by SCTP | Apr 17, 2018 | Uncategorised
The latest snapshot of Britain’s job market from the Office for National Statistics showed that the unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to its lowest level since 1975 in the three months to February, the number of people in work also reached a record high of 32.2...
by SCTP | Apr 17, 2018 | Uncategorised
SCTP member, the Construction Industry Training Board launched its new ‘levy in, skills out’ Business Plan for the next three years which will see it reduce staff and sites as it exits direct delivery of training and refocuses on streamlining services and enhancing...
by SCTP | Apr 16, 2018 | Uncategorised
The latest of a series of articles on End Point Assessment methods from the Strategic Development Network looks at The Project.
by SCTP | Apr 13, 2018 | Uncategorised
Ofsted will save around £400,000 during the next academic year by elongating the maximum period between inspections for ‘good’ providers from three to five years. See here for more.
by SCTP | Apr 13, 2018 | Uncategorised
After gathering evidence from the UK and 31 OECD countries, a working paper titled ‘Automation, Skills Use & Training’ was produced looking at the jobs most at risk (service sector) from the use of robotics and those most resilient (those that require...
by SCTP | Apr 13, 2018 | Uncategorised
The Reform think tank published its assessment of the apprenticeship levy and associate training one year on from its introduction concluding that greater clarification of what constituted an apprenticeship, as well as a simpler system of funding and the scrapping of...
by SCTP | Apr 13, 2018 | Uncategorised
Ofqual carried out a Functional Skills Qualifications (FSQs) Policy Consultation, which ran from 27 September – 22 November 2017. Ofqual has now considered the responses received and published the decisions taken which can be seen in this ETF communication here....
by SCTP | Apr 13, 2018 | Uncategorised
Replacing the GCSE maths and English requirement in favour of functional skills has boosted recruitment to the early years sector, a new report suggests. See more in this TES article.
by SCTP | Apr 13, 2018 | Uncategorised
The ETF is offering a workshop, fully subsidised by the ESFA looking at inspiring providers’ planning to develop their approach to build strong engagement techniques with employers. There are two workshops, one in London (11th May) and one in Leeds (3rd May)....
by SCTP | Apr 12, 2018 | Uncategorised
Click here to see a recording of today’s webinar from e-Memoir. The slides used are here.
