by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 20, 2020 | Uncategorised
New insight from SCTP member, GetMyFirstJob, shows that COVID-19 has had an effect on young people’s career preferences. It cites that “Year-on-year there has been a huge rise in the proportion of young people wishing to work in childcare, health &...
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 20, 2020 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has published version 2 of the ESFA apprenticeship funding rules 2020 to 2021. The changes it has made are set out in the summary of changes document.
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 20, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Chief Inspector of Prisons has published its Annual Report for 2019-20. In response to the report, the Prisoners’ Education Trust has called for urgent action to reinstate education in prisons, stating “The Chief Inspector’s report makes clear that...
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 19, 2020 | Uncategorised
The CBI has published a new report Learning for life: funding world class adult education, looking at how more investment in adult education is needed to level up opportunity across the country and boost competitiveness. The main issues and recommendations from the...
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
The DWP publishes statistics on benefits, pensions, employment programmes, income distribution and other subjects that they are responsible for. They have updated the list of statistics available on Stat-Xplore, the online tool that allows users to create and download...
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published the following updates: Coronavirus and the latest indicators for the UK economy and society – early experimental data on the impact of the coronavirus on the UK economy and society. Business demography July to...
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Surrey and Sussex Cyber Crime Unit has produced the Little Book Of Cyber Scams and the Little Book Of Phone Scams which contain a number of useful tips and resources. There is further useful information and links to support cyber related activities on the South...
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
The DfE’s guidance on the use of face coverings for schools and other education institutions has been updated to align with the local COVID alert level framework.
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has updated the list of apprenticeship standards being assessed by Ofqual from November 2020. It has also added more detail about the transition arrangements for Ofqual taking on the assessment of standards between now and July 2022.
by Sarah Sawyer | Oct 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
This article speculates that there will be massive competition for the 19 to 24 traineeship tender which is currently ongoing, with many bidders missing out on an allocation. The deadline for bids is 17:00 on 28 October.
