by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 13, 2018 | Uncategorised
The RBS Skills and Opportunities Fund is making grants of up to £35,000 available to not-for-profit organisations (charities, social enterprises, community groups, schools and colleges) for projects that will enable people in disadvantaged communities to develop,...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 13, 2018 | Uncategorised
Chris Jones, HMI, Specialist Adviser for Apprenticeships at Ofsted, who spoke at the SCTP members’ meeting in May, has written a useful blog which covers measuring the achievement of apprentices on apprenticeship standards which do not contain a qualification...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 13, 2018 | Uncategorised
Latest update from the ESFA including: 1. Action: submission of external assurance on subcontracting controls certificates by providers and employer-providers who deliver adult provision, including apprenticeships and traineeships; 2. Action: end-point assessment...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 12, 2018 | Uncategorised
The latest labour market statistics have been published by the Office for National Statistics, highlighting that whilst employment growth has weakened the labour market remains robust, with the number of people working at historically high levels, unemployment down...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 12, 2018 | Uncategorised
The South East regional winners in the National Apprenticeship Awards 2018 were announced yesterday. Congratulations to all the employers and apprentices who won and were highly commended and also to all the providers involved in making these apprenticeships...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 11, 2018 | Uncategorised
Click here for the slides from last week’s webinar from Lsect about what is known about T Levels so far.
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 10, 2018 | Uncategorised
The Education and Training Foundation have announced a new funding opportunity to improve the delivery of maths and English Functional Skills. They are providing £8,000 to 15 partnerships of post-16 providers to deliver innovative projects that improve the quality of...
by SCTP | Sep 7, 2018 | Uncategorised
The South East LEP has set up an online facility (trello) to enable potential ESF bidders to get in touch with each other and collaborate. Further information is on the ESF page of the SELEP website here.
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 7, 2018 | Uncategorised
Latest funding news issued by East Sussex County Council.
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 6, 2018 | Uncategorised
A useful summary on FE News looking at recent issues around quality assurance emerging from an analysis of Ofsted’s FE reports.
