by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 21, 2020 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has announced that new legislation has come into force to allow more redundant apprentices to complete their apprenticeship. Currently, the ESFA funds apprentices to complete if they are made redundant within six months of their final day of training. The...
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 21, 2020 | Uncategorised
Latest information from the ESFA: 1. Latest information on coronavirus (COVID-19); 2. Reminder: apprenticeship service new employer agreement; 3. Reminder: funding claims 2019 to 2020 – final claim; 4. Reminder: submit your final 2019 to 2020 ILR; 5. Information:...
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 21, 2020 | Uncategorised
SCTP member East Sussex College Group has appointed a new CEO and Principal, Rebecca Conroy. Further details can be read here.
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 21, 2020 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has announced the Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers 2020, which celebrates the best of England’s large apprenticeship employers. Congratulations to SCTP member Learning Curve Group who were among those named on the list.
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 21, 2020 | Uncategorised
East Sussex County Council are holding an online event on 3 November 2020 at 18:00 for anyone who would like to find out more about becoming a ESCC Councillor. It will be part of the Be A Councillor campaign and will give people the chance to ask questions and discuss...
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 20, 2020 | Uncategorised
New insight from SCTP member, GetMyFirstJob, shows that COVID-19 has had an effect on young people’s career preferences. It cites that “Year-on-year there has been a huge rise in the proportion of young people wishing to work in childcare, health &...
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 20, 2020 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has published version 2 of the ESFA apprenticeship funding rules 2020 to 2021. The changes it has made are set out in the summary of changes document.
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 20, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Chief Inspector of Prisons has published its Annual Report for 2019-20. In response to the report, the Prisoners’ Education Trust has called for urgent action to reinstate education in prisons, stating “The Chief Inspector’s report makes clear that...
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 19, 2020 | Uncategorised
The CBI has published a new report Learning for life: funding world class adult education, looking at how more investment in adult education is needed to level up opportunity across the country and boost competitiveness. The main issues and recommendations from the...
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
The DWP publishes statistics on benefits, pensions, employment programmes, income distribution and other subjects that they are responsible for. They have updated the list of statistics available on Stat-Xplore, the online tool that allows users to create and download...
