by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 22, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) have called for no apprenticeship levy funding to be available for level 6 and 7 apprenticeships, with the funding coming instead from the employer and/or the apprentice via a student loan along with any...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 22, 2019 | Uncategorised
The government has announced £1.2 million to develop new training to improve charities’ knowledge of safeguarding requirements. The National Council for Voluntary Organisations will bring together a partnership of organisations to develop the high-quality training....
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 22, 2019 | Uncategorised
Interesting article looking at how some businesses and FE institutions are helping to raise the profile of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) careers, especially to female students, and encouraging more take up of STEM related apprenticeships.
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 22, 2019 | Uncategorised
The National Apprenticeship Service has updated its ‘A guide to apprenticeships’ guidance document. They have also updated the ‘A to Z of apprenticeships’ document, including reverting back to listing the frameworks and standards under sectors rather than...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 22, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) has launched a new Quality Strategy that sets out best practice expectations before, during and after apprenticeships. The Strategy has been developed by the Quality Alliance which includes the IfATE,...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 20, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Education and Training Foundation’s recently launched Enhance Digital Teaching Platform, offers 40 free modules to support teachers and trainers across the FE and training sector to develop their practice using technology. The training modules are free and...
by Sarah Sawyer | Mar 20, 2019 | Uncategorised
Ofqual have released a short podcast on Soundcloud talking about the reform work taking place for Functional Skills qualifications for English and maths. It can also be found on their Functional Skills qualifications reform page.
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...
