Lewes District Business Awards Open for Entries

The Lewes District Business Awards are now open for entries following a launch at The Depot in Lewes on Tuesday March 13. Recognising success, innovation and excellence in the business community, the Awards are free to enter and open to organisations of all sizes and...

SCTP Members Feature in Annual Apprenticeship Awards

The final of the Annual Apprenticeship Awards was held this week as part of the FE Week/AELP Annual Apprenticeship Conference. Congratulations to Babcock for winning the Apprenticeship Provider of the Year: Engineering & Manufacturing award; CITB for winning the...

SCTP’s Teach Too Event Fosters Collaboration

Today saw the culmination of SCTP’s, ETF funded Teach Too project with an event at Sussex Downs College led by SCTP’s Lead Project Consultant, Richard Freeman. SCTP members were able to work with employers and colleagues from the Coast to Capital LEP to...

SLN Holds NCOP Regional Forums

The Sussex Learning Network has held 3 regional NCOP forums – in West Sussex, East Sussex and Brighton & Hove. The forums are designed to bring together the participants in the various strands of the National Collaborative Outreach Programme which promotes...

SCTP Members’ Meeting Report

SCTP’s March Members’ Meeting was held at Clair Hall in Haywards Heath yesterday with over 40 people present.  The meeting included a new member intro from WDR and updates from the last SCTP Board meeting and current projects including SCTP’s work on...

20% Off-the Job Rule Divides Opinion at the AAC

Sue Husband, the director of the National Apprenticeships Service has mounted a strident defence of the controversial 20-per-cent off-the-job training requirement during her speech at the Annual Apprenticeship Conference this week. David Hughes from AoC agreed as did...