ESFA FE Update 28 November 2018

Latest update from the ESFA including: 1. Action: portal registration deadline for new applicants for Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) 2019 to 2020 and helpline launch; 2. Information: register of apprenticeship training providers launch; 3. Information: provider...

LSECT’s RoATP Webinar Slides

Following the announcement of the reopening of the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers (RoATP) on 12 December 2018 with new, tougher rules, LSECT held a webinar yesterday to outline the changes which have been published. The slides from the webinar can be...

T Level Funding Consultation Launched

The Department for Education has launched a consultation seeking views on how funding should be distributed to providers for the delivery of T Levels from 2020. The consultation includes indicative funding rates and the related funding policy considerations.  The...

Analysis of How the Levy System is Working So Far

This useful article from Richard Marsh at Kaplan looks at how the apprenticeship levy is operating to date and the potential that remains for success. He says that ‘2019 will be the year of results in apprenticeships – when End Point Assessment takes off...

Crisis of Leadership and Governance in the FE Sector?

After a series of bad news stories about the management of colleges and independent providers former LSC man, Tony Allen looks at the issues and calls for a review as to how the relationship between governance and leadership operates across the sector. Click here for...