by Jasmine Griffiths | Jul 7, 2024 | Uncategorised
The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) has lost 30 staff after being ordered to find savings by the Department for Education. Headcount at IfATE has reduced to 282 following a voluntary exit scheme launched this year however they did not...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jul 7, 2024 | Uncategorised
The Labour party have made reform of the Apprenticeship Levy a key focus of their plans for the skills system. They propose to turn it into a Growth and Skills Levy, which would allow businesses to spend up to 50% of their levy contributions on a wider range of...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jul 7, 2024 | Uncategorised
NHS staff who become apprentices with an employer will not experience a pay cut under a deal struck with trade unions. The policy, which came into force on July 1, means existing staff no longer risk a “detriment” to their wages if they begin an apprenticeship with...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jul 7, 2024 | Uncategorised
Jisc has announced a new way to help UK tertiary education and research organisations better position themselves to deal with the evolving threat of cyber attacks. The survey tool has been developed with the help of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and uses...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jul 7, 2024 | Uncategorised
The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) is inviting the Further Education (FE) and Skills sector to contribute to a piece of research that will explore the definition of social value in the context of FE and Skills, and how providers understand social value. As...