The Skills Funding Statement is published annually and depicts the funding and budgetary priorities of the government for the FE and skills sector. This instalment relates to the 2014-2015 financial year. Following the release of the Skills Funding Statement 2013-2016, we have pulled together some of the most important information with regards to Functional Skills. [...]
According to Mrs Truss, Chinese teachers are "more effective" than their British counterparts and their methods must be brought back to "stagnated" schools in the UK. She says that the “Shanghai method” should be brought in to improve Britain’s schools, and excuses should not be made for falling behind the levels of the “East”. The [...]
Following last year’s survey by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee is scrutinising the standards of adult English and maths. Evidence suggests that England and Northern Ireland are falling behind many countries in terms of literacy and numeracy levels. The committee, who met for the first time [...]
National Apprenticeship Service figures from the start of the academic year show that there are, on average, twelve applicants for every apprenticeship advertised in the UK. Despite a 24% rise in openings for the same period the previous year, apprenticeship vacancies are still massively oversubscribed. With over 460,000 applications, there were just 37,410 available vacancies [...]