by SCTP | Feb 28, 2018 | Uncategorised
See the February newsletter from the Education & Training Foundation and also their South East Maths & English Newsletter for March. Both newsletters have details of the ETF’s support available to the education and skills sector.
by SCTP | Feb 28, 2018 | Uncategorised
Latest from the ESFA including: 1. Non levy apprenticeship procured growth requests; 2. National Apprenticeship Week 2018; 3. Funding rules monitoring reports on the hub.
by SCTP | Feb 28, 2018 | Uncategorised
Ofsted has confirmed it will apply stricter rules to FE providers judged ‘requires improvement’, and will now carry out monitoring visits to them and publish the results. Click here for more.
by SCTP | Feb 27, 2018 | Uncategorised
In spite of the snow, 23 people were able to attend SCTP’s Pre-employment meeting today at Lewes Jobcentre. The meeting included updates from DWP on Universal Credit, City & Guilds on T Levels, SCDA on the Work & Health Programme, Local Authorities on...
by SCTP | Feb 27, 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, the second article focussed on the use of Professional Discussion as an assessment method and this...
by SCTP | Feb 26, 2018 | Uncategorised
This consultation relates to Ofqual’s external quality assurance of apprenticeship end-point assessments. It is about the rules and guidance that will apply or not and is a chance to influence what will be included. The consultation closes on the 4 May.
by SCTP | Feb 26, 2018 | Uncategorised
The Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund (CSIIF) pilot aims to increase the diversity and numbers of those working in the UK’s booming cyber security sector. The Fund will incentivise a range of organisations develop, scale up, or refocus cyber security training...
by SCTP | Feb 26, 2018 | Uncategorised
Congratulations to SCTP member HIT training who have won the Training Provider of the Year Award at the Times Educational Supplement FE Awards. For details and information on all the winners click here.
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 23, 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. ...
by SCTP | Feb 23, 2018 | Uncategorised
SCTP is delighted to welcome The Open University to membership of SCTP. Many will associate the OU with its flexibly delivered degree courses but the organisation is now delivering apprenticeships in Leadership, Management, Digital Technology, Nursing and Health Care...
