by Sarah Sawyer | Apr 4, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) has announced that it is searching for a new Chair of the Board. The ETF’s Chair of the Board is an independent position that plays a key role in the development and maintenance of the ETF’s stakeholder and government...
by Sarah Sawyer | Apr 4, 2019 | Uncategorised
AELP and the Further Education Trust for Leadership (FETL) have conducted research to find out whether the ’employer in the driving seat’ theory stands up in practice. Their report entitled ‘Employers in the Driving Seat?’ finds that the...
by Sarah Sawyer | Apr 4, 2019 | Uncategorised
The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has published a study comparing the earning outcomes of young people doing higher vocational qualifications with those of degree holders. They found that people achieving Level 4-5 qualifications in STEM...
by Sarah Sawyer | Apr 4, 2019 | Uncategorised
FE News has published a podcast interview with Anne Milton, Minister of State for Skills and Apprenticeships. The subject of the interview is ‘How does the FE Sector, individual colleges, individual training providers and the wider FE and Apprenticeship sector...
by Sarah Sawyer | Apr 4, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) have confirmed that the current organisation which delivers the external quality assurance (EQA) for the 271 standards which they are the nominated EQA provider for, Open Awards, will continue to...
by Sarah Sawyer | Apr 4, 2019 | Uncategorised
The ESFA have asked providers to complete a survey to help them understand the availability of off-the-job training information and how the policy is working in practice. This is an opportunity for members to feedback on any issues that have emerged with off-the-job...
by Sarah Sawyer | Apr 4, 2019 | Uncategorised
Following last week’s updated off-the-job training guidance and the confusion around the 30 hour cap calculation mentioned in the new guidance, the ESFA have now reviewed and updated the guidance to remove the ‘error’ and have apologised for any...
by Sarah Sawyer | Apr 4, 2019 | Uncategorised
Latest update from the ESFA: 1. Action: request for feedback on new T Level outline content by Monday 8 April 2019; 2. Action: Document Exchange Service feedback; 3. Action: funding monitoring rules survey; 4. Reminder: reporting your gender pay gap figures; 5....
by Sarah Sawyer | Apr 4, 2019 | Uncategorised
Latest issue of the Sussex Chamber Business Edge magazine.
by Sarah Sawyer | Apr 3, 2019 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has updated the guidance for employers on how to register and use the apprenticeship service to reflect that for apprenticeship starts from 1 April 2019, the government now pays 95% towards the cost of apprenticeship training up to the funding band...
