by SCTP | Jul 21, 2025 | News
The Sussex Chamber has announced details of its Sussex Skills 25 event, taking place on Tuesday 30 September at the Amex Stadium, Falmer. The event is an opportunity to reflect on progress in addressing workforce skills needs across Sussex — and to look ahead at how...
by SCTP | Jul 20, 2025 | News
Adults in West Sussex are encouraged to find out more about free courses that can help them learn new skills and follow exciting new career paths. It follows the county council’s Celebration of Learning event which recognised the achievements of nearly 3,000 adult...
by SCTP | Jul 20, 2025 | News
Sussex leaders have welcomed approval of their plans to collaborate in a single strategic authority for Sussex and Brighton with a directly elected mayor. The government has agreed to move forward with a Mayoral Combined County Authority (MCCA) and confirmed the first...
by SCTP | Jul 20, 2025 | News
All West Sussex residents and organisations are invited to complete a survey asking about where they live or work, the council services they use, as well as what matters to them about how their council could be structured in the future. The survey will close at...
by SCTP | Jul 20, 2025 | News
The Latest Office for National Statistics data has been released looking at the employment data from March to May 2025. The Top level figures are that the employment rate for people aged 16 to 64 for (Mar – May 2025) is 75.2%, an increase of 0.8% percentage points...
by SCTP | Jul 20, 2025 | News
Inspections will be led by only the ‘most senior’ HMIs when the new framework launches, and there will be no visits in the last week before Christmas. Click here for more from FE Week. In the meantime Ofsted plans FE webinars in response to concerns over...
by SCTP | Jul 20, 2025 | News
The government will temporarily reduce minimum off-the-job training (OTJ) hours for dozens of apprenticeship standards following concerns that the timing to implement new rules was too short. Last month, the Department for Education agreed cuts to OTJ hours for 39...
by SCTP | Jul 20, 2025 | News
The government has set up an advisory panel of young people to help “shape” its policies for keeping them in education, employment or training. Click here for more from FE Week.
by SCTP | Jul 20, 2025 | News
Click here for a FE Week analysis of the Department for Education’s accounts this year and the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s final accounts following its merger with the DfE in March.
by SCTP | Jul 20, 2025 | News
East Sussex College Group, The National Federation of Roofing Contractors and the East Sussex County Council Construction Task Group are hosting a Roofing Roundtable Event for roofing companies to explore the development of a roofing apprenticeship programme (and/or...
