NetZero & Green Skills Research – Future of Green Skills Sussex

by Jasmine Griffiths | Jun 2, 2024 | Uncategorised

The LSIP team has been working with Clean Growth UK, at University of Brighton, on a project around NetZero and Green Skills.This project has been undertaken as part of the actions with the LSIP Improvement Framework under the Intelligence theme to ‘Build on the...

VocTech Challenge Impact Network + Grant Fund

by Jasmine Griffiths | Jun 2, 2024 | Uncategorised

The VocTech Challenge Impact Network + Grant Fund represents a new approach to Ufi grant funding. Successful grant fund applicants will each receive between £200k and £250k to refine and deploy their ideas. They will also join a network of organisations working...

The Great Skills Divide: How Learning Inequalities Risk Holding the UK Back

by Jasmine Griffiths | Jun 2, 2024 | Uncategorised

The first report in the Ambition Skills programme examines the UK’s qualification profile, projecting it forward to 2035 and comparing against trends with international comparators. It also considers trends in employer demand for skills and qualifications. Click here...

YMCA Report – Trapped in the Cost of Living Crisis

by Jasmine Griffiths | Jun 2, 2024 | Uncategorised

The cost of living crisis has been an inescapable term that has become commonplace in the national vocabulary over the last several years, and something felt by the majority of the population in some form, be it through price rises, shopping bills, filling up a petrol...

UCAS Unveils New Points Plan for Apprenticeships

by Jasmine Griffiths | Jun 2, 2024 | Uncategorised

Long-awaited plans to award UCAS points to apprenticeships have been revealed by the university admissions body. From this September, people completing level 3 apprenticeships could be awarded up to 112 UCAS points to apply to universities, depending on the length of...