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Functional skills funding - Apprenticeship transfer
Hoping to confirm my thoughts. An apprentice transfers to another provider having already started work on their FSkills. New provider is entitled to claim the full FS funding as we would have no wa...
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Yeah that's how our programme designer explained it ...
Yeah that's how our programme designer explained it too which made sense but I just wanted to gather a few opinions on it. As long as its clear it was part of the session and not just standalone as...
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MCQ's and OTJ
What are peoples views on MCQ's for OTJ?We are looking at a new learning system which will allow the learner to complete some learning through the system, the system will time stamp the time spent ...
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Wow, this must be the quickest reply from the servic...
Wow, this must be the quickest reply from the service desk I have had. They came back to me 2 days later to say they will count against us if we close them down as withdrawals due to the hybrid yea...
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QAR guidance historic BIL
I have identified a few learners who went on a break in learning with an actual end of 2017. These learners never returned but I have discovered they are still in our MI system and the system has r...
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Your not alone Cheryl. Only advise I can give is s...
Your not alone Cheryl. Only advise I can give is set out expectations at the start so employers are aware they must sign these reviews. If you system allows, have more than one person set up so if...
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Hi Twain, No only the remaining funding will be ava...
Hi Twain, No only the remaining funding will be available for you to claim. If you put the full funding in the costs you will only actually get paid whatever is left of the funding band. It will sh...
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We do record them as BILs and were advised to do so ...
We do record them as BILs and were advised to do so by an auditor. If the learner is not making any progress and not involved in learning they expected them to be put on a BIL. When they return yo...
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Hi Stephanie die you ever get an answer to this? The...
Hi Stephanie die you ever get an answer to this? The ILR spec says its not required for Apps on ACT1 however I know its something Ofsted look for so we continue to record it with no issues but inte...