News

August 2011

  • Innovation Fund Update from DWP
    22/08/2011
    The first of the two Innovation Fund bidding rounds ended on 5 August 2011 and DWP are delighted in the level of interest...
  • Colleges given more freedom to deliver skills for employment and growth
    17/08/2011
     Skills Minister John Hayes today announced greater freedoms for colleges to deliver fully subsidised training to help people on benefits enter employment...
  • New challenges, new chances for adult learning
    17/08/2011
    The Government has launched a consultation setting out proposals that will promote high quality teaching and learning for adults, further free colleges to respond more effectively to the needs of their local communities and strengthen the skills system by securing a fairer balance of investment between learners, employers and taxpayers...
  • Public Disorder - support for business
    12/08/2011
    Vince Cable - Written Ministerial Statement The appalling criminality we have seen across England in recent days has devastated not only local communities but also a very significant number of businesses...
  • Qualification Credit Framework Unit Funding Trials 2010/11
    01/08/2011
    The Skills Funding Agency  would like to remind colleges and training organisations currently taking part in the Qualification Credit Framework unit delivery trial work for 2010/11 that this tranche of the trials finishes on 31 July 2011...
  • Community Grants applications are now open
    01/08/2011
    Applications for the Community Grants programme in the East of England are now open, and should be submitted before 12 August 2011...
  • Is your organisation making staff redundant?
    01/08/2011
    If so, we understand that this may be a difficult time for you, but our Response to Redundancy programme can help you turn misfortune into opportunity...