IfA Names New Chief Executive

The Institute for Apprenticeships has announced that Sir Gerry Berragan has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of the Institute and will take up the post from 27 November. Click here for more.

Skills Minister Recognises GCSE Retake Issue

Post-school maths and English courses should offer “something very different” to the GCSE courses taught in schools to avoid creating a “brick wall” blocking young people’s progress, according to the apprenticeships and skills minister, Anne Milton....

C2C LEP ERDF Call Event

The Coast 2 Capital LEP is holding a launch event for 6 European Regional Development Fund calls worth a total of £14.35M. The event will take place on the 15th December, 10-4 in Horsham. Further details of the calls, the event and booking are here.

South Coast Careers Network Event Feedback

Through our work on the National Collaborative Outreach Programme (NCOP), SCTP member training providers were able to attend a successful South Coast Careers Network event at Chichester University on the 3rd November, enabling them to speak directly to career’s...

Local Apprenticeship Infographics

SELEP and C2C LEP have both had infographics produced that will help explain apprenticeships to small businesses. The infographic for East Sussex is here and for the C2C area here.

SCTP: The Week Ahead

Monday sees SCTP’s Board meeting taking place and Thursday is SCTP’s latest Members’ Meeting at Crawley Town Hall – details and registration are here. Meanwhile, SCTP’s Apprenticeships in Sussex service will be out on the road promoting...