by SCTP | Sep 27, 2025 | News
West Sussex County Council held the latest meeting of its Synchronise Network on the 17th September. The agenda can be found here. Documents from the meeting include information on the Get Sussex Working Plan , Connect To Work and Modern Work Experience.
by SCTP | Sep 27, 2025 | News
The Government has approved plans to bring Gatwick Airport’s standby Northern Runway into routine use. A copy of Gatwick’s statement is here. The decision supports plans to increase capacity at London Gatwick to up to 80m passengers per year. The Northern...
by SCTP | Sep 22, 2025 | News
UKHospitality has unveiled further detail of the passport, which will enable new employees to demonstrate completion of the universal entry standard to give employers confidence that new starters are competent across a wide variety of necessary skills. Click here for...
by SCTP | Sep 22, 2025 | News
Skills England will become part of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) with immediate effect, the prime minister has confirmed. In a written ministerial statement, Sir Keir Starmer said apprenticeships, adult further education, skills, training and careers, and...
by SCTP | Sep 21, 2025 | News
The Department for Education has promised to “capture views” before determining new intervention triggers for colleges and training providers from reformed Ofsted inspections. Click here for more from FE Week.
by SCTP | Sep 21, 2025 | News
Starts on level 7 apprenticeships have surged, prompting warnings about pressure on the apprenticeships budget before government funding is removed. Click here for more from FE Week.
by SCTP | Sep 21, 2025 | News
MPs have criticised an “absence of information” about a planned merger of the National Careers Service (NCS) with Jobcentres, almost a year after plans to reform the government services were first announced. Click here for more from FE Week.
by SCTP | Sep 21, 2025 | News
Further education colleges and specialist providers are set to lose the ability to opt out of the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) under plans from the Office for Students (OfS) to overhaul its higher education quality assessment regime. Click here for more from FE...
by SCTP | Sep 21, 2025 | News
Pat McFadden will seek to use his new powers over skills policy to curb “wasted potential” from youth unemployment and cut the government’s growing benefits bill. Click here for more from FE Week.
by SCTP | Sep 21, 2025 | News
Click here for an analysis from FE News.
