by Jasmine Griffiths | Sep 18, 2023 | Uncategorised
ESFA have added the ESFA Skills Bootcamps technical funding guide (from August 2023). This document sets out the details of the Skills Bootcamp funding system for learners starting on or after 1 August 2023 on Skills Bootcamps under contracts with the ESFA that began...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Sep 18, 2023 | Uncategorised
Good jobs are a pre-requisite for delivering shared prosperity, as well as improving the lives of the country’s 34-million-strong workforce. Good-quality work has clear intrinsic benefits for workers and is a well-established driver of health and well-being, whereas...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Sep 18, 2023 | Uncategorised
Whilst economic inactivity has been largely falling since its late summer 2022 peak, it appears that this is feeding through into higher unemployment (i.e., seeking a job but not entering one) more so than it is into higher employment (i.e., entering work). There are...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Sep 18, 2023 | Uncategorised
September’s edition of the labour market statistics from the Institute of Employment Studies paints a bad pictures for the market currently, with employment falling sharply, a similarly large rise in unemployment, and an uptick in economic inactivity. Further...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Sep 18, 2023 | Uncategorised
Awarding bodies cannot plan for the future of skills if they do not fully understand the past when it comes to policy. For this reason, FAB has commissioned independent research into 10 years of externally commissioned government skills policy reviews. Their resulting...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Sep 18, 2023 | Uncategorised
Up to 25,000 people will benefit from new employment support, as part of the Government’s flagship Universal Support programme. Having received £53 million in funding, the new scheme will provide personalised help to people facing complex barriers to work across...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Sep 18, 2023 | Uncategorised
The UK Space Agency’s Space Sector Skills Survey 2023 was developed in partnership with the Space Skills Alliance and know.space. Click here for a report into space skills across UK businesses, government and academia.
by Jasmine Griffiths | Sep 18, 2023 | Uncategorised
New analysis suggests at least 155,000 young people will be left without a post-16 course from 2026 as a result of the government’s plan to axe most BTECs. Experts predict that a drop in the number of applied general qualifications, like BTECs, coupled with slow...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Sep 18, 2023 | Uncategorised
The sub-group of the Skills East Sussex Health and Social Care Task Group (led by ESCC) would be interested in hearing from SCTP members who hold funding for AEB delivery, for a discussion about delivery of level 2 science qualifications including GCSE. Please email...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Sep 18, 2023 | Uncategorised
Sussex Learning Network are inviting independent training providers to sign up and take part in this year’s What Next Sussex 2023: Sussex’s virtual Post 16 options event. There will be one live chat room running this year, so that attendees can respond to individual...
