by Jasmine Griffiths | May 19, 2023 | Uncategorised
The South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP) has announced MidKent College Principal and Chief Executive Simon Cook as its new Deputy Chair. Simon has been involved in the LEP for many years, sitting on SELEP’s Accountability Board as the Further Education...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 19, 2023 | Uncategorised
Grant applications for community organisations in Brighton & Hove of between £500 and £3000 to fund projects for young people aged 11 to 19 (or up to 25 with special educational needs) are now open. The funding has been made available through the Youth led grants...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 19, 2023 | Uncategorised
Analysis of Learning and Work Institute’s long-running Adult Participation in Learning Survey, shows that younger people are more likely to participate in learning than older people and also invest three times as much per year. This lower investment by older people...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 19, 2023 | Uncategorised
This independent research report by Atkins – a member of the SCN-Lavalin Group, explores the views of some of those who will be living in the hopefully ‘levelled up’ world of the future, specifically, a sample of 16-21 year olds across the North of England. The...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 14, 2023 | Uncategorised
Koli Begum completed an apprenticeship with the Go Ahead Group in June 2021, before going on to become a driver and apprentice mentor in the organisation. Click here to hear about her experience on the level 2 passenger transport driver – bus, coach and tram...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 14, 2023 | Uncategorised
Established in November 2020, the ESTAR team sits within the wider skills team across Childrens Services and Economic Development at East Sussex County Council. ESTAR manages two main projects that support adults with disadvantage into work and housing. The Moving on...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 14, 2023 | Uncategorised
Ofsted have published their inspection of local authority children’s services (ILACS) report following their full inspection back in March. Ofsted Inspectors have praised West Sussex County Council’s Children’s Services for its ‘relentless approach to improving...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 14, 2023 | Uncategorised
Skills East Sussex are hosting their Skills Summit on Thursday 25 May 2023 from 9:00 – 16:00pm. The event will bring together task groups, careers hub, employer networks contacts and focus on a local, cross sector approach to the skills challenges facing East...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 14, 2023 | Uncategorised
FE Week analysed apprentice starts data for the 668 currently “available for delivery” apprenticeship standards and found that 58, which have been approved for over a year, have yet to recruit – meaning nearly one in ten established apprenticeship standards have...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 14, 2023 | Uncategorised
New research by Learning and Work Institute reveals that people are spending billions of pounds on their own learning – more than the government or employers. Analysis published claims that learners invest £7.3 billion of their own money and £55 billion worth of their...
