by Jasmine Griffiths | May 19, 2024 | Uncategorised
The CyberFirst programme was established in 2015, as part of the National Cyber Security Strategy, to identify and nurture exceptional young talent from across the UK that could fill the growing skills shortage in cyber security. The programme has been successful and...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 19, 2024 | Uncategorised
Government grants to help make work life easier for disabled people can now be applied for online, as the Access to Work scheme goes digital. The DWP funding is now available through the GOV.UK website and helped 50,000 make workplace adjustments last year. This is...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 19, 2024 | Uncategorised
Government forecasts of teacher recruitment should include further education as it is the “worst impacted” sector, MPs have said. At present, the DfE’s teacher workforce model, which sets annual recruitment targets based on projections of incoming learners and teacher...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 19, 2024 | Uncategorised
Skills and training are vital to powering UK growth and productivity, to greening the economy, addressing the needs of an aging population and making the UK agile in response to rapidly changing technology. Yet for over a decade, the Government’s approach on skills...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 12, 2024 | Uncategorised
A new work and health support service will be rolled out across 15 areas of England as part of the Government’s plan to help people with health conditions back to work, the Work and Pensions Secretary has recently confirmed. The WorkWell pilots – launched by the...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 12, 2024 | Uncategorised
The jobs and skills dashboard presents occupation and skills data from a variety of sources. The dashboard covers topics such as: employment demand education pathways The dashboard contains: an overview of employment data for different groups of occupations demand...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 12, 2024 | Uncategorised
ESFA want to thank the providers that have ensured that their individualised learner record (ILR) data for the final cohort of traineeship learners who started their traineeship on or before the Monday 31 July 2023, is correct. ESFA have asked for traineeship...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 12, 2024 | Uncategorised
ESFA’s student financial support scheme guides set out the funding rules for the different schemes. ESFA review and update them annually and they have recently published the guides for the 2024 to 2025 academic year for: 16 to 19 Bursary Fund Care to Learn...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 12, 2024 | Uncategorised
Latest from ESFA including: 1. Action: Use your 16 to 19 tuition funding before the end of the 2023 to 2024 academic year. Information: ESFA 16 to 19 Bursary Fund and Care to Learn guides for 2024 to 2025. Information: Payments for Care to Learn and 16 to 19 Bursary...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 12, 2024 | Uncategorised
Training providers and employers could soon be allowed to assess their own apprentices under plans being drawn up by the Department for Education. Officials are planning to test several alternatives to the current end-point assessment (EPA) model in a quest to improve...
