ESFA Update Issue 395

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

Integrated Communities Green Paper Published

The Government issued a consultative Green Paper on developing integrated communities, building on the Casey report with a small pot of money and a range of proposals covering housing, local opportunities, schools and English Language provision, focused initially on...

PM Announces New ‘Dormant Accounts Youth Fund’

The Prime Minister has announced some help for young people looking to get into the job market. The new fund will use money from dormant bank and building society accounts to help some of the most disadvantaged young people into employment. A support programme will be...

Is Ignorance Reason for Slow Apprenticeship Starts?

This article from Phillip Speed of SCTP member, Nucleus Commercial Finance suggests that the reason for the drop in apprenticeship starts is a lack of awareness of ‘the options for onboarding apprentices, and the benefits that apprentices could...