by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 11, 2020 | Uncategorised
The DfE has published guidance on the eligibility of UK nationals living in the EEA or Switzerland who wish to start an apprenticeship in England before 1 August 2021. They have also published guidance for those UK nationals living in the EEA and Switzerland who wish...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 11, 2020 | Uncategorised
The DfE has published new guidance on transport to schools and other places of education. The guidance sets out measures to minimise the risk of transmission on dedicated transport and includes arrangements local transport authorities should take to facilitate the...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 11, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published its latest labour market overview for August 2020, which gives estimates employment, unemployment, economic inactivity and other employment-related statistics for the UK. The figures show a 730,000 drop in workers...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 10, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Learning and Work Institute has published a new report, alongside the Centre for Ageing Better, showing a risk of a surge in long-term unemployment among older workers after the COVID-19 outbreak. The report recommends three steps for the government to support...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 10, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Youth Futures Foundation (YFF) is seeking a delivery partner to work with them for two years to train, support and facilitate their Future Voices Group (FVG). The FVG will be a forward-thinking group of up to 12 young people who will bring their lived experiences...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 10, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Centre for Social Justice has published a report called ‘Trade Secrets: How to Reboot Apprenticeships and Kick-Start the Recovery’. The report contains a series of recommendations to address the challenges facing the apprenticeship system. The...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 10, 2020 | Uncategorised
The government has announced new measures to ease public transport as children and young people return to education in September. Local Transport Authorities (LTAs) will receive more than £40 million to help them create extra capacity and allow more students to use...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 10, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced a new government package worth £172 million to help to train thousands more nursing degree apprentices. NHS and other healthcare employers will receive £8300 per placement per year for both new and existing...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 10, 2020 | Uncategorised
The CIPD and Adecco Group have conducted a survey of 2000 organisations regarding their recruitment plans. 33 % of those employers said they planned to make redundancies by the end of September as the government winds down its coronavirus support. However, 49 % of...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 10, 2020 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has published information about incentive payments that employers can apply for if they take on a new apprentice between 1 August 2020 and 31 January 2021, including information that employers can apply for the payments if they recruit apprentices who have...
