by Jasmine Griffiths | Jul 2, 2023 | Uncategorised
Skills Minister Robert Halfon announced at the Association of Employment and Learning Providers’ national conference, that apprenticeships in care and logistics will receive a ‘substantial’ funding boost. Funding for the level 2 adult care worker and...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jul 2, 2023 | Uncategorised
A report by the Parliamentary education committee has recommended that ministers should trial the direct funding of careers advisers, as the expectation on schools and colleges to pay for services out of their “already stretched budgets” was “causing significant...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jul 2, 2023 | Uncategorised
Ofqual is undertaking a feasibility study alongside the Department for Education on “what it would take” to make GCSEs and A-levels exams “fully digital”. Dr Jo Saxton, Ofqual’s chief regulator said at the House of Lords “It is important to set guardrails so...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jul 2, 2023 | Uncategorised
The amount of NHS clinicians that the government plans to train through apprenticeships will more than double in the next five years, according to the NHS workforce plan. The plan sets out the government’s goals for the medical workforce in England, which will invest...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jun 26, 2023 | Uncategorised
Please see the information below for the current tender opportunity for the West Sussex County Council Adult Skills Programme, all documentation will be accessible once a bidder has successfully registered on the portal. “The Council requires multiple Service...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jun 25, 2023 | Uncategorised
The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) has published its latest revisions standards report. The revisions status report: shows apprenticeships that are being revised provides a brief overview of the revisions planned for each apprenticeship...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jun 25, 2023 | Uncategorised
Given the increase in recent cyber security incidents, ESFA would like to remind educational settings of the importance of good cyber security hygiene. Cyber criminals may seek to access systems used by schools to gain access to sensitive data. For extra protection:...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jun 25, 2023 | Uncategorised
Latest from ESFA including: 1. Action: users of Submit learner data need a DfE sign-in account to continue using the service. 2. Reminder: college reclassification and commercial loans. 3. Information: a reminder about cyber security. 4. Information: IfATE’s revisions...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jun 25, 2023 | Uncategorised
This DfE page provides a breakdown of the steps providers should take to prepare to offer approved higher technical qualifications (HTQs).
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jun 25, 2023 | Uncategorised
This ESFA page provides an overview of the 16 to 19 funding formula with an update to the post-16 school census tool for 2023 to 2024.