by Paul Mitchell | Apr 8, 2022 | Uncategorised
Funding will be cut for only a “small proportion” of applied general qualifications such as BTECs that sit alongside A levels and T levels, the government has announced. Plans to defund level 3 applied general qualifications that overlap with A levels and T levels...
by Paul Mitchell | Apr 8, 2022 | Uncategorised
An Ofsted briefing on the continued impact of the pandemic on the education, skills and work curriculum in prisons which looks at the progress that prison leaders and managers have made in reinstating the full education, skills and work curriculum. It draws on...
by Paul Mitchell | Apr 8, 2022 | Uncategorised
A briefing on the continued impact of the pandemic and education recovery, drawing on evidence from spring 2022 Ofsted inspections. The briefing presents insights from a sample of inspections carried out in January and February 2022 and discussions with inspectors....
by Paul Mitchell | Apr 8, 2022 | Uncategorised
An overview of the National Skills Fund investments, which aim to help adults to gain the skills they need to improve their job prospects and support the economy. The information is for FE colleges and training providers who are interested in providing free level 3...
by Paul Mitchell | Apr 8, 2022 | Uncategorised
The Health and Social Care Levy (raised via National Insurance Contributions) will include dedicated funding for the social care workforce – to train and retain talent as well as attracting new staff. Click here for more.
by Paul Mitchell | Apr 8, 2022 | Uncategorised
The IfATE apprentice panel wants to hear from apprentices all across the country in their apprenticeship survey. This is a chance to have apprentices’ voices heard and to help make apprenticeships even better. This is a short survey taking about 10 minutes to...
by Paul Mitchell | Apr 8, 2022 | Uncategorised
Making sure everyone can boost their skills or retrain so they can get better jobs is a key stated priority for government. That’s why the Government is expanding Skills Bootcamps and Free Courses for Jobs training offers this year. Thousands of adults have already...
by Paul Mitchell | Apr 8, 2022 | Uncategorised
On Monday, the Minister for Skills, Alex Burghart, gave his Future of Skills speech at the Policy Exchange. It pulls together his vision for skills, expresses his admiration for the FE sector and highlights some of the ways the government is supporting the sector’s...
by Paul Mitchell | Apr 8, 2022 | Uncategorised
A new £375 million package of support for innovative energy technologies that will power British homes and businesses for decades to come has been launched. This includes (on page 17) a statement on skills and jobs – ‘On jobs, our technological leadership...
by Paul Mitchell | Apr 8, 2022 | Uncategorised
Insights from further education (FE) colleges working in collaboration to address shared quality improvement challenges.