AELP Withdraws from Governance of ETF

The Board of national provider network, AELP has decided that they should formally withdraw from the sector ownership of the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) and that AELP should give up its representation on the ETF Board with immediate effect. This follows a...

ESFA e-Bulletin Issue 211

Latest from the ESFA (former EFA) including: 1. Action: gender pay gap reporting deadline; 2. Action: hospital education baseline collection; Information: 16 to 19 revenue funding allocation statements for independent learning providers for 2018 to 2019; 3....

ESFA Update Issue 395

Latest from the ESFA (former SFA) including: 1. Gender pay gap reporting deadline; 2. Traineeships: advertising vacancies 19 to 24; 3. Updated provider data self-assessment toolkit.

Open University Calls for Apprenticeship Shake Up

Peter Horrocks, Vice-Chancellor of SCTP member, The Open University, has called for a relaxation of the tight rules governing the way employers spend the apprenticeship levy.   This would involve the introduction of ‘modular apprenticeships’, in addition to existing...

OBR Downgrades Apprenticeship Levy Revenue Forecast

The apprenticeship levy will generate £900 million less funding in its first four years than the government originally forecast according to the Office for Budget Responsibility in its new “economic and fiscal outlook” report which estimates the tax will accumulate...