by SCTP | Jun 29, 2025 | News
The Department for Education has announced allocations for a “targeted” employer support fund (ESF) to support small and large employers offer placements for health and construction T Level students.
by SCTP | Jun 29, 2025 | News
The SEND deficit ‘statutory override’ that protects potentially scores of councils from insolvency has been extended to 2028. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has confirmed that the so-called SEND deficit “statutory override” –...
by SCTP | Jun 29, 2025 | News
The government will temporarily cut minimum off-the-job training (OTJ) hours for 39 apprenticeship standards by up to half after concerns emerged that the timing to implement new rules was “too short”. Click here for more from FE Week.
by SCTP | Jun 29, 2025 | News
Teacher pay rises in FE should “keep up” with schools over the next few years, the skills minister, Jacqui Smith, told MPs today. In a wide-ranging final session of the education committee’s inquiry into FE and skills this morning, Baroness Jacqui Smith also revealed...
by SCTP | Jun 29, 2025 | News
The Post-18 Project is an initiative to shape the policy environment around universities and colleges and provide practical solutions for anyone with a stake in the success of post-18 education in the UK. It brings new thinking, ideas and analysis from experts around...
by SCTP | Jun 29, 2025 | News
Ofqual has set out how it will dispense with end point assessment and instead monitor training providers in marking their own apprentices. Meanwhile Ian Bauckham, the chief regulator has said that the new apprenticeship assessments will solve ‘problems’...
by SCTP | Jun 29, 2025 | News
The introduction of foundation apprenticeships could place this year’s record apprenticeships budget under strain, a senior official has suggested. Click here for more from FE Week.
by SCTP | Jun 29, 2025 | News
This document sets out the broad principles for how Ofsted will consider uses of AI encountered on inspection.
by SCTP | Jun 29, 2025 | News
This new report published by Ofsted shares insights into how ‘early adopter’ schools and further education (FE) colleges across England are integrating generative artificial intelligence (AI) into teaching, learning, and administration.
by SCTP | Jun 28, 2025 | News
The Department for Business and Trade has published a strategy document setting out a new economic approach to backing the UK’s strengths, with ambitious plans for 8 high-growth sectors. The strategy states that growth and skills levy courses will start next year....
