by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 30, 2019 | Uncategorised
The South East LEP (SELEP) launched the Digital Skills Partnership in June 2019. It brings together regional businesses, large employers, charities, and public sector organisations to tackle local digital skills challenges. One of their first jobs in the South East is...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 30, 2019 | Uncategorised
The UK has fallen to the bottom of the G7 growth league table in the second quarter of 2019. The UK’s GDP shrank by 0.2% in the period between April and June. Read more on this here.
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 30, 2019 | Uncategorised
New funding announced by the government for schools has been announced which includes £2.6 billion for 2020/21 academic year. As part of this, every secondary school will receive a minimum of £5000 per pupil next year, and every primary school getting a minimum of...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 30, 2019 | Uncategorised
Latest monthly newsletter from the Education & Training Foundation outlining latest news and support programmes for the FE and skills sector.
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 29, 2019 | Uncategorised
Disability Confident is about encouraging long-term behavioural change and making the business case for employing disabled people and ensuring that they have the opportunities to fulfil their potential. By giving employers the tools and techniques to help them recruit...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 29, 2019 | Uncategorised
The DfE has published the latest apprenticeships statistics covering apprenticeship starts, apprenticeship service registrations and commitments. It shows there have been 361,400 apprenticeship starts reported to date between August 2018 and June 2019 for the 2018/19...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 29, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Centres for Excellence in Maths monthly newsletter for August, which aims to provide the further education sector with updates regarding the Centres for Excellence in Maths programme including best practice case studies, dates for the diary and news from the...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 29, 2019 | Uncategorised
Latest information from the ESFA: 1. Information: in-year qualification achievement rates for 2018 to 2019.
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 29, 2019 | Uncategorised
Team UK won four medals at WorldSkills 2019. Gold medals were won in aircraft maintenance and beauty therapy, a silver medal in car painting and a bronze in hairdressing. There were also 15 medallions of excellence awarded to UK competitors, which are awarded to those...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 29, 2019 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has updated the apprenticeship brand guidelines for training providers and employers to use on marketing materials. The updates are on the Fire It Up communication toolkit and campaign assets.
