by Jasmine Griffiths | Nov 5, 2023 | Uncategorised
The UK’s skills systems across its four constituent nations have seen increasing divergence in recent years. This has made for a complicated landscape for employers and professionals to navigate and difficultly in finding common ground between the nations. This report...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Oct 31, 2023 | Uncategorised
This Framework is operated by Salisbury NHSFT and operates at two levels – Level One, where any suitably qualified and eligible provider can submit details of all the apprenticeships they offer, and employers can then either direct award or, via Salisbury,...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Oct 30, 2023 | Uncategorised
Thousands of parents on Universal Credit will be supported to increase their chances of getting a job or up their work hours. Parents of 3 to 12-year-olds will agree with their Work Coach to spend more time in work or applying for jobs, up to a maximum of 30 hours a...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Oct 30, 2023 | Uncategorised
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak makes a speech on how society has a global responsibility to understand and address the risks surrounding AI, in order to realise all its benefits and opportunities for future generations. Click here for more.
by Jasmine Griffiths | Oct 30, 2023 | Uncategorised
According to last year’s figures from EngineeringUK, women still make up only 16.5 per cent of the engineering workforce. While that is a healthy six percentage point rise since 2010 and represents progress, many view rectifying the gender imbalance as one of the key...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Oct 30, 2023 | Uncategorised
Ofqual’s interim top boss will be in post for a year after Dr Jo Saxton leaves in December for the University and Colleges Admission Service (UCAS). In a letter to the education committee, published recently, Gillian Keegan said she intended to appoint an interim...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Oct 30, 2023 | Uncategorised
During October, The Department for Education hosted nine regional awards ceremonies as part of the National Apprenticeship Awards. All regional winners will progress to the National Final on 29th November 2023 in London. You can find the list of the winners on the...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Oct 30, 2023 | Uncategorised
The Office of National Statistics have provided the latest estimates of employment, unemployment, economic inactivity and other employment-related statistics in the UK for October 2023. Click here for more and here for IES commentary.
by Jasmine Griffiths | Oct 30, 2023 | Uncategorised
ESFA are continuing to simplify their policies and processes to make it easier for providers and employers to engage and participate in apprenticeships. In July 2023, they announced that they will use the data held by other government departments to simplify the way...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Oct 30, 2023 | Uncategorised
ESFA have published the common compliance issues arising from ESFA’s funding assurance reviews of 2021 to 2022 post-16 funding claims. This report aims to raise awareness of common post-16 funding rules’ compliance issues, to help education providers ensure or improve...
