by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 21, 2019 | Uncategorised
A reminder that the next SCTP pre-employment meeting takes place on Wednesday 27 February, 10.00-13.00 at Lewes Jobcentre Plus. As always this is a great opportunity for members to focus on pre-employment programmes and to compare notes with each other and other key...
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 21, 2019 | Uncategorised
If you are hosting an event during National Apprenticeship Week (NAW), which runs from 4-8 March, you can add it to the National Apprenticeship Service events map, to help promote it. NAW resources are available to use and you can use #NAW2019 and #BlazeATrail on...
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 21, 2019 | Uncategorised
A reminder that the free Teach Too mini-conference, organised by SCTP, in partnership with the Association of Colleges and the Education & Training Foundation, is available for registration. The event, ‘Speaking a Shared Language: planning the future of skills...
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 21, 2019 | Uncategorised
The ESFA have announced that they will fund over-delivery from January 2018 to March 2019, including delivery that exceeds a provider’s contract allocation, in accordance with the funding rules. They plan to issue variations for over-delivery to R06 in February...
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 21, 2019 | Uncategorised
In a recent speech, The Confederation of British Industry’s Director-General, Carolyn Fairbairn, spoke about education policy, outlining that as the world of work is changing, the education system needs to keep up. She announced that the CBI’s education...
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 21, 2019 | Uncategorised
The ESFA have published a few process clarifications for the Register of Apprenticeship Training Provider application process following queries received. The clarifications cover accepting short inspections, applicants using their UKPRN number only and using a single...
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 21, 2019 | Uncategorised
West Sussex County Council and Mid Sussex District Council are holding an Apprenticeship and Traineeship Fair on Thursday 14 March, 16:00 – 19:00 at the Harlands Road College Site, Haywards Heath. Training providers are invited to attend to promote their...
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 21, 2019 | Uncategorised
The ESFA are inviting apprenticeship training providers to take part in some research to help them make improvements to the service that they offer. If you are interested in participating and giving your views, you can complete this form and they will invite providers...
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 21, 2019 | Uncategorised
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Social Mobility has published a new report ‘Closing the Regional Attainment Gap’ an inquiry looking at what can be done to address this key challenge in the education system, showing that early years education and the school years...
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 21, 2019 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has released a survey for all apprenticeship providers, employers and representative organisations to give their views on the development of apprenticeships post-2020.