by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 2, 2020 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has announced that the notification of the tender for procurement to deliver 19 to 24 traineeships is due to launch on Monday 5 October. For 16 to 18 traineeships, it has published guidance for in-year growth for 2020/21, and is planning to launch a “market...
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 2, 2020 | Uncategorised
The government has released further information on how businesses can claim the Job Retention Bonus. The bonus will work alongside the newly announced Job Support Scheme and could be worth more than 60% of average wages of workers who have been furloughed and are kept...
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 2, 2020 | Uncategorised
The South East LEP (SELEP) has announced that it will be issuing a tender for its Skills COVID-19 Recovery Fund soon. The purpose of the procurement is to create a framework consisting of separate LEP wide Lots covering: 1. Retraining for key sectors 2. Retraining for...
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 1, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) is offering 80 grants of £1,000 to FE providers across England to support the professional development of mentors and coaches specialising in EdTech. The grants will be awarded to suitable applications on a first-come, first...
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 1, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Centre for Mental Health has devised a forecast modelling toolkit which local areas can use to calculate a forecast of additional demand for mental health services resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. It has been produced in collaboration with NHS Trusts and NHS...
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 1, 2020 | Uncategorised
SCTP is delighted to be continuing to deliver the Apprenticeship Support and Knowledge for schools and colleges (ASK) programme across East Sussex, West Sussex and Brighton & Hove in the 2020/21 academic year, in partnership with CXK. The programme provides free...
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 1, 2020 | Uncategorised
Innovate UK has announced another round of funding for its Future Leaders Fellowships (FLFs) which funds early career researchers and innovators from business and academia with up to £1.5 million over four years. The scheme is open to UK registered businesses. It is...
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 1, 2020 | Uncategorised
Ofqual has updated its guidance on what schools and colleges and other centres should do if exams or other assessments are seriously disrupted. The updates are to include links to COVID-19 related contingency, health and support pages published by the Department for...
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 1, 2020 | Uncategorised
The DfE has published the government response to the consultation on the removal of the outstanding exemption for routine inspection by Ofsted. The response states that “the exemption will be lifted and initial inspections of formerly exempt schools, colleges...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 30, 2020 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has announced that it has reviewed the 2019 to 2020 reconciliation policy for grant funded adult education budget (AEB) and Advanced Learner Loans Bursary (ALLB). It has said the “intention remains not to reconcile most providers and so the approach...
