by Jasmine Griffiths | Jan 29, 2023 | Uncategorised
A “slightly shorter” type of apprenticeship could be explored to help get over-50s to retrain or back into work. This comes from conversations between Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt and Education Secretary Gillian Keegan around ideas to address out-of-work...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jan 29, 2023 | Uncategorised
Ministers have been criticised for going back on their promise to end a “small” proportion of BTECs and other applied general qualifications, as new analysis reveals that more than half will be scrapped by government edict. Officials have announced that 106...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jan 29, 2023 | Uncategorised
The Department for Education recently announced its decision to scrap its pre-employment programme and would be “integrating” it into existing 16 to 19 programmes and adult education provision from August 2023. New figures have revealed that just a third (34.1%) of...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jan 29, 2023 | Uncategorised
Data released by the Department for Education gives a first look at adult learner participation in further education and skills courses this academic year. Here’s what we learned from the first quarter (August 2022 – October 2022): The number of learners on full level...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jan 29, 2023 | Uncategorised
Time to Talk Day is the nation’s biggest mental health conversation. Happening every year, it’s a day for friends, families, communities, and workplaces to come together to talk, listen and change lives. Time to Talk Day 2023 will take place 2 February 2023, run by...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jan 29, 2023 | Uncategorised
Apprenticeship starts in England dropped by 6 per cent in the first quarter of 2022/23 while traineeship starts fell 17 per cent, new government figures show. Provisional in-year Department for Education data states there were 122,290 apprenticeship starts recorded...
