by SCTP | Apr 9, 2022 | Uncategorised
The Youth Employment Index, produced in collaboration with the Youth Futures Foundation, provides an important tool to measure, benchmark and monitor progress across the OECD in employing and training young people. This is key to identifying challenges and...
by SCTP | Apr 9, 2022 | Uncategorised
Apprenticeships are failing working class school leavers, and will undermine efforts to level up without significant reform – according to a new report from research organisation Onward.
by SCTP | Apr 8, 2022 | Uncategorised
Sixty-two colleges have been successful in the latest round of funding from the £400M second stage of the Further Education Capital Transformation Fund (FECTF). Congratulations to SCTP members Chichester College and GBMet. Click here for more information and a list of...
by SCTP | Apr 8, 2022 | Uncategorised
Funding will be cut for only a “small proportion” of applied general qualifications such as BTECs that sit alongside A levels and T levels, the government has announced. Plans to defund level 3 applied general qualifications that overlap with A levels and T levels...
by SCTP | Apr 8, 2022 | Uncategorised
An Ofsted briefing on the continued impact of the pandemic on the education, skills and work curriculum in prisons which looks at the progress that prison leaders and managers have made in reinstating the full education, skills and work curriculum. It draws on...
by SCTP | Apr 8, 2022 | Uncategorised
A briefing on the continued impact of the pandemic and education recovery, drawing on evidence from spring 2022 Ofsted inspections. The briefing presents insights from a sample of inspections carried out in January and February 2022 and discussions with inspectors....
by SCTP | Apr 8, 2022 | Uncategorised
An overview of the National Skills Fund investments, which aim to help adults to gain the skills they need to improve their job prospects and support the economy. The information is for FE colleges and training providers who are interested in providing free level 3...
by SCTP | Apr 8, 2022 | Uncategorised
The Health and Social Care Levy (raised via National Insurance Contributions) will include dedicated funding for the social care workforce – to train and retain talent as well as attracting new staff. Click here for more.
by SCTP | Apr 8, 2022 | Uncategorised
The IfATE apprentice panel wants to hear from apprentices all across the country in their apprenticeship survey. This is a chance to have apprentices’ voices heard and to help make apprenticeships even better. This is a short survey taking about 10 minutes to...
by SCTP | Apr 8, 2022 | Uncategorised
Making sure everyone can boost their skills or retrain so they can get better jobs is a key stated priority for government. That’s why the Government is expanding Skills Bootcamps and Free Courses for Jobs training offers this year. Thousands of adults have already...
