by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 18, 2020 | Uncategorised
West Sussex County Council’s Cabinet has met to discuss the county’s response to COVID-19. An ‘economy reset plan’ is in development to supersede the county council’s existing Economic Growth Plan. It proposes nine priority themes to help mitigate the...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 18, 2020 | Uncategorised
PWC has published research assessing the impact on the UK economy of office workers continuing to work from home, versus if they were to return to their pre-COVID-19 offices for their regular working hours. One of their key findings is that if those workers continue...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 18, 2020 | Uncategorised
This article discusses recent analysis which identifies a slight narrowing of the attainment gap at GCSE grade 4 or above by disadvantaged students. The attainment gap however remains very large at 22 percentage points, but the comparable figures last year show a gap...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 18, 2020 | Uncategorised
Get Career Confident, Sussex Learning Network, East Sussex and Coast to Capital Careers Hubs, working with Elev8Careers and Learn Live, are running a large-scale Sussex-wide virtual post-16 pathways event called What Next Sussex. The event provides a platform for all...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 18, 2020 | Uncategorised
A new T Level page has been added to the Amazing Apprenticeships website for teachers and careers advisers to access useful resources about T Levels, including a presentation for teachers to explain T Levels to students, posters, an explainer film and a teacher...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 18, 2020 | Uncategorised
The House of Commons Library has published a suite of newly published research on the economy and employment: The UK economy: a dashboard – an interactive dashboard presenting key economic data for the UK People claiming unemployment benefits by constituency...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 18, 2020 | Uncategorised
The latest T Level bulletin from the Education and Training Foundation which details the Department for Education’s funded T level professional development offer.
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 18, 2020 | Uncategorised
The DWP’s latest Touchbase newsletter includes a roundup of recent DWP announcements on support for employers, benefit claimants and businesses.
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 18, 2020 | Uncategorised
The DWP has added guidance and a list of intermediaries who can support employers to apply for a Kickstart Scheme grant on their behalf if they can’t offer 30 placements. It has also added a revised version of the Kickstart Employer guide.
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 18, 2020 | Uncategorised
The CBI’s annual survey has surveyed 248 employers and revealed that 51% expect to maintain or increase their permanent recruitment in the next 12 months and 46% plan to either reduce permanent recruitment or not recruit at all. The CBI commented that “As the...
