by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 9, 2021 | Uncategorised
The Department of Health and Social Care has an open consultation seeking to collect views on women’s health to help inform the development of the government’s Women’s Health Strategy. The consultation deadline has been extended to 13 June 2021, and the government are...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 9, 2021 | Uncategorised
A new report has been published by EngineeringUK and 7 engineering and careers organisations entitled ‘Securing the future: STEM careers provision in schools and colleges in England’. The report calls on the government to invest £40 million in improving...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 9, 2021 | Uncategorised
The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) has created an animation to show the different assessment methods used in end-point assessments. It is designed to help apprentices understand what is expected from them and what will happen during...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 9, 2021 | Uncategorised
The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) has launched a Mentoring Framework and three accompanying guides as part of its support for mentors and coaches of practitioners in the FE and training sector. The guides provide additional information and resources to help...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 9, 2021 | Uncategorised
The latest information from the ESFA: 1. Latest information on coronavirus (COVID-19); 2. Action: new subcontractor declaration window open, final collection for 2020 to 2021 including nil returns; 3. Action: 16 to 19 Bursary Fund applications and assessment...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 8, 2021 | Uncategorised
Following calls from some organisations for reforms or relaxations on the apprenticeship levy to be used for other skills training, the Skills Minister Gillian Keegan, speaking at the AELP conference, has stated that the apprenticeship levy should only be used for...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 8, 2021 | Uncategorised
The Institute for Employment Studies (IES) is leading a policy project on improving access to good work for young people as part of the Health Foundation’s five-year Young People’s Future Health Inquiry, aimed at shaping the future youth policy agenda across health,...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 7, 2021 | Uncategorised
The Institute of Student Employers has published information for employers on key questions to help with decisions around the mix/balance of graduates and apprentices they may want to recruit and some data to help make decisions about recruiting graduates and...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 7, 2021 | Uncategorised
The Resolution Foundation has published a report entitled Low Pay Britain 2021. It looks at the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on those on low pay and what that might mean for such workers as the economy starts to recover.
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 4, 2021 | Uncategorised
The latest funding news issued by East Sussex County Council is available, signposting funding opportunities in East Sussex and across the South East.