by SCTP | Oct 30, 2018 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has revealed plans to tighten up rules for training providers wanting to get onto its apprenticeships register and remove those who aren’t delivering. Keith Smith the agency’s director of apprenticeships, told the AELP autumn conference today that the new...
by SCTP | Oct 30, 2018 | Uncategorised
Health Education England has written to NHS trusts encouraging them to use or transfer their apprenticeship levy funds after finding their annual £200 million pot is not being spent fast enough. For more click here.
by SCTP | Oct 29, 2018 | Uncategorised
Chancellor, Stephen Hammond has announced two significant changes to affecting apprenticeships in today’s budget. The contribution required of non-levy paying employers taking on apprentices will be reduced from 10% to 5% from April 2019. This change has been...
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 29, 2018 | Uncategorised
The ESFA’s monthly e-news for MI managers, software writers and suppliers about FE data systems and reports, the ILR, open data and other data news.
by SCTP | Oct 26, 2018 | Uncategorised
Youth Employment UK’s yearly nationwide survey benchmarks the experiences of 14-24 year olds transitioning between education and employment. One of its key findings for 2018 is that our society is failing its young women in the transition from education to employment....
by SCTP | Oct 26, 2018 | Uncategorised
ScreenSkills, the industry-led skills body for UK screen, and Creative & Cultural Skills, the UK’s Sector Skills Council for the arts, cultural heritage and design sectors, conducted an online survey this summer. It found that even once the new apprenticeship...
by SCTP | Oct 26, 2018 | Uncategorised
The latest government research, based on the ESFA’s 2017/18 employer satisfaction survey, shows satisfaction rates remaining high albeit with a small decline on the previous year’s figures. This is particularly encouraging as it is based on feedback from...
by SCTP | Oct 26, 2018 | Uncategorised
New research on apprenticeships by industry characteristics has revealed which sector is the most popular, what is preferred by each gender and where in the country apprenticeship starts are lowest. The Department for Education has compiled statistics focusing on the...
by SCTP | Oct 26, 2018 | Uncategorised
Apprenticeship starts for July are down 43 per cent on the same month in 2016 – but up 21 per cent on last year according to the ESFA’s monthly apprenticeship statistics update. Provisional figures for the August 2017-July 2018 year indicate starts are down 25%...
by SCTP | Oct 26, 2018 | Uncategorised
More than 50 businesses, charities and every government department in England have signed up to the Care Leaver Covenant, which commits to provide work based opportunities to young people leaving the care system. Children’s and Families Minister Nadhim Zahawi has set...
