by Sarah Sawyer | Dec 22, 2021 | Uncategorised
This article contains further details about the recently announced new Institute of Technology being created locally, which is being led by Chichester College Group alongside the Universities of Brighton and Sussex and the North East Surrey College of Technology...
by Sarah Sawyer | Dec 21, 2021 | Uncategorised
The Treasury has announced £1 billion in support for businessses most impacted by the Omicron variant. Businesses in the hospitality and leisure sectors in England will be eligible for one-off grants of up to £6,000 per premises, plus more than £100 million...
by Sarah Sawyer | Dec 20, 2021 | Uncategorised
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport has revealed that a record amount of investment has occurred in the UK tech industry this year, with £29.4 billion being invested across the country. It announces that the UK now has 115 unicorns! (tech companies...
by Sarah Sawyer | Dec 20, 2021 | Uncategorised
The DfE has published a press release calling for former teachers, teachers who are recently retired, or those who trained as a teacher and moved career, to return to the classroom because the Omicron variant is expected to continue to cause increased staff absence...
by Sarah Sawyer | Dec 17, 2021 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has published its T Level Action Plan 2021 and the revised T Levels Transition Programme Framework for Delivery for 2022 to 2023. This article highlights new data published which shows that around 5,450 young people started on a T Level in its second year of...
by Sarah Sawyer | Dec 17, 2021 | Uncategorised
The ETF’s monthly EdTech and Digital update for December has been published. The Centres for Excellence in Maths (CfEM) monthly newsletter for December is also available.
by Sarah Sawyer | Dec 17, 2021 | Uncategorised
As part of its announcements of new skills investments, the DfE has announced 20 universities and one college who have won a tender to deliver new short higher education trial courses in subjects where there are skills shortages, such as Digital, Net Zero, Education,...
by Sarah Sawyer | Dec 17, 2021 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has published details for 16 to 19 funded institutions on how funding will work in academic year 2022 to 2023, including details of the national funding rate for students funded via the 16 to 19 funding formula and for T Levels. This article discusses the...
by Sarah Sawyer | Dec 17, 2021 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has updated the guidance on applying to the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers (RoATP). The updates are detailed at the bottom of this page.
by Sarah Sawyer | Dec 17, 2021 | Uncategorised
The DfE has made some announcements on its investment into skills. It has announced a further nine Institutes of Technology (IoT). Institutes of Technology are collaborations between employers, colleges and universities that specialise in offering Higher Technical...
