by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) is currently consulting on a proposed new approach for making apprenticeship funding band recommendations. This is a second consultation is as a result of feedback received from the first consultation...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Education Secretary, Gavin Williamson, appeared at an Education Select Committee hearing on 16 September. He answered questions on the summer exam problems and the reopening of schools and colleges. This article highlights some of the issues he discussed including...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 15, 2020 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has updated the Learner Entry Tool known issues 2020 to 2021 document. The Learner Entry Tool is for further education providers who need to return ILR information for up to 500 learners but don’t have a data management system.
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 15, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Social Mobility Commission has published new research showing how earnings outcomes of children from different backgrounds vary across lower-tier local authorities.The report identifies local councils with the worst and the best social mobility in England. The...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 15, 2020 | Uncategorised
Applications are now open for two new Education and Training Foundation (ETF) programmes designed to develop the use of high-quality mentoring in the Further Education and Training sector. The ‘New to mentoring’ programme, which will run from October 2020 to March...