by SCTP | Apr 20, 2018 | Uncategorised
SCTP has been analysing the apprenticeship starts statistics published in recent weeks and sharing that analysis with Sussex MPs, Local Authorities and LEPs. The LAs and LEPs are concerned about the falling numbers of apprenticeship starts and wish to take action. In...
by SCTP | Apr 20, 2018 | Uncategorised
The last meeting of Skills East Sussex on the 20th March focussed on the Health & Social Care sector. Some SCTP members were present and the notes of the meeting are here and presentations here. This was intended as a precursor to the setting up of a further...
by SCTP | Apr 20, 2018 | Uncategorised
Last week we covered this report from the Reform Think Tank which looks at how the apprenticeship reforms including the apprenticeship levy are working – or not. Fe News has carried four articles from its author Tom Richmond which give an interesting analysis on...
by SCTP | Apr 20, 2018 | Uncategorised
There have been concerns for many months now as to whether End Point Assessments will be available for apprentices currently in training. This news item from FE Week summarises what they see as the current and worsening situation.
by SCTP | Apr 19, 2018 | Uncategorised
The Careers & Enterprise Company has made available a £5M fund to support 20 Careers Hubs across the country. A Careers Hub is a group of 20 to 40 schools and colleges in an area, working with education and training providers, employers and career professionals to...
by SCTP | Apr 19, 2018 | Uncategorised
SCTP member City & Guilds is offering a free webinar that will help give clarity on the March ESFA funding changes. It’ll include updates on the 20% off-the-job training requirement, the 10% transfer of employer levy funds to other employers and what can be...
by SCTP | Apr 19, 2018 | Uncategorised
Latest from the ESFA (former EFA) including: 1. Action: local authorities to submit school financial value standard chief finance officer’s statement by 31 May 2018; 2. Reminder: local authorities to submit adult education budget and apprenticeship funds return by 30...
by SCTP | Apr 19, 2018 | Uncategorised
The Careers and Enterprise Company (CEC) are currently accepting funding applications from training providers who can bid to provide high quality training programmes for Careers Leaders in schools and colleges across England. The government’s Careers Strategy and...
by SCTP | Apr 19, 2018 | Uncategorised
E-memoir is offering a webinar on ‘Managing the transition from frameworks to standards’ on the 25th April 2018. 11.00 – 12.00noon. Cost: £20+VAT. Click here for information and booking.
by SCTP | Apr 19, 2018 | Uncategorised
Apprenticeship starts were down 31 per cent in January compared with the same period in 2017, the latest provisional government statistics have revealed. The figures, which show monthly data from August 2017 to January 2018 how that 44% of starts for that period were...
