by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 15, 2019 | Uncategorised
Earlier this year Nesta, in partnership with the Department for Education, launched an ‘EdTech Innovation Testbed’ to help colleges and schools to try out technology products and support Education Technology (EdTech) tools to understand what works in real settings....
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 15, 2019 | Uncategorised
Ofsted have published new research on the reasons why children move from secondary school to home education. Their findings show that often this decision is made as a last resort due to difficulties at school rather than as a preferred choice. The research summary is...
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 15, 2019 | Uncategorised
Opinion piece looking back over FE policy over the past twenty years, and the billions of pounds that has been spent.
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 15, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Department for Education has reportedly tendered for a supplier to deliver an Apprentice Experience Survey, following concerns that apprentices experiences are not being captured and fed back in the way that employers feedback is. A tool for capturing...
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 14, 2019 | Uncategorised
Concerns have been raised that thousands of level 6 and 7 apprenticeships have not yet been inspected for quality by the Office for Students (OfS). They were given the responsibility for overseeing this provision for all training firms in June, even those not on their...
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 14, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Government has published a leaflet designed to help EU businesses understand what steps they may need to take to continue trading with the UK after the UK leaves the EU on 31 October.
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 14, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Government has published a progress report for the United Nations on the work across the UK to support disabled people and ensure their full participation in society.
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 11, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education has announced its fourth content review of apprenticeship standards, looking at apprenticeships covering agriculture, environment and animal care. There is a supporting consultation running until 4...
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 11, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Department for Education has published a new T Level action plan for 2019. The action plan includes information on their progress in the development and launch of T Levels from 2020, how government is reforming technical education as set out in the post-16 skills...
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 11, 2019 | Uncategorised
Voting has opened for the National Apprenticeship Awards Rising Star of the Year 2019, with nine outstanding apprentices from across England nominated. Voting closes on 18 October.
