by SCTP | Sep 28, 2018 | Uncategorised
SCTP is working with the Education & Training Foundation to carry out a research project aimed at gathering feedback from SCTP members on their experience of the ETF offer to date and ideas for ensuring maximum effectiveness of this government-funded offer to...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 28, 2018 | Uncategorised
Supporting Inspiration, delivered by SCTP member the Education Development Trust, has been working with schools in West Sussex for the last four years supporting careers events, delivering teacher CPD, organising employer networking and responding to local demand for...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 28, 2018 | Uncategorised
The CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development, and Mind, the mental health charity, have jointly published a revised mental health guide for managers, to improve support for those experiencing stress and mental health issues at work. This guide aims to...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 28, 2018 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has released further guidance on the delivery of industry placements, based on lessons learnt and best practice from the industry placement pilot in 17/18 academic year and questions raised since the original guidance last September.
by SCTP | Sep 28, 2018 | Uncategorised
This FE Week article charts the expansion of the degree apprenticeship offer to some of the more academic universities and looks at the advantages and issues surrounding developing the technical vocational route in this way. Meanwhile, the Higher Education Commission...
by SCTP | Sep 28, 2018 | Uncategorised
The Association of Colleges has been successful in securing funding from the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) to promote Further education (FE) as a career option and encourage final year undergraduates to consider a career in the sector. This project is open...
by SCTP | Sep 27, 2018 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has announced that employers will now be asked to provide feedback on training providers via the Apprenticeship Service as a guide to help other employers in their choice of provider. More information is here.
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 27, 2018 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has updated the funding monitoring reports user guide for 2017 to 2018. This user guide introduces the suite of funding monitoring reports. It details specific guidance and the processes that must be followed to ensure compliance with the funding rules for...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 27, 2018 | Uncategorised
Latest update from the ESFA including: 1. Action: 2018 to 2019 advanced learner loans performance management point 1; 2. Action: advanced learning loan provision North East; 3. Information: financial assurance – funding rules monitoring reports; 4. Information:...
by SCTP | Sep 26, 2018 | Uncategorised
The webinar explains how independent training providers (ITPs) as deliverers of publicly funded skills programmes can benefit from adopting a new Code of Good Governance for ITPs drawn up by the Association of Employment and Learning Providers with support from FETL....
