by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 17, 2020 | Uncategorised
SCTP has negotiated a special SCTP member pricing offer with Emsi, which will allow access to key elements of Emsi’s market-leading UK labour market and skills data throughout the rest of 2020. The offer has been developed to allow members to access data on labour...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 17, 2020 | Uncategorised
A reminder that the Education Select Committee’s inquiry into the impact of COVID-19 on education and children’s services is still open for evidence to be submitted. The inquiry is looking at how the outbreak of COVID-19 is affecting all aspects of the education...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 17, 2020 | Uncategorised
The UK has left the EU, and the transition period after Brexit comes to an end this year. The DWP has advised that information is available on GOV.UK setting out the actions businesses and individuals need to take to prepare for the end of the EU transition period on...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
The DWP’s Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) is open for providers to register until 31 October 2020. The original DPS specification stated that the opportunity would end on 31 July 2020, but this has now been extended to 31 October 2020. The DPS is an electronic...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
The DfE has published its latest FE and skills statistics. This contains provisional figures for the first three quarters of the 2019/20 academic year (August 2019 to April 2020) and includes their Further Education (FE) and Skills statistics and the apprenticeships...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
Ofsted has announced the publication of the outcomes of its consultation on the proposals for changes to Ofsted’s post-inspection processes and complaints handling. The new arrangements which Ofsted will be implementing include a new and consistent...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has opened a consultation seeking views on the policy options set out in the white paper on protecting the flow of goods and services in the UK’s internal market. From 1 January 2021, powers in at least 70...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has updated the ILR returns guide for 2019 to 2020. The guidance updates the advice on how they are moderating clawback to take into account recruitment difficulties as a result of COVID-19, and to add an annex to help providers reduce funding or audit data...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
As part of the government’s Plan for Jobs policy, the Chancellor announced that the government would provide funding for the 2020-21 academic year to give all 18-19-year-olds in England the opportunity to study targeted high-value Level 2 and 3 courses when...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jul 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Office of National Statistics (ONS) has published the latest employment figures from March – May 2020. The figures showed 76.4% of people aged 16 to 64 were in paid work in March to May 2020. The unemployment rate was 3.9%, and the 16-64 economic inactivity rate...
