by SCTP | Dec 11, 2022 | Uncategorised
Labour’s Report of the Commission on the UK’s Future, led by former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, was published this week. Among its wide-ranging recommendations on devolution were consolidating adult education and skills funding streams, improving democratic...
by SCTP | Dec 11, 2022 | Uncategorised
On the 13th December, at 10.00am the Education Committee will question Robert Halfon, Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships, and Higher Education. Mr Halfon was the Committee’s Chair until October 2022. MPs may ask about plans to improve T Levels, the decline in...
by SCTP | Dec 9, 2022 | Uncategorised
Education secretary Gillian Keegan has made her first education committee appearance. She answered questions about apprenticeship quality, the possibility of teaching apprenticeships, and plans for a new British Baccalaureate and we learned that the overall 67 per...
by SCTP | Dec 9, 2022 | Uncategorised
The government exceeded its target for skills bootcamps starts last year. DfE figures show 16,120 people started one of the free, 12-to-16-week courses between April 2021 and March 2022 against a target of 16,000. Click here for more.
by SCTP | Dec 9, 2022 | Uncategorised
This is something that apprenticeship providers have been asking for for years. Now, the DfE’s head of apprenticeship funding policy, John Myers has said that the department would release the rules before May for August implementation. Click here for more.
by SCTP | Dec 8, 2022 | Uncategorised
Robert Halfon, Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education, has written to further education (FE) providers (a definition which includes ITPs) on the further education workforce data collection. The letter outlines the importance of this collection to...
by SCTP | Dec 8, 2022 | Uncategorised
Government plans to boost the literacy skills of prisoners have moved a step closer, with the launch of a new reading app and commissioning of “innovative solutions”. The Ministry of Justice this week announced that 300 offenders in Kent, Surrey and Sussex will be in...
by SCTP | Dec 8, 2022 | Uncategorised
Young people from low-income backgrounds are under-represented in higher and degree level apprenticeships, according to new research published by the Sutton Trust. The research finds that the proportion of degree apprentices from low-income backgrounds is actually...
by SCTP | Dec 8, 2022 | Uncategorised
This edition contains call to action to all skills providers across Sussex to participate in the LSIP Skills Provider survey (closing date Monday 16 January); an update from our Stakeholder Engagement Leads on progress to date regarding the key sector deep dive and a...
by SCTP | Dec 8, 2022 | Uncategorised
The Education & Training Foundation is hosting a webinar on 13 December where they will be joined by Julian Gravatt, Deputy CEO of the Association of Colleges and Tom Morrison, Partner and Head of FE at Stone King, to discuss the recent ONS decision to reclassify...
