Advice and support

RPA members – if an incident were to happen, is your school cyber secure and are you covered?

Katy O’Connor, RPA Future Projects Strategy and Delivery Lead, 6 February 2023 - Advice and support

In April 2022 the department included cyber cover as part of its Risk Protection Arrangement (RPA). We are almost a year on and Katy O’Connor, RPA Future Projects Strategy and Delivery Lead thought it was a good time to check in and see if all members are taking full advantage of this vital cover.

Join a new training pilot to help you manage your contracts and maximise your budget

Charlene Pink, Innovation Lead, DfE, 24 January 2023 - Advice and support, Services, Uncategorized

Charlene Pink is an Innovation Lead at the Department for Education and is currently working on a project which aims to give those who buy for their school the knowledge, skills and confidence to do so as effectively as they can. In this blog post, Charlene highlights a new training pilot which launches in February 2023.

It’s never too early to start planning when buying for your school

Peter McMullan, Senior Category Manager at the Crescent Purchasing Consortium (part of the CPL Group), 14 July 2022 - Advice and support

Peter looks at the importance of planning ahead when buying for your school and why you don’t necessarily need to wait for the school holidays to make big changes.

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