by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 22, 2021 | Uncategorised
The DfE has published adult (19+) further education and skills statistics for the first three quarters (August to April 2021) of the 2020 to 2021 academic year. The figures show that adult government-funded further education and skills participation decreased by 11.0%...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 22, 2021 | Uncategorised
The DfE has published apprenticeships and traineeship statistics for the first three quarters (August to April 2021) of the 2020 to 2021 academic year. The figures show that there have been 253,100 apprenticeship starts in this time period, which is down 6.9% from the...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 22, 2021 | Uncategorised
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has published the ‘UK Innovation Strategy’, which sets out how the government’s ambitions for an innovation-led economy and focuses on how to support businesses innovate by making the most of the UK’s...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 22, 2021 | Uncategorised
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has published a ‘Research and development (R&D) people and culture strategy’, which sets out how the government plans to develop the research workforce, and to ensure that careers in...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 22, 2021 | Uncategorised
The government has announced £1 million in funding for new education programmes to help support Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils. There will be a range of pilot programmes which will involve a range of targeted work, including reducing drop-out rates by engaging...