by SCTP | Nov 17, 2022 | Uncategorised
Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education Robert Halfon delivered a speech to the Times Higher Education Conference. Here’s the transcript.
by SCTP | Nov 17, 2022 | Uncategorised
Latest from the ESFA including: 1. Information: new closing date of 14 December 2022 for the FE Workforce data collection; 2. Information: ESFA adult education budget (AEB) funding and performance management rules 2022 to 2023; 3. Information: latest on the post-16...
by SCTP | Nov 17, 2022 | Uncategorised
Every month, sector audit specialists RSM (they do provider audits for the ESFA) issue a top tip aimed to help providers manage their delivery programmes efficiently. This is based on RSM’s collected experience of auditing providers for the ESFA and conducting...
by SCTP | Nov 16, 2022 | Uncategorised
With the COP27 in its second week, IFATE has highlighted in its latest blog, some of the employers working hard to provide green skills training to their apprentices, with a total of 70 apprenticeships now supportive of green or net zero goals.
by SCTP | Nov 16, 2022 | Uncategorised
This article from MCA Cooper Associates states that the way FE provision is funded is about to undergo its biggest change in years. Following the Skills and Post 16 Education Act 2022, which was passed in April this year, major changes are coming to the way DfE...
by SCTP | Nov 16, 2022 | Uncategorised
Unemployment remains at a near all-time low at 3.6% and there are a record number of people on payrolls, according to latest figures from the Office for National Statistics for October. The figures also show that economic inactivity is still higher now than...
by SCTP | Nov 16, 2022 | Uncategorised
The Sussex LSIP E Newsletter Nov 2022 is now available, summarising the progress made by the Sussex Chamber with the Local Skills Improvement Plan. The Sussex Chamber has asked SCTP to inform members that the Chamber has planned the activities to be undertaken for the...
by SCTP | Nov 16, 2022 | Uncategorised
In tandem with COP27, a new report by Graham Hasting-Evans (President of the British Associate of Construction Heads and Chief Executive of NOCN Group) outlines the challenge faced by the UK in meeting its climate change commitments. The report, titled Greening the...
by SCTP | Nov 16, 2022 | Uncategorised
The DfE and the Student Loans Company have announced that student loan interest rates are to be capped at 6.3% from September 2022 due to market rates to further protect student loan borrowers from rising inflation rates.
by SCTP | Nov 16, 2022 | Uncategorised
The #WeekofVocTech 14-18 November is a free programme of in-person and online events exploring the role of digital technology in vocational training and celebrating its impact on learners, employers, training providers and society as a whole. It is led by UFI...
