ESFA Update Issue 401

Latest from the ESFA (former SFA) including: 1. Supporting employers to engage their end-point assessment organisation; 2. Advanced Learner Loans provider seminars; 3. Withdrawal of frameworks by Issuing Authority; 4. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Halfon Calls for GCSEs to be Scrapped

Former skills minister and current chair of the Education Select Committee, Rob Halfon MP, has called for GCSEs to be scrapped. This article by Alice Barnard, Chief Executive of The Edge Foundation looks at whether the new GCSE gradings are understood by employers and...

London Learning Consortium Commissioning Events

SCTP member, the London Learning Consortium (LLC) is holding two commissioning events to outline its partnership allocation process for 2018/19. There is a London event but the more local event is for Voluntary Community & Social Enterprise organisations that work...

ESFA Business Update Issue 33

Latest edition of the ESFA’s newsletter for businesses including: 1. National Apprenticeship Awards 2018; 2. Apprenticeship service update; 3. Apprenticeship quality; 4. National Contact Centre support for employers; 5. Social media.

Report & Evidence Request on ESF Successor Programme

The Work and Pensions select committee has published a report following its inquiry into the future of the European Social Fund. Echoing evidence provided by the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, the committee calls on government to ensure the support...

National Careers Service LMI Bulletin Issue 45

Click here for the most recent Labour Market Information Bulletin produced for the National Careers Service by SCTP Member the Education Development Trust. This bulletin covers southern counties and includes West Sussex and Brighton & Hove. There is labour market...

AELP ITP Governance Survey

Recent reforms have brought more scrutiny and intensified interest in the business processes that surround Independent Training Providers (ITPs) and some believe there is a perceived bias that ITP governance cannot be as rigorous as public sector systems. AELP has...

AELP Launches New London Provider Network

The London Work Based Learning Alliance has become ‘AELP London’ after they invited the national provider network to collaborate on the running of the capital’s provider representative organisation. A dedicated Senior Policy Officer will be employed...