by Jasmine Griffiths | Jan 5, 2024 | Uncategorised
This briefing note from the Institute for Employment Studies, sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published in December. They show that the labour market is continuing to cool off, as the impacts from higher interest rates and rising costs of living...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jan 5, 2024 | Uncategorised
Sir Martyn Oliver will embark on a Big Listen with all sectors Ofsted inspects and regulates at the start of his tenure as His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills. The Big Listen, to begin later this term, will allow Sir Martyn to...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jan 5, 2024 | Uncategorised
Ofsted inspections will not restart next week, new chief inspector Sir Martyn Oliver has said, as he launches an internal inquiry into how the watchdog responded to the death of headteacher Ruth Perry. In a recent interview, Sir Martyn Oliver has promised the sector a...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jan 5, 2024 | Uncategorised
Sector-based work academy programmes (SWAPs) are designed to help meet employers’ immediate and future recruitment needs as well as to recruit a workforce with the right skills to sustain and grow their business. A SWAP can last up to 6 weeks and has 3 main...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jan 5, 2024 | Uncategorised
Disadvantaged young people make up a large proportion of international study placements, new research published recently shows. The government’s flagship Turing Scheme, which enables students to work and study abroad has proved a success, providing tens of thousands...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jan 5, 2024 | Uncategorised
The DfE has provided a revision to their 2023 statutory guidance on multi-agency working to help, protect and promote the welfare of children. This revision to the guidance focuses on strengthening multi-agency working across the whole system of help, support and...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jan 5, 2024 | Uncategorised
The DfE are seeking your views on their draft non-statutory guidance for schools and colleges about children questioning their gender. The proposed draft provides guidance and practical support for schools and colleges, including: supporting children who are...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jan 5, 2024 | Uncategorised
Over the course of 2023, various indicators suggest a gradual easing in the labor market. Even without considering recent uncertainties surrounding the Labour Force Survey, there has been a consistent decline in job vacancies for the past 16 months, and the growth in...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Nov 20, 2023 | Uncategorised
Over £2 billion has been earmarked for the automotive industry and £975 million for aerospace, supporting the manufacturing, supply chain and development of zero emission vehicles, and investment in energy efficient and zero-carbon aircraft equipment. Alongside this,...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Nov 20, 2023 | Uncategorised
On 1 April 2023, the Cabinet Office issued a press release to announce a new scheme to allow public authorities across the UK to apply for a free, framed portrait of His Majesty the King to celebrate the new reign. The Cabinet Office have now launched the voluntary...
