by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 1, 2022 | Uncategorised
The Department for Education has announced new support for schools in certain areas, called Education Investment Areas. 55 areas have been selected, including all local authorities which contain an opportunity area. East Sussex is therefore one of the named...
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 1, 2022 | Uncategorised
The Prime Minister has launched a new Business Council, convening a new cohort of business leaders to work in partnership with the government with the aim of “helping to drive a high productivity, high growth economy over the next 12 months and level up local...
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 1, 2022 | Uncategorised
A reminder that the Sussex Chamber is holding some Roadmap for Change consultation Sessions this month as part of the Sussex Local Skills Improvement Plan, to share the final priorities and project plans for inclusion within the LSIP to be submitted to the government....
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 1, 2022 | Uncategorised
This article, from the Head of Digital Capability at DWP Digital, explains how they believe apprenticeships can help plug the digital skills gap.
by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 31, 2022 | Uncategorised
This article, by the Resolution Foundation, explores younger people’s employment trajectory during the Covid-19 pandemic, and sets out where it believes policy makers should now be focused.
by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 28, 2022 | Uncategorised
The Level 5 learning and skills teacher apprenticeship has been through the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education’s revisions process and refreshed to better reflect the role that teachers play across the FE sector. One change is that the...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 28, 2022 | Uncategorised
This article addresses the underspend in traineeships which has been returned to the Treasury. Skills minister Alex Burghart revealed the £65 million underspend in answer to a parliamentary question. It also highlights that DfE data shows that 17,400 starts were...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 28, 2022 | Uncategorised
The latest monthly newsletter from the Education & Training Foundation for January – February outlines the latest news and support programmes for the FE and skills sector. The latest monthly newsletter for the Centres for Excellence in Maths (CfEM) has also...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 28, 2022 | Uncategorised
SCTP member, London Learning Consortium is managing ESF Community Grants funding in the Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership (C2C LEP) area. The funding is in the form of small grants of up to £20,000 to third sector and other small organisations for the...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 28, 2022 | Uncategorised
A secondary school in Brighton has been in contact asking if any training provider would be able to deliver short courses to a small cohort of students. Courses they would be interested in would be at Level 1 in subjects such as First Aid, Lifeguard, Horticulture,...
