by Jasmine Griffiths | Mar 11, 2023 | Uncategorised
Work placements are the most critical element of a T Level qualification, but employers are put off from offering them by health and safety concerns, time pressures, bureaucratic hurdles and cost fears. A T Level professional development programme report published...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Mar 5, 2023 | Uncategorised
ESFA have announced a boost to national adult education budget funding for this academic year and next to help ease delivery challenges faced by the sector. The increases – which involve a 20 per cent uplift for subjects such as engineering and maths are...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Mar 5, 2023 | Uncategorised
A study, conducted by Gallup and Amazon Web Services, found that 72 per cent of businesses in the UK have vacancies for workers with digital skills and more than two thirds (68 per cent) find it challenging to hire the digital workers they need – which 45 per cent...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Mar 4, 2023 | Uncategorised
Flexi-Job Apprenticeships have been designed to ensure that those sectors and occupations where short-term contracts or other non-standard employment models are the norm can access the benefits of apprenticeships. ESFA released a register of Flexi-Job Apprenticeship...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Mar 4, 2023 | Uncategorised
Applications are now open for Turing Scheme funding for the 2023 to 2024 academic year, until 4:00pm, 6 April 2023. The Turing Scheme is the UK government’s global programme to study and work abroad, with £110 million invested for this academic year. Participants can...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Mar 4, 2023 | Uncategorised
ESFA have increased funding for academic year 2022 to 2023 for the introduction of an additional 40 hours for band 5 study programmes, T Levels, and for a proportionate increase in hours for other study programmes from the start of academic year 2022 to 2023. This...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Mar 4, 2023 | Uncategorised
Latest from ESFA including: 1. Information: borrowing following reclassification. 2. Information: funding allocation statements for 2023 to 2024. 3. Information: 16 to 19 additional hours in study programmes. 4. Information: earnings uplifts in FE adult education...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Mar 4, 2023 | Uncategorised
This National Statistics release is based on data from the Labour Force Survey. It gives estimates of young people (16 to 24 year old) not in education, employment or training (NEET), and estimates of young people not in education or training (NET). Click here for...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Mar 4, 2023 | Uncategorised
The State of Manufacturing 2023 Report by Essentra, which surveyed 466 UK respondents working in various manufacturing roles, revealed that almost a quarter (24 per cent) of people working in manufacturing feel the sector has an ‘image problem’. This issue is causing...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Mar 4, 2023 | Uncategorised
The DfE want apprenticeships to be accessible to all and it is anticipated that through this pilot, they will improve the process by which apprentices with SEN/LDD who require the flexibility to the standard requirements are able to access it. This should support...