by SCTP | Feb 20, 2018 | Uncategorised
Click here for the slides from this week’s Lsect webinar with Skills Minister, Ann Milton and Keith Smith, Director of Funding and Programmes at the ESFA, plus an update from sponsors and SCTP member, NCFE. Unfortunately there isn’t a recording available...
by SCTP | Feb 20, 2018 | Uncategorised
In answer to a question from the chair of the Commons treasury sub-committee, who asked what estimate had been “made of the underspend against the AEB in the academic year 2016/17”, Anne Milton confirmed that “The underspend against the mainstream participation...
by SCTP | Feb 20, 2018 | Uncategorised
We’ll be carrying this series of articles from the Strategic Development Network unpicking the detail of End Point Assessment. The first article gave an overview of EPA and this second article focusses on the use of Professional Discussion as an assessment...
by SCTP | Feb 19, 2018 | Uncategorised
The Prime Minister has pledged to look at ways to ensure more people have a genuine choice of high quality technical and academic options. Theresa May has urged people to “throw away” the “outdated attitude” that university is the only desirable route for young people...
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 17, 2018 | Uncategorised
Big changes to the current Data Protection Act (DPA) 1998 will come into force in May 2018 under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and will have serious implications as to how all businesses, including the FE sector holds and processes personal data. SCTP...
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 16, 2018 | Uncategorised
As many members will know SCTP uses the public-facing brand of ‘Apprenticeships in Sussex’ (AIS) to promote the pre-employment and apprenticeship provision of SCTP members. AIS is a website directory of provision and an events service going into schools and colleges...
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 16, 2018 | Uncategorised
SCTP is pleased to welcome Sean Errington and his company Comprehend as the latest associate member of SCTP. Sean brings considerable experience and expertise to the network via over 15 years of experience in post-16 education and training inspection including working...
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 15, 2018 | Uncategorised
Providers will be asked to log apprentices’ off-the-job training hours to prove that the minimum funding requirement is being met, the government has revealed. A new data field for individual learner records (ILR) – which is to be updated monthly – is designed to...
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 15, 2018 | Uncategorised
Latest newsletter from the Coast To Capital LEP with news on training and skills, housing, development and transport for West Sussex, Brighton & Hove and parts of Surrey and South London.
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 15, 2018 | Uncategorised
The All Party Parliamentary Group for Youth Employment has undertaken an inquiry into best practice that helps young people furthest from the labour market into employment. The inquiry received 15 submissions and heard evidence from Mark Pike of Develop EBP, Leanora...
