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...
by SCTP | Nov 7, 2018 | Uncategorised
We are grateful to the many members who have been involved in SCTP’s own research project for the Education & Training Foundation looking at members’ perceptions of the ETF and its benefits. This is not to be confused with a national online survey that...
by SCTP | Nov 7, 2018 | Uncategorised
It was announced at the Society for Education and Training’s inaugural conference this week that those who achieve Advanced Teacher Status (ATS) will be conferred with the Chartered College of Teaching’s Chartered Teacher designation. ATS is the badge of...
by SCTP | Nov 7, 2018 | Uncategorised
The number of UK apprentices viewing their apprenticeships as a genuine career path has increased by almost 70% according to the most comprehensive research ever done into the apprenticeship experience. An analysis of post-apprenticeship data captured over five years...
