by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 10, 2022 | Uncategorised
the Education Policy Institute has published a report on the disadvantage gap in education. The report examines the gap in 2020 at a national level, across different regions and local authorities, among varying levels of disadvantage, at key stage four and five. The...
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 10, 2022 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has published a list of approved Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agencies. Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agencies recruit and employ apprentices and place them with employers. It has admitted 15 organisations onto the Register of Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agencies and has...
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 10, 2022 | Uncategorised
The Office for National Statistics has published ‘Outcomes for disabled people in the UK: 2021’. This includes outcomes for disabled people across areas of life including education, employment, social participation, housing, well-being, loneliness and...
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 10, 2022 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has announced that entries are now open for the 2022 Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers ranking. Further information about the rankings and to entry details are available on the website. The deadline for entries is 17:00 on Friday 25 March 2022....
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 10, 2022 | Uncategorised
In November 2021, the Nanosat Design Competition was launched to design a small satellite for launch from the UK to help inform solutions to climate change. The competition aimed to encourage more young people to consider a career in the UK’s space sector. The UK...
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 10, 2022 | Uncategorised
As part of the government’s National AI Strategy, it has announced up to £23 million in funding to create more Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data conversion courses, aimed at helping young people from underrepresented groups including women, black people and...
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 10, 2022 | Uncategorised
The latest ETF Online Resources and Courses Update has been published.
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 9, 2022 | Uncategorised
The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) apprentice panel has launched an apprenticeship survey aimed at gain insight into apprentices’ views of apprenticeships. This is a short survey and should take about 10 minutes to complete. This...
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 9, 2022 | Uncategorised
Following the announcement by the government to revoke the regulations making vaccines a condition of deployment for health and social care staff, the ESFA has published some guidance for providers with health and social care students around this issue.
by Sarah Sawyer | Feb 9, 2022 | Uncategorised
Following an announcement in December about allocating funding for additional hours in 16 to 19 study programmes from academic year 2022 to 2023, the ESFA has published guidance to support providers to understand the new requirement for additional hours. This article...