ESFA Update: 24 May

Latest from ESFA including: 1. Action: 16 to 19 tuition fund 2023 to 2024 claim form. 2. Information: updated college financial benchmarking tool and college accounts dataset. 3. Information: ESFA adult education budget (AEB) funding and performance management rules...

DfE Local Skills Improvement Fund Launched

Local communities across the country are set to get a share of £165 million to transform skills training in their area and help get more people into jobs closer to home. Further education providers are invited to apply for cash from the Local Skills Improvement Fund,...

DWP Peer Mentoring Programme

A new £3.7 million employment programme by the Department of Work and Pensions, is being trialled in 40 Jobcentres across England from May 2023. The programme will see mentors who have overcome drug or alcohol addiction placed in Jobcentres to help others with...

ESFA Update: 17 May

Latest from ESFA including: 1. Action: 16 to 19 tuition fund 2023 to 2024 claim form – deadline 26 May 2023. 2. Information: payment profiles for academic year 2023 to 2024. 3. Information: updated financial assurance – monitoring post-16 funding for 2022 to...

Opportunity to Join the IfATE Board

Recruitment has opened for a non-executive board member to join the board of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE). The position is an opportunity to play a role in the future of apprenticeships and skills training. Applications are...