by Jasmine Griffiths | Jun 16, 2024 | Uncategorised
The report, ‘Strengthening governance arrangements in the English post-16 skills system’, provides a blueprint for what a new national skills body to oversee a post-16 education and skills strategy should look like and how it could operate in practice, focusing on...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jun 16, 2024 | Uncategorised
Labour and the Conservatives are engaged in a “conspiracy of silence” on billions of pounds of cuts in unprotected public services, such as further education, leading economists have warned. Both parties, with the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party, published...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jun 16, 2024 | Uncategorised
A new poll suggests that increasing the number of apprenticeships is the joint most important education issue for voters in the lead-up to the election but there is limited backing for the apprenticeship policies put forward by both main parties. The poll, carried out...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jun 16, 2024 | Uncategorised
Labour has promised “a comprehensive strategy” to “better integrate” further and higher education by setting out the roles of different training providers, how students can move between them and “strengthening regulation” in its general election manifesto published...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jun 16, 2024 | Uncategorised
The Liberal Democrats will consider exempting colleges from VAT, the party has said in its manifesto, which was released recently, that reiterates pledges to give every adult at least £5,000 towards training and widening the apprenticeship levy. The manifesto...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jun 16, 2024 | Uncategorised
The Conservative party launched its manifesto last week, which commits to introducing a national service for 18-year-olds funded by eventually scrapping the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. The party has also pledged to create 100,000 more apprenticeships and introduce an...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jun 10, 2024 | Uncategorised
Click here for the minutes of the most recent Visitor Economy Task Group meeting. The headline agenda of the group meeting was to discuss plans for integrating skills into the East Sussex visitor economy strategy and how Skills East Sussex work with visitor...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jun 9, 2024 | Uncategorised
Team East Sussex (TES) is calling on small businesses to help drive forward economic growth in the region by supporting a network of local business-led groups. TES provides the overall strategic direction for economic growth and is supported by sector specific...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jun 9, 2024 | Uncategorised
Unresolved issues persist with wind deployment in the UK – such as slow planning and consenting, struggling grid infrastructure, and management and skills shortages. The failure to build up domestic wind manufacturing capacity has also proved to be an economic missed...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Jun 9, 2024 | Uncategorised
The further education (FE) workforce data collection statistics for the academic year 2022 to 2023 have now been published. If you have any queries relating to this, please refer to guidance within the publication. The 2023 to 2024 collection round will open on Monday...
