by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 17, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) has announced a new quality mark which aims to show employers and learners which qualifications offer great training for highly skilled jobs. It has published guidance for awarding bodies for how to...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
East Sussex County Council has announced investment of £500,000 to support the government’s Rural Gigabit Voucher scheme, which helps businesses and residents in rural areas to access fast and reliable broadband. Currently those eligible can apply for government...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
Emsi has recently produced a number of articles analysing the economic effects of COVID-19: Analysis of August claimant counts The effect of the crisis on GDP in each sector of the economy Trends from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme data. Sectors which have seen...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
The CIPD has published a report, based on a survey of 1000 employers, focusing on how employers have been reacting to the COVID-19 pandemic during the period to the end of June 2020. It looks at measures taken such as freezing recruitment, furloughing staff,...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
The DfE has published a report analysing the estimated earnings return to postgraduate degrees, by subject and institution type.
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Treasury has published a comparison of independent forecasts for the UK economy in September 2020.
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Dfe has published follow-up survey results to the College Staff Survey 2018. The earlier 2018 survey findings provided data on the factors that may lead to retention difficulties in the sector. The follow-up survey, conducted in 2019, focussed on those who have...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
A report published by the Open University claims that employers are spending £6.6 billion due to skills gaps. The report which surveyed 1000 businesses in July and August, revealed just over half of them were suffering skills shortages with money spent on temporary...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
The ESFA’s MyESF team is researching user interaction with the 16 to 19 allocation statement and its supporting guidance and would like to speak to individuals who work with the statement. They are particularly looking for individuals from independent training...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has announced that it is establishing a team to manage large providers and a team that will focus on working with independent training providers (ITPs). It has said that the team will allow them to better understand the providers’ priorities and...
