by Jasmine Griffiths | Jan 15, 2023 | Uncategorised
The Future Flight Challenge for Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, will invest up to £500,000 in projects to close aviation industry skills gaps. The aim of this competition is to create and deliver course content and materials that will support skills,...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jan 15, 2023 | Uncategorised
VocTech Activate is the test bed where the first spark of an idea which could solve a vocational learning problem, can be scoped and tested in the supportive environment that Ufi funding provides. Ufi grant fund projects that are at a relatively early stage, helping...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jan 15, 2023 | Uncategorised
London Learning Consortium (LLC) is commissioning 16-18 and 19-24 Traineeship provision for the academic year 2022 – 2023. Click here for more information.
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jan 15, 2023 | Uncategorised
A prior information notice (PIN) has been published this week on the Adult Education Budget 23/24 Procurement. This PIN informs the market of a forthcoming procurement opportunity for delivery of education and training to learners, resident in non-devolved areas of...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jan 15, 2023 | Uncategorised
Provisional qualification achievement rates, have been published and can be accessed through View your education data. Here you will find: a QAR dashboard that uses your ILR data from the R14 return to show your rates a QAR data download to show your learner level...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jan 15, 2023 | Uncategorised
Latest from ESFA including: 1. Action: mandatory 2021 to 2022 FE workforce data collection deadline is 27 January. 2. Action: check your provisional qualification achievement rates (QARs) (2021 to 2022) before data query window closure on 31 January 2023. 3....
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jan 15, 2023 | Uncategorised
Former Labour and Conservative ministers Lord Knight and Lord Willetts are launching an inquiry to uncover the reasons behind the decline in engineering, manufacturing and technology apprenticeships starts seen over recent years in the UK. The inquiry will look to...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jan 13, 2023 | Uncategorised
New organisations have joined the government’s register of flexi-job apprenticeship agencies following the latest round of applications. The register was launched in February last year, with those organisations acting as employers for apprentices in industries such as...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jan 13, 2023 | Uncategorised
A new approvals process for “alternative” qualifications has been launched, with awarding organisations being given just one month to register their interest. Technical qualifications other than T Levels will need to pass three layers of approval to be funded from...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jan 13, 2023 | Uncategorised
Fewer firms are increasing their investment in training and development after a year of post-pandemic catch-up growth last year, while a majority of respondents say they are unaware of some key Government skills reform programmes according to the 2022 CBI Education...