by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 3, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Education Committee has published a letter from the Minister of State for School Standards, Nick Gibb, in response to questions on the government’s £1 billion COVID-19 catch-up fund. The Committee has stated that it plans to consider the Minister’s response and...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 3, 2020 | Uncategorised
Haywards Heath College, part of the Chichester College Group, has secured £1.2 million Local Growth Funding from the Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership (C2C LEP). The grant will be used to support the refurbishment and development of the Haywards Heath...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 3, 2020 | Uncategorised
The ETF has published their Centres for Excellence in SEND newsletter for July 2020.
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 3, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Home Office has published a report outlining what it has achieved in response to the Thriving at Work mental health review and what it intends to do next.
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 3, 2020 | Uncategorised
A list of projects that will receive funding from the South East Local Enterprise Partnership’s (SELEP) £85 million share of the Government’s new Getting Building Fund has been announced. The Getting Building Fund was created to invest in local infrastructure projects...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 3, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Institute for Employment Studies has published an analysis of the Labour Market Statistics for July 2020. It concluded that the data shows that the jobs market continued to weaken during the lockdown and that there are so far very few signs of any...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 3, 2020 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has published version 1.7 of the Funding Information Service (FIS) release guide: 2019 to 2020, the offline tool for checking individualised learner record (ILR) data. It has also updated the Submit Learner Data known issues 2019 to 2020 document.
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 3, 2020 | Uncategorised
This article looking at furloughed employees, says that figures from HMRC showed that, as of 26 July, 9.5 million people had been placed on furlough, and analysis by the Resolution Foundation suggested fewer than half that number were still on the job retention scheme...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 3, 2020 | Uncategorised
In a joint letter to Government ministers, a coalition of nine organisations led by the National Deaf Children’s Society has asked for changes to the Government’s Plan for Jobs to avoid a looming employment crisis among disabled young people aged 16-25. Without the...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 3, 2020 | Uncategorised
The government has launched two new business support schemes to help small and medium-sized businesses in England to improve their leadership skills and enable learning with peers. The Small Business Leadership Programme is a fully-funded 10-week programme delivered...