by SCTP | Mar 10, 2025 | News
The English Devolution White Paper (published 16 December 2024) sets out the establishment of joint ownership of the LSIP model (between strategic authorities and designated employer representative bodies (ERBs) in areas with devolution. For Sussex, this will mean...
by SCTP | Mar 8, 2025 | News
Latest newsletter on the Sussex Learning & Skills Improvement Plan and associated projects from the Sussex Chamber.
by SCTP | Mar 8, 2025 | News
The Education and Skills Funding Agency have moved all Adult Funding information over to one handy webpage which can be accessed via the link below. The page listing covers: Adult skills fund; Adult education budget; Apprenticeships; Skills Bootcamps; Advanced Learner...
by SCTP | Mar 8, 2025 | News
The Resolution Foundation outlines the 5 principles it sees as key to reforming incapacity and disability benefits.
by SCTP | Mar 8, 2025 | News
The UK’s workforce is more qualified than ever before. In 2024, around half of young people aged 25–29 held a degree or higher qualification—up from just 28% two decades ago. While this expansion in higher education was intended to drive economic growth and social...
by SCTP | Mar 8, 2025 | News
A plan to provide funding boosts worth up to an extra 50 per cent for in-demand adult education will not go ahead. ESFA officials have now said the system, which applies to independent training providers with procured contracts, will revert to a 10 per cent maximum...
by SCTP | Mar 8, 2025 | News
A cash incentive scheme to encourage employers to provide T Level industry placements has proved imeffective with nearly half the funding allocated clawed back according to this FE Week article.
by SCTP | Mar 8, 2025 | News
AoC warns that thousands of people are at risk of being turned away by their local college this September without more funding from the government to grow capacity and meet demand. Click here for more in this FE News article.
by SCTP | Mar 8, 2025 | News
Latest information from the ESFA including: 1. Register to deliver T Level and T Level foundation year study programmes for academic year 2026 to 2027; 2. 16 to 19 funding arrangements for academic year 2025 to 2026; 3. 16 to 19 in-year growth funding for academic...
by SCTP | Mar 8, 2025 | News
The ESFA has launched the Your Apprenticeship app. This is a simple-to-use hub for apprentices to be able to manage their tasks and is available to download in Google Play Stores and Apple App Stores.