by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 4, 2023 | Uncategorised
Bidding has opened for the next round of adult education budget (AEB) procurement by ESFA. Up to £63 million has been made available for qualification based AEB for 2023/24 with a further £12 million available for the free courses for jobs scheme (FCFJ), both serving...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 4, 2023 | Uncategorised
New laws to stop providers over-charging for higher education courses funded through the new lifelong loan entitlement (LLE) have been laid in Parliament. The new lifelong learning bill legislates for a new method of calculating the maximum fees providers can charge...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 4, 2023 | Uncategorised
Increased funding rates for “priority” adult education courses have been revealed by the Education and Skills Funding Agency however functional skills courses in English and maths will not see any base increase. The government’s new reforms to adult education funding...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 3, 2023 | Uncategorised
Latest edition of East Sussex County Council’s monthly funding news publication.
by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 3, 2023 | Uncategorised
The government is “urgently” investigating its apprenticeship website that rejects vacancies for including words such as “stripper”, “man” and “head”. The “recruit an apprentice” gov.uk website allows providers and employers to post and manage apprenticeship vacancies...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 3, 2023 | Uncategorised
Ofsted scrutiny panels that oversee how it handles complaints about inspections have been suspended. The panels, which include a sector representative who does not work for Ofsted, check the “robustness” of how complaints are handled at the internal review stage...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 3, 2023 | Uncategorised
Young care leavers starting an apprenticeship from August 2023 will receive a £3,000 bursary – triple the amount that is currently on offer. The commitments are part of a new £200 million package to improve the UK care system. The DfE said that it will aid local...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 3, 2023 | Uncategorised
A useful article by The Connected Classroom on the future impact of digital learning and AI on education.
by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 3, 2023 | Uncategorised
This is Amazing Apprenticeships’s guide for employers to follow, step by step when recruiting an apprentice. The guide is particularly useful for employers who are unfamiliar with the apprenticeship system and recruiting their first apprentice. Click here for...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 3, 2023 | Uncategorised
Latest from ESFA including: 1. Action: reminder to check your provisional Qualification Achievement Rates (QARs) (2021 to 2022) data. 2. Information: new guides to help colleges with reclassification. 3. Information: the high needs place change enquiry window for 2023...
