Stephen Beckingham

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Stephen Beckingham commented,

Thanks Steve. Although we're not a border college, w...

Thanks Steve. Although we're not a border college, we are specialist land-based hence why people come from far and wide, which feels like justification (especially as it's only one learner). ZZ99 i...

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ASF - learners in Wales

Hi, We've got one learner out of our whole ASF provision, that lives in Wales. The ASF rules suggest that, providing numbers are not significant, and that we're not actively recruiting from that ar...

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Qual as part of a bootcamp

As one part of one of our bootcamps we are delivering a qual (610/4655/3). This doesn't have category 62 attached to it so causes an error if we try to FM37 it. Are we missing something? Should we ...

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Stephen Beckingham commented,

That's ok unless it comes in at R14, at which point ...

That's ok unless it comes in at R14, at which point it's too late. But I was thinking about this again yesterday - surely the completion payment only triggers if the co-investment is up-to-date at ...

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Levy employers out of funds

Hi, I'm aware that when levy employers run out of funds we are expected to collect 5% co-investment from them for the relevant months. But what if this only happens in the final month when the comp...

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Had a reply from the DfE helpdesk: Thank you for yo...

Had a reply from the DfE helpdesk: Thank you for your enquiry. Yes, the private pension is included as part of their earnings. A learner who is earning under this threshold can be fully funded if t...

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Yes, that's the point I'd got to. Is it too much to ...

Yes, that's the point I'd got to. Is it too much to ask the ESFA to spell this stuff out?

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ASF funding - pensions

Hi, What are we currently thinking in terms of funding those who are unemployed, not on benefits, but claiming a (non-state) employment pension (either above or below £25K)? This is for a L2 local ...

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Stephen Beckingham commented,

Hi, Good work! Am I right in thinking we might stil...

Hi, Good work! Am I right in thinking we might still be missing AQA results? Any idea when more will be available? Thanks Stephen

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Stephen Beckingham commented,

Thanks everyone, that's really helpful

Thanks everyone, that's really helpful