by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 29, 2024 | Uncategorised
The Department for Education has quietly the introduction of the lifelong learning entitlement. Students won’t be able to apply for LLE funding until September 2025, seven months after the planned February launch of the first LLE applications. The teaching of courses...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 29, 2024 | Uncategorised
The emergence of widely accessible generative artificial intelligence (AI) in 2023 raised several new considerations for the regulation of qualifications and assessments. These include new opportunities for AI to support the design, development and delivery of...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 29, 2024 | Uncategorised
AI-enabled tools and products are now more widely available in schools and other providers. This means that these technologies are affecting children and learners and the people who care for, educate and support them. Ofsted supports innovation and the use of AI where...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 29, 2024 | Uncategorised
This report from the DfE is based on a survey, carried out in 2023, which covered the first cohort of T Level learners. This cohort started their programme in September 2020. It draws on data from 3 longitudinal surveys of this cohort. It focuses on learners’:...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 29, 2024 | Uncategorised
From autumn 2024, the Levelling Up Premium (LUP) will be worth up to £6,000 annually. This applies to key STEM and technical subject teachers in the first 5 years of their career, including maths, construction and engineering, and early years education. Teachers in...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 29, 2024 | Uncategorised
The Department for Education (DfE) has written to a sample of independent training providers (ITPs), asking them to submit a financial forecast by Friday 31 May 2024. Details of how to submit the financial forecast is included in the individual notification and within...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 29, 2024 | Uncategorised
The 2024 to 2025 advanced learner loans application service will be available from Monday 10 June 2024, for learners who wish to start eligible qualifications from the 1 August 2024, funded by a loan. ESFA has updated learning and funding information letters for 2024...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 29, 2024 | Uncategorised
Latest from ESFA including: 1. Action: Business case deadline for adult funding allocations 2024 to 2025 – Sunday 28 April 2024. Information: ESFA adult skills fund contract for services (procured from 2023) allocations. Information: 2024 to 2025 advanced learner...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 29, 2024 | Uncategorised
This report from Resolution Foundation delves into the challenges young people with mental health issues face during their transition to adulthood, including difficulties in education, employment, and financial management. Poor mental health can impede their...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 29, 2024 | Uncategorised
The 2024 minimum wage increase is significant, benefiting approximately 1.6 million workers with a 9.8% cash increase and a real-terms rise of 7.8%. This marks the third largest annual rise in the minimum wage’s history, coinciding with its 25th anniversary. The...
