4, 2024 | Uncategorised
Training providers are still making a loss on functional skills qualifications even after this month’s funding boost, according to a new report. The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) said historic underfunding of functional skills qualifications...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 4, 2024 | Uncategorised
NCFE’s Aspiration Awards are about honouring the success of learners, apprentices, educators, support staff and educational organisations across the UK. This year, the awards are special, as they continue to celebrate NCFE’s 175th anniversary throughout the...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 4, 2024 | Uncategorised
The Prince’s Trust NatWest Youth Index 2024 released recently finds one in five (21 per cent) young people in the UK have missed school or work in the past year due to their mental health. Similar numbers (18 per cent) report a mental health issue has stopped them...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 4, 2024 | Uncategorised
The House of Commons library have put together a guide to inform people of what support is available to further education students across the UK to help with their fees and living costs. Click here for the financial support for higher education students version...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 4, 2024 | Uncategorised
Over 70 courses are set to be cut by the government in effort to make way for the fourth wave of T Levels. Popular creative media practice and animal management BTECs will be among those to have their funding withdrawn from August 1, 2025, the DfE recently...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 4, 2024 | Uncategorised
Accelerated adoption of AI could help the UK to achieve tech superpower status by 2028. However, businesses are still struggling to find employees with good digital skills. Amazon Web Services (AWS) commissioned independent consultancy, Strand Partners, to undertake a...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 4, 2024 | Uncategorised
When comparing the pre-pandemic period to today, the national employment story has generally focused on the rise in inactivity due to ill health and the resultant fall in employment. However, in this report, Resolution Foundation show that this is not the picture in...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jan 28, 2024 | Uncategorised
FE Week recently published a new report, Enabling Better Outcomes: A wider view of apprenticeship success, which has revealed that while employers see the value in hiring apprentices, there are many barriers to supporting apprentices to complete their apprenticeship...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jan 28, 2024 | Uncategorised
The DfE has provided further education and skills statistics cover the first quarter of the 2023 to 2024 academic year, reported to date. They include government-funded further education for adults, aged 19 and over. This covers: • adult further education and skills...
