by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 17, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Liberal Democrats, at proposals discussed at their party’s autumn conference, have committed £1 billion to increasing further education spending, extending the pupil premium to students aged 16-19 and to giving all adults a new Personal Education and Skills...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 16, 2019 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has updated the guidance, commitment statement, flowchart and mythbuster document related to the apprenticeship off-the-job training requirements.
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 16, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published statistics on the index of labour costs per hours in the UK from April to June 2019.
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 16, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Prime Minister gave a speech at the Convention of the North, focusing on devolution and the investment he has recently announced for education spending.
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 16, 2019 | Uncategorised
Ofsted have published the statistical data from a survey they conducted in London schools and FE providers into knife crime which resulted in the report on knife crime which was published earlier this year.
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 16, 2019 | Uncategorised
Two years ago, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy first published their ‘grand challenges’ for the Industrial Strategy to put the UK a the forefront of the industries of the future. They have just updated their Grand Challenge...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 13, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Adur & Worthing careers fair is being held on 16 October at the Assembly Hall in Worthing. The event is open to schools and college students during the day from 09:00 and open to all from 16:30. Further information is available here. If you would like to...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 13, 2019 | Uncategorised
The UK Council for Internet Safety has published the Digital Resilience Framework, a framework and tool for organisations, policymakers, schools and companies to use to embed digital resilience thinking into products, education and services.
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 13, 2019 | Uncategorised
ESFA are introducing a new way for colleges to submit their data with the aim of helping college governors, and the ESFA, spot signs of declining financial health and ensure preventative action can be taken at an earlier stage. From January 2020, financial returns...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 13, 2019 | Uncategorised
Minister for Civil Society, Baroness Barran, has announced a new £500,000 bursary fund for 400 students to undertake youth work qualifications. She also opened applications for a delivery partner to distribute the new bursary fund. Guidance and application details for...