by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 17, 2020 | Uncategorised
The DWP’s latest Touchbase newsletter includes a roundup of recent DWP announcements regarding the coronavirus support for employers, benefit claimants and businesses.
by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 17, 2020 | Uncategorised
Learning Curve Group is seeking Expressions of Interest from potential supply chain partners for the DWP Commercial Agreement for Employment and Health Related Services (CAEHRS) from 2020 to 2025. CAEHRS will support the provision of Employment and Health related...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 17, 2020 | Uncategorised
Mind’s Workplace Wellbeing Index is a benchmark of best policy and practice, to help employers find out what they are doing well and where they could improve their approach to mental health in the workplace. You can register your interest in participating in the...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 17, 2020 | Uncategorised
The DfE has announced additional funding to support young people living in ‘Opportunity Areas’ to help make up lost learning time due to the pandemic, as well as levelling up education outcomes and tackling barriers to skills and employment. The...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 17, 2020 | Uncategorised
SCTP’s July Members’ Conference was held online on 16 July. Members were able to network with each other in small group networking sessions, discussing the opportunities and challenges for the sector following the announcements in the government’s Plan for Jobs,...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 17, 2020 | Uncategorised
SCTP has negotiated a special SCTP member pricing offer with Emsi, which will allow access to key elements of Emsi’s market-leading UK labour market and skills data throughout the rest of 2020. The offer has been developed to allow members to access data on labour...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 17, 2020 | Uncategorised
A reminder that the Education Select Committee’s inquiry into the impact of COVID-19 on education and children’s services is still open for evidence to be submitted. The inquiry is looking at how the outbreak of COVID-19 is affecting all aspects of the education...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 17, 2020 | Uncategorised
The UK has left the EU, and the transition period after Brexit comes to an end this year. The DWP has advised that information is available on GOV.UK setting out the actions businesses and individuals need to take to prepare for the end of the EU transition period on...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
The DWP’s Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) is open for providers to register until 31 October 2020. The original DPS specification stated that the opportunity would end on 31 July 2020, but this has now been extended to 31 October 2020. The DPS is an electronic...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
The DfE has published its latest FE and skills statistics. This contains provisional figures for the first three quarters of the 2019/20 academic year (August 2019 to April 2020) and includes their Further Education (FE) and Skills statistics and the apprenticeships...