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...

Upcoming e-Memoir Webinars

We feature these webinars in the newsletter as the subject matter can be very relevant and the cost is small at £24 a webinar. The latest offer is Improving the quality of study programmes to meet funding and quality requirements – 3rd May 2018. 11:30 –...

Brighton & Hove March RPA Statistics

Brighton and Hove City Council has published its RPA (NEET) stats for March giving participation data for those aged 16 and 17. The figures show that the duty to participate at academic age 16 is at 95.4% (and 96.5% recorded as in some form of EET), and the duty to...