by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 25, 2024 | Uncategorised
The South East and North West of England had the most starts on apprenticeships, with the most popular apprenticeship in the country being for early years teachers, with programmes for nurses, data technicians, engineers, accountants, and police constables also in the...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 19, 2024 | Uncategorised
Business leaders and the government are being urged to prioritise work flexibility in a bid to help over-50s to be more active in the workforce. The 50+ Choices Roundtable has published its Flexible After Fifty report, which suggests measures including all job adverts...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 19, 2024 | Uncategorised
Demand for workers rebounded in January after a lull in the labour market at the end of 2023, according to the latest Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) and Lightcast Labour Market Tracker. There were more than 870,000 new job postings in January 2024,...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 19, 2024 | Uncategorised
This briefing note from the Institute for Employment Studies sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published last week. The release is the first using revised figures from the Labour Force Survey (LFS), which has been reweighted to take account of new...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 19, 2024 | Uncategorised
The DfE release regularly updated statistics on participation and learner outcomes in the further education and skills sector, including apprenticeships, reported from January 2014 to date, including the latest February update on apprenticeship statistics. Click here...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 19, 2024 | Uncategorised
This interactive tool from ESFA presents the maths and English condition of funding in a step-by-step user friendly way. You can view the policy in an easy to navigate flow chart or series of interactive questions and answers. It will be particularly useful to...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 19, 2024 | Uncategorised
This funding information guide shows the changes ESFA is making for 16 to 19 funding for the academic year 2024 to 2025 and provides you with the latest updates. Click here for FE Week commentary. Click here for the official ESFA collection of 16 – 19 funding...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 18, 2024 | Uncategorised
The high value courses premium is 16 to 19 funding to encourage delivery of selected level 3 courses in subjects that are crucial for the labour market, leading to higher wage returns and a more productive economy. The lists contain the qualifications which will...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 18, 2024 | Uncategorised
Chaos, confusion, and exposure of personal information are three things that college and university students and staff would not normally associate with their day-to-day, and nor should they. Unfortunately, a trend of ransomware attacks on the UK’s education sector...
by Jasmine Griffiths | Feb 18, 2024 | Uncategorised
Local businesses are being offered funding to train apprentices by West Sussex County Council. Any business based in West Sussex can apply at any time of the year for the funding to help upskill their current workforce or bring in new talent. The funding is possible...