sfa funding 2014-2015
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Dan Taubman, until recently of UCU, gives us an update of news about fundingTRANSCRIPT
SFA Funding 2014-2015
• Details from BIS publication ‘Skills Funding Statement 2013-2016
• Headlines Adult Skills Budget cut from £2.4b 2013-14 to £2.25b 2014-15 8.5% cut Cut from £2.25b to £2b 2014-15 11% cut
MeanwhileEmployer Ownership 59.5% increase 2014-1524+ Loans 208% increase 2014-15
SFA Funding 2014-2015
Priorities and direction of travel
• Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) increasingly important with Strategic Economic Growth Plans. Colleges will have to work to these
• Providers being encouraged to be less reliant on govt funding and more responsive to local employers and local markets
• English and Maths requirement for 16-18, apprenticeships and Traineeships. Learners have to be enrolled on level higher than the one they are initially assessed at.
• Increased conditionality from DWP. Claimants to be screen and then those ‘with poor spoken English’ referred for initial assessment by providers. £30m additional funds for ESOL 2014-14 and £45m 2015-16. Goes to those providers with more than 500 ESOL starts 2013-14
SFA Funding 2014-2015
Priorities and direction of travel (contd)
• Community Learning not cut So still £210m
• New performance measures. 3 core measures
Destination either further learning or employment Progression in learning Earnings change
SFA Funding 2014-2015
New Funding methodology from Sept 2013
• Based on Qualification and Credit Framework credits then linked to guided learning hours
• Certain qualifications have fixed learning band and consequently guided learning hours
• 2 ESOL qualifications: ESOL certificate - 101-196 glh and ESOL Award Speaking and listening – 37-100 glh
• Funding rates (what is actual cash price) Award £336 per student. Certificate £724 per student
• But last year told by SFA Director of Funding at House of Commons meeting autumn 2013 that there would be no change for ESOL for 2 years. So we should have a year of no change.