by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 24, 2020 | Uncategorised
The government’s guidance on social distancing has been updated to include rules which will be in place after 4 July. Their FAQs on what you can and can’t do until and after 4 July have also been updated. Also updated is the guidance on the opening of...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 24, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Association of Colleges chief executive, David Hughes, has said that the college sector is at risk of losing £2 billion of college income in the next academic year. He said a predicted drop in apprenticeship starts amongst colleges would equate to a £30 million...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 24, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Social Mobility Commission has published a report on Apprenticeships and social mobility. The report looks at areas of concern and warns that disadvantage gaps exist at every stage of the apprenticeship journey. The report calls on the government to look at...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 24, 2020 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has made changes to the ‘Using the apprenticeship service’ video on their YouTube channel. They have created different playlists on the channel for the webinar recordings, for their apprenticeship service support videos and for videos covering the...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 24, 2020 | Uncategorised
Latest information from the ESFA: 1. Latest information on coronavirus (COVID-19); 2. Information: Subcontracting Declarations Final Deadline – including nil returns; 3. Information: Providing External Assurance on Subcontracting Controls – Return of Assurance...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 23, 2020 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has published guidance for the care leavers’ bursary for apprentices, which is a single payment of £1000 for an eligible apprentice, who is a care leaver, to help remove barriers to accessing an apprenticeship.
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 23, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Minister of State for Universities, Michelle Donelan, has announced that EU, other EEA and Swiss nationals will no longer be eligible for home fee status, undergraduate, postgraduate and advanced learner financial support from Student Finance England for courses...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 23, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Prime Minister announced, in a statement to the House of Commons, that primary and secondary education will recommence in September with full attendance. He later clarified that it was the government’s intention to get FE colleges back in September as...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 22, 2020 | Uncategorised
Last week the government announced a £1 billion package to support primary and secondary schools to tackle the impact of lost teaching time due to COVID-19. A cross-party group of MPs from the All Party Parliamentary Group for sixth form education, has written to the...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 22, 2020 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has published information on support for independent learning providers whose recruitment of 16 to 19 students have been limited due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including eligibility criteria and a business case template. The ESFA states that they will support...
