by SCTP | Nov 10, 2018 | Uncategorised
Tuesday the 13th November sees the next meeting of the South East LEP’s Skills Advisory Group that oversees skill strategy for the SELEP region across East Sussex, Kent and Essex. The agenda covers a range of items including the publication of the SELEP Skills...
by SCTP | Nov 9, 2018 | Uncategorised
SCTP member, Seetec is seeking partners for the devolved Adult Education Budget (AEB) tenders. They are particularly keen to hear from providers in London, Greater Manchester and other devolved mayoral authorities who can add value to their proposals by demonstrating...
by SCTP | Nov 9, 2018 | Uncategorised
The apprenticeship accountability statement, published by the Department for Education, says responsibility for oversight of level six and seven programmes does not lie with Ofsted but with the Office for Students. But the OfS has claimed their remit only extends to...
by SCTP | Nov 9, 2018 | Uncategorised
The proportion of learners taking management apprenticeships has doubled in the last two years, with just ten of the standards now making up a fifth of all apprenticeship starts on standards. Click here for more analysis and comment.
by SCTP | Nov 9, 2018 | Uncategorised
Figures published by the Cabinet Office in late September revealed there were 4,459 apprenticeship starts in the civil service for the first year of the target, which made up 1.3 per cent of a workforce totalling 343,160. The target is 2.3% measures over 4 years from...
by SCTP | Nov 8, 2018 | Uncategorised
A warm welcome to Twin Group as the latest new member of SCTP. We look forward to working with Business Manager, Archibald Okolie and Tutor/Advisor Kriss Bearne. Twin Group are based in Eastbourne covering the whole of East Sussex and have extensive operations in...
by Sarah Sawyer | Nov 8, 2018 | Uncategorised
Click here for the a budget special edition of the DWP newsletter covering information relating to employment, job seeking and benefits.
by Sarah Sawyer | Nov 8, 2018 | Uncategorised
The government’s Calculating the minimum wage guidance provides practical advice and examples to explain what counts as pay and working hours for minimum wage purposes, eligibility for it and how to calculate it. It includes a section about apprentices and may...
by SCTP | Nov 8, 2018 | Uncategorised
Money expert Martin Lewis has financed the production of a financial education textbook and is providing free copies to schools. More information is here as well as the opportunity to download the textbook which providers may find useful to use with their...
by Sarah Sawyer | Nov 8, 2018 | Uncategorised
The next SCTP Members’ Meeting is on Thursday 22 November at Haywards Heath Town Hall from 09.30-13.00. We hope to see many of you there to listen to speakers from the ESFA, BIIAB on the transition to apprenticeship standards and Plumpton College on the Outstanding...
