by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 26, 2020 | Uncategorised
Ofqual has published guidance providing a summary of the information on appeals, malpractice and maladministration complaints that they have previously published. This article from FE Week examines Ofqual’s guidance on appeals and resits and highlights the main...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 26, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) has launched a second consultation into a proposed new approach for making apprenticeship funding band recommendations. This new consultation is as a result of feedback received from the first...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 26, 2020 | Uncategorised
The DfE has published guidance for about home test kits for COVID-19. They state that all schools and FE providers will receive an initial supply of 10 home test kits. Home test kits should only be offered to individuals who may have barriers to accessing testing...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 26, 2020 | Uncategorised
The DfE has published guidance on the use of face coverings for education institutions from 1 September. The guidance states that ‘Schools and colleges will have the discretion to require face coverings in indoor communal areas where social distancing cannot be...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 26, 2020 | Uncategorised
The latest information from the ESFA: 1. Latest information on coronavirus (COVID-19); 2. Information: Letter from Eileen Milner to college corporation accounting officers; 3. Information: ESFA/HMRC debt and fraud data sharing pilot; 4. Information: Wave 4 T Level...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 26, 2020 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has updated the employer guidance on how to take on an apprentice to include the information about new incentive payments for employing new apprentices.
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 26, 2020 | Uncategorised
Latest newsletter from the Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership (C2C LEP) with news on training and skills, development and transport for West Sussex, Brighton & Hove and parts of Surrey and South London. The C2C LEP Growth Hub newsletter for August is...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 25, 2020 | Uncategorised
Applications are now open for two new Education and Training Foundation (ETF) programmes designed to develop the use of high-quality mentoring in the Further Education and Training sector. The ‘New to mentoring’ programme, which will run from October 2020 to March...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 25, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Office for National Statistics has released a publication looking at the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on perceptions of unity and division in Great Britain. it includes an assessment of unity and division over time and across numerous socioeconomic divides,...
by Sarah Sawyer | Aug 25, 2020 | Uncategorised
Industry placements are a fundamental part of the government’s reforms to technical education that includes T Levels. Over the next month, the DfE and the Strategic Development Network (SDN) are hosting three webinars for employers, looking at industry placements in...
