by Sarah Sawyer | Nov 27, 2019 | Uncategorised
A report published by the Centre for Economic Performance at the LSE claims that all three main political parties general election policies fail to help the third of young people who are not able to access level 3 qualifications. It says that if the parties are...
by Sarah Sawyer | Nov 26, 2019 | Uncategorised
Do you know any apprentices who would like the opportunity to join the Young Apprentice Ambassador Network (YAAN) and help promote their positive experience of apprenticeships? Young Apprentice Ambassadors use their own positive experience to inspire and engage...
by Sarah Sawyer | Nov 26, 2019 | Uncategorised
David Hughes, Chief Executive of Association of Colleges, has recorded a podcast discussing T Level Industry placements.
by Sarah Sawyer | Nov 25, 2019 | Uncategorised
Cath Sezen, Senior Policy Manager FE at the Association of Colleges, has recorded a podcast discussing the T Level programme and what the future developments could hold.
by Sarah Sawyer | Nov 25, 2019 | Uncategorised
Jennifer Coupland has started as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education. Her previous roles including working at the ESFA and the DfE, more information is available here.
by Sarah Sawyer | Nov 25, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) is carrying out an exercise exploring the feasibility of an EdTech Teacher Status for the Further Education (FE) and Training sector’s workforce. Similar to QTLS and ATS, the EdTech Teacher Status would be the badge of...
by Sarah Sawyer | Nov 22, 2019 | Uncategorised
Thank you to all our members who attended the latest SCTP members’ conference at Crawley College on 21 November. Members heard presentations from Louise Aitken with the latest South East LEP update, James Maltby about using EdTech in the classroom. Richard Moore gave...
by Sarah Sawyer | Nov 22, 2019 | Uncategorised
Some college leaders have shared the adverse effects of Government funding cuts to FE, talking about significant cuts which have had to be made on staff, pay and provision.
by Sarah Sawyer | Nov 22, 2019 | Uncategorised
A tender to investigate existing arrangements for the over-16s with SEND, and what constitutes good practice, has been published by the Association of Colleges, Natspec and the Local Government Association. More on this story is here.
by Sarah Sawyer | Nov 22, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Office of National Statistics has published statistics which show that there were 800,000 young people (aged 16 to 24) in the UK who were not in education, employment or training (NEET) in July to September 2019.
