by SCTP | Sep 21, 2025 | News
Starts on level 7 apprenticeships have surged, prompting warnings about pressure on the apprenticeships budget before government funding is removed. Click here for more from FE Week.
by SCTP | Sep 21, 2025 | News
MPs have criticised an “absence of information” about a planned merger of the National Careers Service (NCS) with Jobcentres, almost a year after plans to reform the government services were first announced. Click here for more from FE Week.
by SCTP | Sep 21, 2025 | News
Further education colleges and specialist providers are set to lose the ability to opt out of the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) under plans from the Office for Students (OfS) to overhaul its higher education quality assessment regime. Click here for more from FE...
by SCTP | Sep 21, 2025 | News
Pat McFadden will seek to use his new powers over skills policy to curb “wasted potential” from youth unemployment and cut the government’s growing benefits bill. Click here for more from FE Week.
by SCTP | Sep 21, 2025 | News
Click here for an analysis from FE News.
by SCTP | Sep 21, 2025 | News
The latest ONS Labour Market info has been released for the Quarter May to July 2025. There are now more people looking for fewer available jobs, with a 10,000 Drop in Vacancies and Payrolled Employees Fell by 142,000 in the quarter. This is the 38th consecutive...
by SCTP | Sep 21, 2025 | News
Click here for more analysis of the departmental changes from FE News and here for insight from FE Week.
by SCTP | Sep 21, 2025 | News
The employer-led Board of the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) has unveiled its new strategy, Leading Industry Learning, outlining how it will help to address skills shortages and support industry growth.
by SCTP | Sep 21, 2025 | News
The Education Select Committee has called for a dedicated FE SEND funding stream and major overhaul of GCSE resit policy affecting thousands of students. Click here for more in this FE News article.
by SCTP | Sep 21, 2025 | News
The Edge Foundation is launching ‘Apprenticeships Work’, a new national campaign to encourage more small businesses to take on apprentices. Click here for more. This initiative is backed by Edge publishing two new reports that examine the relationship...
