by Sarah Sawyer | Apr 30, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Office for National Statistics has published ‘Coronavirus and the social impacts on Great Britain’. The survey aims to understand the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on people, households and communities in Great Britain. It shows that levels of...
by Sarah Sawyer | Apr 30, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Office for National Statistics has published ‘Coronavirus, the UK economy and society, faster indicators’. This is new data and experimental indicators on the UK economy and society, including information related to the coronavirus. Indicators are...
by Sarah Sawyer | Apr 30, 2020 | Uncategorised
SCTP is working with Skills East Sussex, the county’s strategic body for employment and skills, to look at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the employment and skills infrastructure. We would be grateful if you could complete a short survey on the effects...
by Sarah Sawyer | Apr 30, 2020 | Uncategorised
The DfE announced on 28 April that it had decided to cancel all in year further education and apprenticeship releases and will publish the end of year releases normally in November. Concerns were raised about this announcement to stop publishing the monthly start...
by Sarah Sawyer | Apr 30, 2020 | Uncategorised
A survey carried out by FE Week with 304 apprenticeship providers, revealed that they had between them planned 13,732 starts in April but only achieved 2693, missing their pre-coronavirus expectations by 80%. More on this, including comments from a few of these...
by Sarah Sawyer | Apr 30, 2020 | Uncategorised
Latest monthly newsletter from the Education & Training Foundation outlining latest news and support programmes for the FE and skills sector. The Centres for Excellence in Maths (CfEM) monthly newsletter for April has also been published, providing updates...
by Sarah Sawyer | Apr 30, 2020 | Uncategorised
SCTP member, Elite Pathways, are a Sport and Active Leisure based sub-contractor delivering a range of qualifications under both the traineeship and study programme banner. In 2019/2020 they have delivered 200 traineeships and 250 study programmes and as part of their...
by Sarah Sawyer | Apr 30, 2020 | Uncategorised
The DfE has published guidance on temporary changes to education, health and care (EHC) legislation during the COVID-19 outbreak. Some aspects of the law on EHC needs assessments and plans are changing temporarily to give local authorities, health commissioning...
by Sarah Sawyer | Apr 30, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) has announced that it has refreshed its panel of apprentices with 20 new recruits joining six existing members staying on for a second year. The panel provide the IfATE with insight into the experiences...
by Sarah Sawyer | Apr 30, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Office for Students has published a briefing note highlighting practical and innovative ways that universities and colleges have been changing their work to support student mental health.
