by Jasmine Griffiths | Jul 8, 2024 | News
This DfE document explains how qualification achievement rates (QARs) are calculated. Recently the DfE has added an update to include ‘Apprenticeships technical specification’, ‘Education and training technical specification’ and ‘Data...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jul 7, 2024 | News
Sector leaders have urged the new government to prioritise stopping the reduction of BTECs and increasing FE teacher pay within the first 100 days. Other key priorities on their list include implementing their proposed apprenticeship levy reforms, establishing Skills...
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...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jul 7, 2024 | Uncategorised
Jisc has announced a new way to help UK tertiary education and research organisations better position themselves to deal with the evolving threat of cyber attacks. The survey tool has been developed with the help of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and uses...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jul 7, 2024 | Uncategorised
The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) is inviting the Further Education (FE) and Skills sector to contribute to a piece of research that will explore the definition of social value in the context of FE and Skills, and how providers understand social value. As...