by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 19, 2019 | Uncategorised
As part of wider activity for preparing to leave the EU, the Department for Education would like to know what steps further education and apprenticeship providers are taking. They are asking providers to complete a short survey by Friday 27 September. They state that...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 19, 2019 | Uncategorised
Ofqual has published statistics on vocational and other qualifications (excluding GCSEs, AS levels and A levels) from April to June 2019. The main trends in the statistics are also available on the linked page.
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 19, 2019 | Uncategorised
The latest edition of the DWP newsletter covering information relating to employment, job seeking and benefits.
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 18, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Department for Education has added data on education and training participation and achievements by sector subject area, local authority, provider and learning aim for 2014/15 to 2017/18, to its statistical data collection.
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 18, 2019 | Uncategorised
Latest information from the ESFA: 1. Action: Brexit survey; 2. Action: Higher education learning aim requests due 27 September 2019; 3. Information: apprenticeships off-the-job training guidance and commitment statement template
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 18, 2019 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has updated the Funding Information Service (FIS) known issues 2019 to 2020 document to support providers with checking their ILR data. They have also published the updated version of the 2019 to 2020 Submit Learner Data known issues.
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 18, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Treasury has published a comparison of independent forecasts for the UK economy in September 2019.
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 17, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Education Secretary, Gavin Williamson, has written an opinion piece for FE Week, explaining how important he believes the FE sector to be. Sector comment on his views can be read here.
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 17, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Disability Confident scheme aims to help employers make the most of the opportunities provided by employing disabled people. It is voluntary and has been developed by employers and disabled people’s representatives. The DWP has published an update to show the...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 17, 2019 | Uncategorised
A new report published by the Confederation of British Industries (CBI), calls for reforms of the apprenticeship levy to help employers to continue to offer high quality training, relevant to their businesses. The report has four recommendations: Increase transparency...
