by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 23, 2020 | Uncategorised
The government has announced that commercial tenants who cannot pay their rent because of coronavirus will be protected from eviction.
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 23, 2020 | Uncategorised
Minister for Apprenticeships & Skills, Gillian Keegan, has written to non-college stakeholders about the measures that the Government has put in place to deal with Covid-19. The letter includes links to some new FE operational guidance and to more specific...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 23, 2020 | Uncategorised
The DfE has published new detailed operational guidance for FE providers for maintaining education and skills training provision. The key points from this new guidance have been summarised by FE Week here.
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 23, 2020 | Uncategorised
Universities Minister, Michelle Donelan, has asked higher education providers not to change their offers to students for two weeks to maintain stability. The government has said that the two week period will allow time for further advice to given to students and...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 23, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) has published new guidance on apprenticeship assessment.
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 23, 2020 | Uncategorised
The DfE has suspended the process for defunding qualifications at Level 3 and below with low enrolments due to the current coronavirus crisis. Those qualifications which had been identified with no enrolments will however continue in this process to have funding...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 23, 2020 | Uncategorised
The DfE and ESFA have published new guidance for apprenticeship providers in response to the impact of coronavirus. FE Week has summarised the key points from the guidance here.
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 22, 2020 | Uncategorised
The DfE has published a form for educational settings to record attendance whilst closed due to the coronavirus outbreak.
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 22, 2020 | Uncategorised
The government has published guidance about the provisions being made for vulnerable children and young people.
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 21, 2020 | Uncategorised
SCTP has been in discussion with the ESFA regarding the DfE response to the COVID-19 outbreak. They have confirmed that: • They are working on an urgent package of financial mitigations for providers. • Because of the activity-based funding model for apprenticeships,...
