by SCTP | Mar 2, 2018 | Uncategorised
Sir Gerry Berragan, the chief executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships, made his concerns known regarding the practicality of the tight timetable for T Level implementation during a keynote speech at an Ofqual conference for vocational education awarding...
by SCTP | Mar 2, 2018 | Uncategorised
There are potentially disturbing reports in FE Week of an HMRC investigation into subcontracting that could result in fines after it discovered many providers were ignoring VAT rules on management fees. We don’t want to alarm our members but felt we needed to...
by SCTP | Mar 2, 2018 | Uncategorised
SCTP’s Teach Too event that was due to take place on Friday 2 March but was cancelled due to the weather has been rescheduled for Friday 23 March, as before at Sussex Downs College, 9.30-13.00.
by SCTP | Mar 2, 2018 | Uncategorised
A survey carried out by CACHE has found that although parents do see the value of technical education, twice as many parents would advise their children to study for A-Levels (53%) rather than technical qualifications (26%). It also found a low awareness of the...
by SCTP | Mar 2, 2018 | Uncategorised
The Public Accounts Committee has published its report into the monitoring, inspection and funding of Learndirect. It has made 5 recommendations: 1. Develop a new framework for identifying providers who are too big to fail; 2. The ESFA should publish its expectations...
by SCTP | Mar 1, 2018 | Uncategorised
Latest from the ESFA (former EFA) including: 1. Information: 16 to 19 funding: advanced maths premium; 2. Information: 16 to 19 Discretionary Bursary and extended work placements funding; 3. Information: local authority recoupment 2018 to 2019; 4. Information: ESFA...
by SCTP | Mar 1, 2018 | Uncategorised
The Government is reforming Functional Skills qualifications to make sure that they give people the best possible preparation for employment, further study and everyday life. They also want new Functional Skills qualifications to provide employers with a reliable...
by SCTP | Mar 1, 2018 | Uncategorised
SCTP members are invited to participate in a new AELP/FETL leadership project looking at how FE & Skills leadership is changing in response to an employer led skills agenda. The invitation is to attend one of 9 ’round table’ discussions over the next...
by SCTP | Mar 1, 2018 | Uncategorised
There was an unexpected rise in unemployment between the third and fourth quarters of 2017 according to latest official figures. However, upon closer inspection, it is not indicative of labour market weakness as it was accompanied by a rise in total employment,...
by SCTP | Mar 1, 2018 | Uncategorised
The DfE has published its latest update on what it calls its ‘Benefit Realisation Strategy’ relating to Apprenticeship Reform. This shows us how they are measuring the impact of the apprenticeship reforms and how they think they are doing so far.
