by Jasmine Griffiths | Oct 1, 2023 | Uncategorised
Brighton and Hove City Council are asking for comments on the following plan below. Becky Pratley of Brighton and Hove City Council says “Following the success of the Cost of Living summit in January and ongoing work across the city, our Draft Brighton &...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Oct 1, 2023 | Uncategorised
New figures show that The Department for Education handed £96 million of apprenticeship funding back to the Treasury last year. Of the department’s £2.554 billion total apprenticeship budget in the 2022-23 financial year, £2.458 billon, or 96 per cent, was spent. This...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Oct 1, 2023 | Uncategorised
Office for Students is hosting an event for higher education providers, employers and other stakeholders to hear more details about the degree apprenticeships funding competition. This event will provide an overview of the degree apprenticeships funding competition...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Oct 1, 2023 | Uncategorised
West Sussex County Council have shared the following information about the “Read On” project which has been launched recently by their colleagues in the Library Service. Read On is a library-run learning to read scheme for adults who want to improve their reading...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Oct 1, 2023 | Uncategorised
The Sussex Chamber of Commerce has announced they’ll be holding their Future Skills Sussex – Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) launch event on Friday 6 October at University of Sussex. The event will be a celebration of all the amazing collaborative...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Oct 1, 2023 | Uncategorised
Rishi Sunak is considering a reform of A-levels in England which could see the introduction of a new “British baccalaureate”. The prime minister’s plans, which he initially suggested last year, could include the compulsory study of maths and English...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Sep 25, 2023 | Uncategorised
The government has renamed the lifelong loan entitlement after the legislation that paved the way for the flagship scheme gained royal assent. Now officially rebranded as the lifelong learning entitlement, the LLE was put on the statute book after clearing both houses...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Sep 24, 2023 | Uncategorised
ESFA are asking for your views, to help shape 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 termly basis and be open to all FE...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Sep 24, 2023 | Uncategorised
ESFA have published version 2 of the adult education budget (AEB) funding rates and formula guide for 2023 to 2024.The document sets out how they will fund activity for ESFA funded AEB and continuing 16 to 18 traineeships. In this version, they have described: a...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Sep 24, 2023 | Uncategorised
Latest from ESFA including: 1. Action: R12 in-year qualification achievement rate (QAR) 2022 to 2023. 2. Information: update on the FE workforce data collection. 3. Information: ESFA funded adult education budget funding rates and formula guide 2023 to 2024 version 2....
