From FE Week: The chief executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) will step down when his contract is up, FE Week understands. In an email seen by this paper, the headhunters Gatenby…
From FE Week: The ESFA will shortly “clarify” what appears to be a contradiction in its off-the-job training policy, its director of apprenticeships has said. Providers were left baffled after the agency updated its “apprenticeship off…
From FE Week: FE providers have been urged to “blow their own trumpet more” after research found they have developed a “victim mentality” because they have been “unfairly blamed for deficiencies in a highly complicated system”….
From FE Week: A member of the Commons Public Accounts Committee has “serious concerns” about the government allocating one provider up to £40 million in nine months to teach a controversial management consultancy apprenticeship. Layla Moran,…
Minutes and papers from the Members’ meeting held on 21 March 2019 Minutes 21 March 2019 NSN – 21.03.19 ESFA – 21 March 2019 NCFE Functional Skills Reform Update – NELP Mar 19 Functional Skills Session…
Facilitated by: Richard Moore Solutions Date: Tuesday, 9 April 2019 | Time: 10.30 am – 11.30 am BST | Location: online This webinar tell you all you need to know about how to try and ensure…
The ESFA has appointed a new provider to deliver the Student Bursary Support Service (SBSS). The SBSS is the online service that administers the Care to Learn scheme and claims for students in defined vulnerable groups…
Thank you to those providers participating in the Career Learning Pilot (CLP). The pilot is helping to inform the development of the National Retraining Scheme, by testing the extent to which funding and messaging can be…
The ESFA have updated the apprenticeships off-the-job training guidance to include additional information and answers to frequently asked questions. They have also published the first version of a compliant commitment statement template, in response to a…
The ESFA have published new guidance for training providers, employers and apprentices about the need for, and importance of, recognition of prior learning. The apprenticeship funding rules state that the training provider must assess the individual’s…
