by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 9, 2021 | Uncategorised
The government has appointed a new expert group to support investors, consumers and businesses to make green financila decisions. The Green Technical Advisory Group (GTAG) will oversee the Government’s delivery of a “Green Taxonomy” – a common framework setting the...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 9, 2021 | Uncategorised
The UK Space Agency has launched a competition for young people aged 16 and over to design a nanosatellite that can help support the UK’s decarbonisation targets. Entrants will compete for a £600k Challenge Fund where the prize funding will enable the winners to...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 9, 2021 | Uncategorised
The Department of Health and Social Care has an open consultation seeking to collect views on women’s health to help inform the development of the government’s Women’s Health Strategy. The consultation deadline has been extended to 13 June 2021, and the government are...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 9, 2021 | Uncategorised
A new report has been published by EngineeringUK and 7 engineering and careers organisations entitled ‘Securing the future: STEM careers provision in schools and colleges in England’. The report calls on the government to invest £40 million in improving...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 9, 2021 | Uncategorised
The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) has created an animation to show the different assessment methods used in end-point assessments. It is designed to help apprentices understand what is expected from them and what will happen during...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 9, 2021 | Uncategorised
The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) has launched a Mentoring Framework and three accompanying guides as part of its support for mentors and coaches of practitioners in the FE and training sector. The guides provide additional information and resources to help...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 9, 2021 | Uncategorised
The latest information from the ESFA: 1. Latest information on coronavirus (COVID-19); 2. Action: new subcontractor declaration window open, final collection for 2020 to 2021 including nil returns; 3. Action: 16 to 19 Bursary Fund applications and assessment...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 8, 2021 | Uncategorised
Following calls from some organisations for reforms or relaxations on the apprenticeship levy to be used for other skills training, the Skills Minister Gillian Keegan, speaking at the AELP conference, has stated that the apprenticeship levy should only be used for...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 8, 2021 | Uncategorised
The Institute for Employment Studies (IES) is leading a policy project on improving access to good work for young people as part of the Health Foundation’s five-year Young People’s Future Health Inquiry, aimed at shaping the future youth policy agenda across health,...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 7, 2021 | Uncategorised
The Institute of Student Employers has published information for employers on key questions to help with decisions around the mix/balance of graduates and apprentices they may want to recruit and some data to help make decisions about recruiting graduates and...
