by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 19, 2020 | Uncategorised
The government has announced a £1 billion package to support primary and secondary schools to tackle the impact of lost teaching time due to COVID-19. £650 million will be shared across state primary and secondary schools over the 2020/21 academic year. £350 million,...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 19, 2020 | Uncategorised
Ofqual has published a document which contains findings from their technical evaluation of apprenticeship End-Point Assessment materials. The document sets out what they have learned from their consideration of EPA materials to date, and provides EPAOs with guidance...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 19, 2020 | Uncategorised
East Sussex County Council’s (ESCC) apprenticeship levy transfer funding programme will be live for applications in July for 8 weeks, commencing 6 July, for businesses in East Sussex. The priorities for funding and eligibility criteria are available here and the...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 18, 2020 | Uncategorised
Both the Association of Colleges (AoC) and Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) have called on the government for significant post-COVID-19 skills package. The AELP has asked the government to set aside £8.6 billion for a one-off skills package to...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 18, 2020 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has updated its information about accessing further 16 to 18 funding to increase the number of traineeships for academic year 2020 to 2021.
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 18, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Office for National Statistics has published the latest ‘Coronavirus and the latest indicators for the UK economy and society‘ data. This is early experimental data on the impact of the coronavirus on the UK economy and society. These faster indicators are created...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 18, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Office for National Statistics has published estimates looking across personal and economic well-being covering the period from April to May 2020, to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people and households in Great Britain.
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 18, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) has provided a range of extra support to the FE and skills sector to assist its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. They have created a new landing page so you can easily navigate to the latest courses, resources and advice...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 18, 2020 | Uncategorised
SCTP is pleased to announce that we will be running our next online members’ conference on Thursday 16 July from 13:00 – 15.00 via Zoom. As well as having time to network with each other, members will also have the opportunity to hear from sector experts who will...
by Sarah Sawyer | Jun 18, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Education and Training Foundation’s (ETF) Further Forces programme is a scheme to recruit and retrain Armed Forces Service Leavers to teach technical subjects, including Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) in the Further Education (FE) and Skills...
