SELEP Skills Advisory Group Meets 8 May

The South East LEP’s Skills advisory Group meets on Tuesday the 8th May at 1.30. This is the strategic group attended by local authorities, the LEP and skills sector representative groups (including SCTP) to understand and co-ordinate skill strategy across the...

Funding Opportunity: Lloyds Banks Invest Grants

Lloyds Bank Foundation Invest programme provides longer term core or direct delivery funding for eligible charities that are delivering clear outcomes as a result of their work. Grants are from £10,000 up to maximum of £25,000 per year for two or three years, with the...

Report Sets Out Sector Training Needs

Sector bodies and the Department for Education have joined forces with the support of the Education and Training Foundation to undertake a national exercise to find out what teachers, trainers, leaders, and institutions across the Further Education and Training sector...

AELP Analysis of Ofsted Inspections

The AELP Research team’s ongoing monitoring of Ofsted results for the FE sector show that on average 69% were rated Good or Outstanding in three months to March 2018. The common themes from ‘inadequate’ reports were: inefficient QA processes; English and...

ESFA e-Bulletin Issue 218

Latest from the ESFA (former EFA) including: 1. Information: ESFA e-bulletin subscriptions; 2. Information: college financial planning handbook; 3. Information: GDPR; 4. Information: opportunity to save money on agency supply teachers.

Youth Unemployment Issue Remains Unsolved

This article from Laura-Jane Rawlings, CEO of Youth Employment UK argues that although unemployment is falling the issue of youth unemployment is a persistent one worthy of continued policy focus and collaborative effort.

Big Turn Out at Brighton’s Big Skills Debate

Members of the local business and education communities gathered for a debate titled, ‘The Future of Work: Are We Doing Enough About Skills?’, The Big Debate, organised by Brighton & Hove Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by SCTP member, the University...