by SCTP | Nov 20, 2025 | News
The adult skills fund (ASF) performance management request form is now available on GOV.UK. The deadline for submissions is 5pm Wednesday 3 December 2025. Click here for more.
by SCTP | Nov 20, 2025 | News
Latest information from the DfE including: 1. Record your T Level data correctly; 2. Adult skills fund performance management review – December 2025; 3. Ensure your IT support is meeting your needs and providing value for money; 4. International fraud awareness week...
by SCTP | Nov 20, 2025 | News
Development of second round of Local Skills Improvement Plans (LSIPs) is now underway. New guidance to steer the process has been launched by Skills England. See this press release for more and analysis and comment from FE Week here.
by SCTP | Nov 15, 2025 | News
The government has promised to publish a “detailed transition plan” for transferring up to 1,000 subcontracted careers advisers and staff into the Department for Work and Pensions by April next year. Click here for more from FE Week.
by SCTP | Nov 15, 2025 | News
Teacher shortages and lack of space have forced most colleges to close enrolments on construction courses – with over half setting up waiting lists to train tradespeople, data shows. Click here for more from FE Week.
by SCTP | Nov 15, 2025 | News
Home working could support the Government’s plans to get people back into work, by enabling people to work who might not otherwise be able to do so. This is one of the key findings of a new report, ‘Is working from home working?’, published by the House of Lords...
by SCTP | Nov 15, 2025 | News
This month’s labour market data paints a worrying picture of a jobs market losing momentum – with rising unemployment and more people struggling to re-enter work, the Government faces growing pressure to act ahead of the Autumn Budget. Click here for more from the...
by SCTP | Nov 15, 2025 | News
VocTech Activate is the University for Industry’s test bed where the first spark of an idea to solve a vocational learning problem can be scoped and tested in the supportive environment that Ufi funding provides. They grant fund projects that are at a relatively...
by SCTP | Nov 15, 2025 | News
The talent shortage in UK trade sectors is getting worse. While job demand surges across engineering, the apprenticeship system that should be feeding these trades is failing to deliver, according to new data. The ‘Apprenticeship Gap Report’ from Dart Tool Group found...
by SCTP | Nov 15, 2025 | News
Recruitment consultancies signalled a relative improvement in hiring conditions in October, according to the latest KPMG and REC, UK Report on Jobs survey, compiled by S&P Global. Click here for more from KPMG.
