by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 1, 2024 | Uncategorised
Robert Halfon has resigned as minister for skills, apprenticeships and higher education and plans to stand down as an MP at the next election. Halfon became skills minister for the first time in 2016 but was sacked a year later by then-prime minister Theresa May. He...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 1, 2024 | Uncategorised
SCTP would like to run an online best practice sharing webinar for members to support movement towards the government success rate target of 67%. We would like to invite any members who have achieved 67% or above to share best practice with the wider membership....
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 1, 2024 | Uncategorised
Brighton and Hove City Council has launched a consultation into how residents can get more involved in decision making in the city. Councillors recently voted to change to a Cabinet model from a Committee System to carry out its business and this presents an...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 1, 2024 | Uncategorised
Four in five UK employers say the lack of digital skills is having a negative impact on their business and means they cannot achieve their strategic goals. It isn’t good that businesses are thinking that they need to be smarter about recruiting those skills –...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 1, 2024 | Uncategorised
This National Statistics release is based on data from the Labour Force Survey. It gives estimates of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET), and estimates of young people not in education or training (NET). The figures cover 16 to 24 year olds...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 1, 2024 | Uncategorised
In April 2024, the National Living Wage will increase to £11.44. The Low Pay Comission (LCP) expect this to mean the highest rate of the minimum wage reaches two-thirds of median earnings, achieving a target first set by the Government in 2020. In March 2023, the...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 1, 2024 | Uncategorised
This paper from the Institute for Employment Studies (IES) sets out evidence on what has worked in supporting ‘good work’ in employment programmes. Employment support in the UK is often characterised by a focus on encouraging unemployed people to take up ‘any job’,...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 1, 2024 | Uncategorised
There is a concern that people with diagnosed or undiagnosed needs may find it more difficult to engage with a programme of support such as Restart or be more likely to disengage from that support, while at the same time being less likely to achieve positive...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 1, 2024 | Uncategorised
Skills Bootcamps were introduced in England in 2020 to support the Government’s ambition to deliver sector-specific skills to support employers. These courses aim to help individuals upskill or reskill so that they can transition from working in declining sectors and...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Apr 1, 2024 | Uncategorised
Last week, ESFA published a draft version of the apprenticeship funding rules for 2024 to 2025. These draft rules contain a range of proposed changes to simplify processes and reduce burdens for training providers and employers, including changes to onboarding an...
