by Paul Mitchell | Dec 8, 2022 | Uncategorised
This edition contains call to action to all skills providers across Sussex to participate in the LSIP Skills Provider survey (closing date Monday 16 January); an update from our Stakeholder Engagement Leads on progress to date regarding the key sector deep dive and a...
by Paul Mitchell | Dec 8, 2022 | Uncategorised
The Education & Training Foundation is hosting a webinar on 13 December where they will be joined by Julian Gravatt, Deputy CEO of the Association of Colleges and Tom Morrison, Partner and Head of FE at Stone King, to discuss the recent ONS decision to reclassify...
by Paul Mitchell | Dec 8, 2022 | Uncategorised
Latest news from the ESFA including: 1. Reminder: mandatory FE workforce data collection approaching; 2. Information: additional FE capital funding for the 2022 to 2023 financial year; 3. Information: coronavirus (COVID-19) 16 to 19 tuition fund in-year spend...
by Paul Mitchell | Dec 8, 2022 | Uncategorised
New data from the ADP® Research Institute’s People at Work 2022: A Global Workforce View has found a stark difference in the experience of home vs on premises workers. A greater number of staff who work from home report feeling stressed at least once a week (82%)...
by Paul Mitchell | Dec 8, 2022 | Uncategorised
New research from City & Guilds called ‘Youth Misspent: Uncovering the harsh realities for Britain’s young people in today’s job market’, finds that the odds are being stacked against young people’s futures and career aspirations – particularly the...
by Paul Mitchell | Dec 5, 2022 | Uncategorised
Millions of employees will be able to request flexible working from day one of their employment, under new government plans to make flexible working the default. Flexible working doesn’t just mean a combination of working from home and in the office – it can mean...
by Paul Mitchell | Dec 4, 2022 | Uncategorised
The Resolution Foundation has published its report ‘Constrained Choices – Understanding the prevalence of part-time work among low-paid workers in the UK’. This is the fifth output from the Resolution Foundation which contributes to the Young...
by Paul Mitchell | Dec 4, 2022 | Uncategorised
The EPI has published its report entitled ‘Digital Skills Divided: Technical Provision for 16-19 Year Olds’. The report highlights a growing demand for digital skills within the job market that’s not being met. A substantial 29% of vacancies reported as a...
by Paul Mitchell | Dec 4, 2022 | Uncategorised
A debate has been held in the House of Lords to discuss the Youth Unemployment Committee’s report entitled ‘Skills for Every Young Person’. This was published in 2021. In the period July-September 2022, the unemployment rate for young people was 9.8 per cent compared...
by Paul Mitchell | Dec 3, 2022 | Uncategorised
The job market has remained stable since mid-August with between 1.39 and 1.5 million active job adverts, data from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation shows. According to the figures from REC and Lightcast’s latest Labour Market Tracker, there were 216,257...