by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 23, 2021 | Uncategorised
The ETF’s latest monthly newsletter for the Centres for Excellence in Maths (CfEM) has been released, aiming to provide the FE sector with updates regarding the CfEM programme. The latest T Level professional development bulletin has also been published.
by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 23, 2021 | Uncategorised
Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership (C2C LEP) has published its latest COVID-19 Economic Impact Dashboard update, which is a companion to its full COVID-19 Economic Impact Assessment. The dashboard presents a summary of key COVID-19 impact indicators and...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 23, 2021 | Uncategorised
The Boundless Creativity project was set up as a joint research project by the UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), in partnership with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport. The project has examined the...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 23, 2021 | Uncategorised
Cute Dog is now working with MMIS Gateway to offer Kickstart trainees to your business. The Government’s Kickstart Scheme offers 6-month trainee places for young people in receipt of Universal Credit aged 16-24 and pays 100% of their wages (at minimum wage) for 25...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 22, 2021 | Uncategorised
Catalyst South, an alliance of six Local Enterprise Partnerships, recently brought together aviation businesses from across the South at a summit to discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry and airport towns in the region, and to discuss how the...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 22, 2021 | Uncategorised
The DfE has published adult (19+) further education and skills statistics for the first three quarters (August to April 2021) of the 2020 to 2021 academic year. The figures show that adult government-funded further education and skills participation decreased by 11.0%...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 22, 2021 | Uncategorised
The DfE has published apprenticeships and traineeship statistics for the first three quarters (August to April 2021) of the 2020 to 2021 academic year. The figures show that there have been 253,100 apprenticeship starts in this time period, which is down 6.9% from the...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 22, 2021 | Uncategorised
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has published the ‘UK Innovation Strategy’, which sets out how the government’s ambitions for an innovation-led economy and focuses on how to support businesses innovate by making the most of the UK’s...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 22, 2021 | Uncategorised
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has published a ‘Research and development (R&D) people and culture strategy’, which sets out how the government plans to develop the research workforce, and to ensure that careers in...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 22, 2021 | Uncategorised
The government has announced £1 million in funding for new education programmes to help support Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils. There will be a range of pilot programmes which will involve a range of targeted work, including reducing drop-out rates by engaging...
