by Jasmine Griffiths | Oct 9, 2023 | Uncategorised
The Office for Students (OfS) has launched a funding competition for OfS registered higher education providers to bid for a portion of £40 million for projects over the next two years. The funding will boost the range of apprenticeships available at Level 6 and help a...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Oct 8, 2023 | Uncategorised
Latest from ESFA including: 1. Action: 16 to 19 Tuition Fund 2023 to 2024 digital form. 2. Reminder: payments for ILR collection period R13 and R14. 3. Reminder: review hours for 16 to 19 qualifications and non-qualifications delivery before submitting your final ILR...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Oct 8, 2023 | Uncategorised
The amount of money spent on training in England has decreased as UK-wide spending drops to its lowest ever recorded level, according to the government’s latest employer skills survey. The report, published by the Department for Education, sought out data on labour...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Oct 8, 2023 | Uncategorised
The Treasury has been accused of short-changing employers after analysis revealed that HMRC had kept around £415 million generated from apprenticeship levy receipts last year. Experts have called on ministers to address the emerging mismatch between the cash the...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Oct 8, 2023 | Uncategorised
High apprenticeship drop out rates are highly costly to taxpayers, according to the education secretary, who told the Conservative Party conference she is “hugely focused” on improving apprenticeship completions. Speaking at the Conservative Party conference, Keegan...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Oct 8, 2023 | Uncategorised
The prime minister announced during his Conservative party conference speech that he would be creating a “new single qualification for school leavers” by replacing A-levels and T Levels with the Advanced British Standard. The reform comes only three years after T...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Oct 8, 2023 | Uncategorised
Councils have had concerns about the inflexible funding rules of the prime minister’s flagship maths programme after new figures revealed that a third of the money allocated in its first year went unspent. Multiply, Rishi Sunak’s adult maths education programme,...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Oct 8, 2023 | Uncategorised
In their education reforms announcement, the Government announced that the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) would receive £40m of funding to further build the evidence-base and support effective practice in this space. The new funding will enable the EEF to...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Oct 1, 2023 | Uncategorised
This short survey is for FE colleges only. ESFA are asking for your views on shaping the scope of a Skills Bootcamps provider forum, which could be created to support sharing of best practice in Skills Bootcamps delivery amongst FE Colleges. The forum would run on a...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Oct 1, 2023 | Uncategorised
DfE is inviting sixth form colleges and local authority providers of FE to undertake user testing for the FE performance dashboard which forms part of the funding and accountability reforms consulted on last summer. ESFA are looking for volunteers to take part in a...
