Ruth Canham-James

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Ruth Canham-James commented,

Dianna Surman Agreed. It's a very grey area. We'd ta...

Dianna Surman Agreed. It's a very grey area. We'd take length of time overseas and intent to return into consideration. I've had friends work overseas for four years, with every intention of return...

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Ruth Canham-James commented,

Yes, I just checked and we've done that several time...

Yes, I just checked and we've done that several times (had a FS start date after the Programme aim EED, and a later FS EED) and it's fine. It shouldn't happen if all the checks are done up front, b...

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Ruth Canham-James commented,

I guess you mean it has a new LARS code, not just a ...

I guess you mean it has a new LARS code, not just a new version number? You can always change Standard if you want, you'd just have to do a Skills Scan again and treat it as brand new, as if you we...

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Ruth Canham-James commented,

It depends how old they are. If they were 19+ at sta...

It depends how old they are. If they were 19+ at start date then yes, they're not funded. If they were 16-18 at the start date, they're very likely funded, see paragraph 294 (mistakenly labelled as...

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Ruth Canham-James commented,

The are FRM rows that are definitely wrong, but can'...

The are FRM rows that are definitely wrong, but can't be validation errors as they require comparison with more than just an isolated ILR. Like FRM06 - "Continuing learners from last academic year ...

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Ruth Canham-James commented,

I'd just ask ESFA. They might give you special permi...

I'd just ask ESFA. They might give you special permission to put in a PMR record that never really happened. I've had permission to do odd things like that before now.

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Ruth Canham-James commented,

Our Exec/Finance would have concerns if there was a ...

Our Exec/Finance would have concerns if there was a big hole in the R04 funding! I have no expectation that ESFA will provide a solution before then, so I'm planning to calculate how much funding w...

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Ruth Canham-James commented,

I wouldn't trust any response from the general helpd...

I wouldn't trust any response from the general helpdesk, I find it very unlikely they'll know what to do with this. I've had a query in with the team actually dealing with Project S for a number of...

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Ruth Canham-James commented,

Take out completely. PSM Data Management Principles:...

Take out completely. PSM Data Management Principles: Principle 1: The ILR must accurately describe the provision delivered to each learner The data you record on the ILR must accurately reflect th...

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Ruth Canham-James commented,

Yes, we do that. Take the WEX aim out of the ILR, bu...

Yes, we do that. Take the WEX aim out of the ILR, but retain the hours if we know they did alternative EEP activity. It's all one homogeneous EEP value in the ILR, so it doesn't matter where it sit...