by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 25, 2019 | Uncategorised
The DfE has published their latest apprenticeships and traineeships statistical release, covering August to October 2018. It shows that there have been 132,000 apprenticeship starts reported to date in the first quarter of the 2018/19 academic year, an increase of 15%...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 25, 2019 | Uncategorised
The debate on FE funding, which was instigated by a student petition, was held on Monday, with MPs from all parties condemning the real-term cuts to FE funding. At the end of the debate, Skills Minister Anne Milton told MPs she would continue to champion FE in the...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 25, 2019 | Uncategorised
The DWP have updated their guidance for their staff regarding the Access to Work scheme. Apprentices are eligible for the Access to Work scheme, which can pay for practical support if someone has a disability, health or mental health condition to help them either...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 25, 2019 | Uncategorised
The World Economic Forum has published a report entitled ‘Towards a Reskilling Revolution: Industry-Led Action for the Future of Work’. The report claims that millions of workers will be displaced by the Fourth Industrial Revolution and other factors over...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 25, 2019 | Uncategorised
Congratulations to SCTP member, East Sussex College for the postive outcome of their latest monitoring visit from Ofsted. More details are available here.
by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 25, 2019 | Uncategorised
SCTP member, CXK is delivering the National Careers Service contract for IAG for adults in East Sussex and West Sussex. They can offer free impartial IAG and career management to your learners to support individuals to progress onto accredited learning courses,...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 25, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the UK charity Education and Employers have published a report entitled ‘Envisioning the Future of Education & Jobs: Trends, Data and Drawings’. The report looks at how to prepare...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 25, 2019 | Uncategorised
The latest labour market statistics have been published by the Office for National Statistics. They show that in the last six months, the number of people in work increased and the number of unemployed people was little changed. The unemployment rate was estimated at...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 24, 2019 | Uncategorised
Global charity, Made By Dyslexia, have produced a series of awareness training films designed to help teachers, trainers and parents understand dyslexia and how to recognise and support it. The videos feature celebrities such as Keira Knightly and Orlando Bloom,...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jan 24, 2019 | Uncategorised
In December the ESFA published guidance following their review of end of year 16 to 19 study programmes data for 2016/17. Within that they proposed a change to the young people’s funding guidance for academic year 2019/20 about students with prior attainment in...
