Coronavirus (COVID-19) Businesses and Employers Bulletin – 29 January 2021 This bulletin is issued by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and provides the latest information for employers and businesses on coronavirus (COVID-19). All…
The role of flexible work: tackling unemployment, aiding retention and supporting progression Webinar | Monday 1 March 2021 | 10.30 – 11.30am The lack of high quality flexible job opportunities acts as a barrier for many people…
The AELP Spring Conference for Practitioners 2021 is ideally timed after the Chancellor’s Budget and the recent Skills for Jobs white paper to allow for providers to be informed and ready for the challenges ahead. Taking…
The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) has been commissioned by the Department for Education (DfE) to pilot a new programme of online professional development for the further education apprenticeship workforce in England. The programme will be…
The Get Help with Technology programme is being extended to support disadvantaged students in further education to access remote education. FE providers will be eligible to receive devices where they have students that are aged 16-19…
The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) has published an updated third version of the Traineeship Delivery Framework, coinciding with the announcement of a £1,000 cash boost for employer choosing to take on new trainees. This…
Gillian Keegan MP, apprenticeship and skills minister, has confirmed that employers will be able to apply for a £1000 cash boost to help them take on new trainees. The scheme will support young people to gain…
The Prime Minister has confirmed that schools and FE providers will not return to full face-to-face education after the February half-term and that the current attendance restrictions will remain in place until 8 March 2021 at…
There are two programmes being rolled out under the National Skills Fund relating respectively to the Level 3 Adult Offer and Skills Bootcamps. The deadline for bids for funding in the 2021/2022 financial year is on…
The Department for Education (DfE) published a series of data on apprenticeships, including on employer incentives and levy numbers (Apprenticeships and traineeships, Academic Year 2020/21 – Explore education statistics – GOV.UK (explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk)). The latest data on the…
