by Jasmine Griffiths | Nov 5, 2023 | Uncategorised
Top Education and Skills Funding Agency officials have suggested they are not concerned about the financial health of the independent training provider sector, despite several high-profile closures and market exits. Senior agency directors told the Association of...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Nov 5, 2023 | Uncategorised
Fraud and error in further education are getting “worse”, according to the ESFA’s director of finance, who has revealed there was £50 million worth of clawback last year. Andrew Thomas, who heads the agency’s provider market oversight division, said clamping...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Nov 5, 2023 | Uncategorised
The government has paused starts on 18 of the 78 apprenticeships that have no approved end-point assessment organisation. Banners have been placed on the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education’s web page for each standard the new rule applies to, which...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Nov 5, 2023 | Uncategorised
Apprenticeship starts have fallen by 31% in England since the apprenticeship levy was introduced, according to the CIPD. The study also found that employer training has also continued to decline more widely and as 60% of UK employers undertook some training over the...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Nov 5, 2023 | Uncategorised
New funding rates for functional skills english and maths will be brought forward to January 2024, the government’s director for apprenticeships has announced. Kate Ridley-Moy told the Association of Employment and Learning Providers’ conference, that the DfE will...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Nov 5, 2023 | Uncategorised
Ofsted has published its first curriculum research review for further education, focusing on business. Ofsted has published research reviews for the school curriculum since April 2021 and has now started the same work in post-16, making clear that the reviews are not...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Nov 5, 2023 | Uncategorised
Apprenticeship leaders have hailed the early success of a “game-changing” pilot that aims to make apprenticeships more accessible to people with learning difficulties. Hundreds of people who found themselves blocked from apprenticeship opportunities under government...
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...
