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FE loans – what do you think?

By Nicola Hughes, Communications Leader, Thursday 09 August 2012

Nicola Hughes

It’s recently been announced that from August 2013, learners aged 24+ who’d like to do a Level 3 or above qualification will need to use an ‘FE loan’ to fund this. At present, the government subsidises FE courses for adults by up to 50%. The new loans will be available for those resident in the UK, who’ve not previously had a loan to do the same type and level of qualification (learners can have up to 4 loans consecutively).  A learner’s loan will cover the cost of the qualification or components of the apprenticeship but won’t include living costs or materials.

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Funding changes – hiding the wiring?

By Lindsay Plumpton, Communications Leader, Thursday 26 July 2012

Lindsay Plumpton

You will have seen in recent weeks the usual media coverage of challenges facing the education sector in the UK; Michael Gove’s numerous announcements, comments regarding the merit of some of the qualifications on offer and changes to the funding system.   The most recent of these was the Education Funding Agency’s 16-19 Funding Formula Review published earlier this month.  The review outlines how the Department for Education and the Education Funding Agency (EFA) plans to fund 16-19 year old students from September 2013, with all full time programmes to be funded at a single funding rate per student, per year.   

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Funding rates for Functional Skills in 2013/14

By Lindsay Plumpton, Communications Leader, Tuesday 10 July 2012

Lindsay Plumpton

With just 2 months to go until the switch from Key Skills to Functional Skills, many of you will be taking steps in preparation for this important transition - putting delivery models and policies in place, contextualising Functional Skills to different sector areas, thinking about learner activities, assessment, teaching and learning methods. As Functional Skills are the words on everyone’s lips, it seems fitting that the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has recently announced the rates for Functional Skills in the new streamlined funding system for adult learning.

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