by Sarah Sawyer | Dec 23, 2020 | Uncategorised
The government has published a testing handbook for schools and colleges to help with the mass asymptomatic Covid testing from January, alongside the previously published letter template. This includes the announcement that they are allocating £78 million to support...
by Sarah Sawyer | Dec 22, 2020 | Uncategorised
The government has launched a consultation on its draft procurement strategy for the UK Gigabit Programme, setting out plans to connect the first one million homes and businesses with gigabit speed broadband and maximise coverage in the hardest to reach 20% of the UK...
by Sarah Sawyer | Dec 22, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport has published a collection of documents for businesses and organisations detailing the government’s cyber resilience policy. Cyber resilience is the ability for organisations to prepare for, respond to and...
by Sarah Sawyer | Dec 22, 2020 | Uncategorised
The DfE has published eligibility requirements for undergraduate, postgraduate and further education financial support from Student Finance England for the 2021 to 2022 academic year. This has been added to the DfE’s collection of guidance documents for FE and...
by Sarah Sawyer | Dec 22, 2020 | Uncategorised
Ofsted has extended the deadline on its consultation seeking views on proposed changes to their statistical release on further education and skills inspections and outcomes. This consultation now closes on 22 January 2021.
by Sarah Sawyer | Dec 20, 2020 | Uncategorised
The DfE has announced that over 560,000 devices have been delivered to schools, colleges and councils to help ensure students have access to remote education. A further 440,000 have been purchased to be delivered to those who need them. Providing an update on the...
by Sarah Sawyer | Dec 18, 2020 | Uncategorised
The government has published some resources for schools and colleges for dealing with the testing it has announced to start in January. It has provided a template for communicating with parents and students and a consent form template.
by Sarah Sawyer | Dec 18, 2020 | Uncategorised
The House of Commons Library has published a briefing on the implications for the UK economy of the end of the Brexit transition period. The briefing summarises the potential short-term and long-term impact of both deal and no-deal scenarios. It has also published a...
by Sarah Sawyer | Dec 18, 2020 | Uncategorised
The DWP’s new £2.9 billion Restart scheme, due to launch in Summer 2021, is due to support over 1 million Universal Credit customers towards employment. In order to support collaboration and help understand the scope of the service, the DWP is making the commercial...
by Sarah Sawyer | Dec 18, 2020 | Uncategorised
The DWP’s latest Touchbase newsletter includes a roundup of recent DWP announcements on support for employers, benefit claimants and businesses.
