ESFA FE Update 20th June

Latest from the ESFA including: 1. Information: apprenticeship funding rules 2018 to 2019; 2. Information: Strategic College Improvement Fund (SCIF); 3. Information: Performance management point on procured non-levy contracts; 4. Reminder: Asbestos Management...

DfE & ESFA Staff Changes

The ESFA has announced that from early September 2018, staff from apprenticeships and the professional and technical education reform teams within DfE will move into the ESFA. The ESFA will be responsible for all apprenticeship and technical education reform policies...

PM Meets with LEP Chairs

Prime Minister Theresa May hosted the first Local Enterprise Partnerships Council at Downing Street this week. Click here to see a summary of the main points of the discussion.

£22m Fund Launched to Boost Construction Skills

A multi-million pound fund to help tackle the construction skills shortage has been launched by the Skills Minister Anne Milton. With 158,000 new construction jobs expected to be created in the UK over the next five years, the £22million Construction Skills Fund will...