by Jasmine Griffiths | May 12, 2024 | Uncategorised
These agreements from the ESFA contain a main terms and conditions body and schedules. You can find background information on the structure of the education and skills agreements on the ESFA education and skills agreements 2019 to 2020 page. ESFA will publish version...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 12, 2024 | Uncategorised
The education staff wellbeing charter is a declaration of support for, and a set of commitments, to the wellbeing and mental health of everyone working in education. The charter is for education staff in England. This includes temporary and support staff. All...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 12, 2024 | Uncategorised
On Thursday 9 May, members of the House of Lords debated the importance of skills for the success of the UK economy and for the quality of life of individuals. The importance of skills is recognised across the main political parties in the UK and evidence suggests...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 12, 2024 | Uncategorised
The Restart Scheme is an employment support programme that was launched as part of the Plan for Jobs multi-strand policy, providing up to 12 months of support for long-term unemployed people. The DWP commissioned this research as part of the overall evaluation to:...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 7, 2024 | Uncategorised
The Sussex LSIP is doing an evaluation and is looking for local examples of the following, which have been highlighted as important: Explore freedoms and flexibilities within existing policy and current skills funding system, for example: Sussex-wide approach to test...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 6, 2024 | Uncategorised
The UK economy will see the slowest growth of the largest developed nations next year, according to forecasts. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) predicted that UK gross domestic product – a key measure of economic health –...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 6, 2024 | Uncategorised
The UK faces a ‘brutal’ construction skills shortage as a series of megaprojects already underway plus several more set to begin soon compete for scarce labour resources, according to the managing director of construction and engineering recruitment company Randstad...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 6, 2024 | Uncategorised
On an episode of BBC Radio 4’s The Briefing Room, Tony Wilson, Director of IES, discusses the reasons why millions of people in the UK aged between 16 and 64 are neither working nor looking for work and what we can do about it. Click here for more.
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 6, 2024 | Uncategorised
New skills minister Luke Hall has supported a proposal to train industry professionals as “FE lecturer reservists,” akin to armed forces reservists. The pilot initiative aims to recruit automotive technicians and engineers in the West Midlands to undergo...
by Jasmine Griffiths | May 6, 2024 | Uncategorised
Older workers are being “locked out” of workplace skills training, research has found, prompting calls for employers to harness the talent and potential of their entire workforce, particularly when it comes to training digital skills. According to Corndel’s Workplace...