by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 15, 2021 | Uncategorised
The government has published its response to the Education Select Committee’s report on adult skills and lifelong learning, published in December. The response addresses each of the recommendations from the report.
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 15, 2021 | Uncategorised
The government has updated its guidance on the availability of lateral flow tests for households and bubbles of students and staff of schools, nurseries and colleges. An update specific to ITPs is expected from the DfE by the end of the month. For students and staff...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 15, 2021 | Uncategorised
The government has announced a new bus strategy, with £3 million investment to help make services ‘more frequent, more reliable, easier to use and understand, better coordinated and cheaper’.
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 13, 2021 | Uncategorised
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced that over 48,000 businesses have registered their interest in the government’s free workplace testing programme to use rapid lateral flow tests.
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 12, 2021 | Uncategorised
The latest monthly newsletter for the Centres for Excellence in Maths (CfEM), aims to provide the FE sector with updates regarding the CfEM programme. The latest South East maths and English offer can be accessed via their padlet, which details a summary of all the...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 12, 2021 | Uncategorised
This article looks at the issue of some non levy paying employers not being able to access the government’s apprenticeship employer incentive due to reaching the cap on recruiting apprentices through the apprenticeship service.
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 12, 2021 | Uncategorised
West Sussex County Council (WSCC) has published its skills and employment report Opportunities for a Skills and Employment Reset in West Sussex: What happens next? The report focusses on where WSCC, partners and stakeholders may be best placed to respond, to address...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 12, 2021 | Uncategorised
The government has released more details about the new Turing Scheme, which replaces the Erasmus + scheme, and will fund 35,000 global student exchanges including university study, school exchanges and industry work placements. Schools, colleges and universities can...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 12, 2021 | Uncategorised
The Office for National Statistics has published Coronavirus and the impact on output in the UK economy: January 2021 – an analysis of monthly growth for the production, services and construction industries in the UK economy between December 2020 and January 2021,...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 12, 2021 | Uncategorised
The Office for National Statistics has published ‘Coronavirus and the social impacts on Great Britain: 12 March 2021’. The survey results cover the period 3 to 7 March 2021 and aims to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people, households and...
