by Jasmine Griffiths | Jul 7, 2024 | Uncategorised
Bridget Phillipson has been appointed as education secretary in Sir Keir Starmer’s first Labour cabinet. The move was widely expected – as the MP for Houghton and Sunderland South has been her party’s education lead since 2021. Click here as FE Week shares eight...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jul 7, 2024 | Uncategorised
The Labour party has had a Landslide Victory in the General Election. Needing to secure 326 seats in the General Election to win the majority and it being predicted they will have over 400 by the exit polls, Labour have a significant majority over the Conservatives....
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jul 7, 2024 | Uncategorised
Nearly all the students who dropped out of the second wave of T Levels switched to a course that is set to be scrapped through debated government plans. The exclusive data has sparked renewed calls for the Conservatives to abandon their proposals that involve...
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...
