by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 20, 2019 | Uncategorised
The latest labour market statistics have been published by the Office for National Statistics. They show that in the three months up to January 2019, the UK employment rate was estimated at 76.1%, higher than for a year earlier (75.3%) and the unemployment rate was...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 20, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Department for Education (DfE) has announced plans to support more young people with additional educational needs by launching a procurement exercise for experts to come forward and kickstart specialist training for more Educational Psychologists. £31.6 million...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 20, 2019 | Uncategorised
Latest update from the ESFA including: 1. Action: government consultation – review of post-16 qualifications at level 3 and below in England; 2. Action: interested in FE workforce data? We want to hear from you!; 3. Information: apprenticeship funding rules 2018 to...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 19, 2019 | Uncategorised
Damian Hinds, Education Secretary, has launched a consultation which forms the first stage in the government’s review of post-16 level 3 and below qualifications (excluding T Levels, A Levels and GCSEs). The consultation will look at only providing public...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 19, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) has issued its Invitation to Tender (ITT) for the second wave of T Levels, which will be taught from September 2021. The subjects for bidding on are Building Services, Onsite Construction, Digital...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 19, 2019 | Uncategorised
As part of the Skills World series of podcasts, Tom Bewick, Chief Executive of the Federation on Awarding Bodies, is joined by the Chair of the Education Select Committee, Robert Halfon MP. Robert Halfon has said that he believes that Ofqual should become the sole...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 19, 2019 | Uncategorised
The National Centre for Computing Education (NCCE) has announced it has appointed one of Britain’s leading computer scientists as its Chair. The NCCE is working with schools across England to improve teaching of computing and to drive up participation in...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 18, 2019 | Uncategorised
Damian Hinds, Education Secretary, addressed the Association of School and College Leaders Annual Conference last week. His speech can be read here. Amanda Spielman, Ofsted’s Chief Inspector also spoke at the conference and you can read the content of her speech...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 18, 2019 | Uncategorised
The government has published a new International Education Strategy outlining plans to increase student numbers and income generated from international education. Further details and comment from the Departments for Education and for International Trade are...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 18, 2019 | Uncategorised
The ESFA have published the latest Apprenticeship Funding Rules guidance for 2018 to 2019. They have also updated the apprenticeship standards funding bands document.
