by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 17, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Association of Colleges (AoC) has published a survey revealing that 94% of colleges would be unable to fund student and staff mobility programmes outside of the EU’s Erasmus+ programme. They have made recommendations to the government, including the need to launch...
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 17, 2019 | Uncategorised
The week commencing 21 October is International Charity Fraud Awareness Week. The ESFA is promoting the campaign to raise awareness of fraud in the college sector. A free fraud awareness hub has been established, which will host webinars throughout the week, and...
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 17, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Secretary of State, Nicky Morgan, addressed the Reform Women’s Network to highlight the importance of diversity in developing new technology.
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 17, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Department for Education has updated the NEET Scorecard, which provides data about young people’s education, employment or training status in each local authority in England.
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 17, 2019 | Uncategorised
Ofsted has updated its list of pen portraits, which give biographical summaries of the expertise and experience of each of their inspectors.
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 17, 2019 | Uncategorised
Opinion piece from FE News reflecting on the recent apprenticeship statistics and the issues of the drop in entry level apprenticeship opportunities.
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 16, 2019 | Uncategorised
A direct Call has been published by the Department of Work and Pensions in the Coast to Capital LEP (C2C) area worth £2 million of European Social Fund (ESF) for Skills for the Mature Workforce. Under this Call they will fund projects that will support the careers of...
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 16, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) has published its October newsletter which includes references to the two new route reviews and a T Level update.
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 16, 2019 | Uncategorised
Latest information from the ESFA: 1. Reminder: get ready for Brexit; 2. Action: funding claims 2018 to 2019 – final claim; 3. Reminder: complete your autumn school census return by 30 October 2019; 4. Information: applications now open for two new education technology...
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 16, 2019 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has published the due diligence process for special post-16 institutions for the 2020 – 2021 academic year. This guidance explains the process that may lead to a grant funding arrangement with the ESFA to deliver provision for high needs students.
