by Sarah Sawyer | May 14, 2020 | Uncategorised
The South East LEP has been working closely with their Growth Hub partners, Chambers of Commerce, FSB, Universities and their Local Authorities to support the regional business community. To help them to continue to work with policymakers at local and national level...
by Sarah Sawyer | May 14, 2020 | Uncategorised
Mental Health Awareness Week will take place from 18-24 May 2020. The theme is kindness. The Mental Health Foundation has a range of resources to help celebrate the week, and suggestions of getting involved. The Amazing Apprenticeship website has recently run a...
by Sarah Sawyer | May 14, 2020 | Uncategorised
Article from People Management looking at what the government’s COVID-19 recovery strategy means for employers, including social distancing and risk assessments.
by Sarah Sawyer | May 14, 2020 | Uncategorised
Ofqual has added a ‘Guidance for Centres’ document to its guidance page on awarding qualifications in summer 2020. The guidance explains their plans for the awarding of vocational and technical qualifications (VTQs) and general qualifications other than...
by Sarah Sawyer | May 14, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) guidance for employers, which explains the information that employers need to provide to claim for their employees’ wages, has been updated to be clearer and to include recent additions to the process. The HMRC have produced...
by Sarah Sawyer | May 14, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Office for National Statistics has published ‘Coronavirus and the social impacts on Great Britain: 14 May 2020’. The survey results cover the period 24 April to 3 May 2020 and aims to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people, households...
by Sarah Sawyer | May 14, 2020 | Uncategorised
The DfE has published new guidance for safe working in education and chilcare. The guidance covers preventing and controlling infection, including the use of PPE, in education, childcare and children’s social care settings during the coronavirus outbreak.
by Sarah Sawyer | May 13, 2020 | Uncategorised
Following the Prime Minister’s new announcement on the UK’s next steps with regard to COVID-19, the Cabinet Office has published guidance on ‘staying alert and safe (social distancing)’ which explains the new announcements. The Cabinet...
by Sarah Sawyer | May 13, 2020 | Uncategorised
The ESFA has added a document to the adult education budget (AEB) funding rules 2019/20 that sets out specific flexibilities to the traineeship core offer to support providers in response to COVID-19, for all providers who receive AEB funding.
by Sarah Sawyer | May 13, 2020 | Uncategorised
Latest information from the ESFA: 1. Latest information on coronavirus (COVID-19); 2. Information: provider relief scheme; 3. Information: ESFA adult education budget (AEB) funding rules for 2019 to 2020.
