by Vanessa Potter | Aug 17, 2022 | Uncategorised
THE ESFA has published the Exceptional Learning Support (ELS) guidance and cost form for academic year 2022 to 2023. Providers are being asked to complete the form for each ESFA funded learner whose learning support costs exceed £19,000 for: learners aged 19 and over...
by Vanessa Potter | Aug 17, 2022 | Uncategorised
The first wave of the flexi-job apprenticeship pilot programme went live in April 2022. The ESFA is now opening a second expression of interest process to expand the offer and allow additional providers to get involved. The ESFA are inviting providers to submit an...
by Vanessa Potter | Aug 17, 2022 | Uncategorised
Latest from the ESFA including: 1. Action: how to claim exceptional learning support (ELS) for 2022 to 2023; 2. Information: update on 2022 to 2023 ILR data collection systems and software; 3. Information: training provider banned after joint investigation between the...
by Paul Mitchell | Aug 6, 2022 | Uncategorised
The Federation has now submitted formal responses to Ofqual and the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) on behalf of its member awarding bodies, following separate consultations on regulating Level 3 qualifications in future. Read their...
by Paul Mitchell | Aug 5, 2022 | Uncategorised
An analysis of the implementation of T Levels to date by the Education Policy Institute.
by Paul Mitchell | Aug 5, 2022 | Uncategorised
A new report, commissioned by The Centre for Transforming Access and Student Outcomes in Higher Education (TASO) and produced in collaboration with EPI and the Centre for Education and Youth (CfEY), explores existing evidence behind proven methods to reduce employment...
by Paul Mitchell | Aug 5, 2022 | Uncategorised
New research from the Education Policy Institute (EPI) into the impact of educational inequalities across England and Wales, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, reveals that Welsh schools suffer a wider disadvantage gap than English schools, but that both nations have...
by Paul Mitchell | Aug 5, 2022 | Uncategorised
Click here for an article feeding back on a discussion hosted by the Edge Foundation on the features of good education policy making.
by Paul Mitchell | Aug 5, 2022 | Uncategorised
Almost three in five (57 per cent) employers still mainly look for degrees or postgraduate qualifications when recruiting staff, new data from the CIPD has revealed. The CIPD has warned that employers that do this may be overlooking jobseekers with relevant skills and...
by Paul Mitchell | Aug 5, 2022 | Uncategorised
The Funding Information Service (FIS) is a free offline tool for checking your individualised learner record (ILR) data.