Timmo
Have worked with ESFA training programme software for over 25 years. Formerly a senior training consultant for PICS with Pellcomp/Advanced, now available for freelance/contract work.
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Timmo commented,
Thinking further, I'm not sure what happens if you r...
Thinking further, I'm not sure what happens if you record the learner aims in PICS as ACT1L. The L/N suffix is only used by PICS and not exported in the ILR, so it has no impact with ESFA or AS. Th...
Timmo commented,
For reporting purposes you can create a local field ...
For reporting purposes you can create a local field in PICS to identify any value in a report output but this wouldn't prevent the learners being included in the front page validation figures. Or I...
Timmo commented,
In PICS the only way to identify if a learner is lev...
In PICS the only way to identify if a learner is levy or non-levy is to select that value specifically - provider MI systems have no direct access to the AS to be able to determine this (although i...
Timmo commented,
Planned Learning Hours are captured per learner per ...
Planned Learning Hours are captured per learner per year, rather than at aim level: https://guidance.submit-learner-data.service.gov.uk/24-25/ilr/entity/Learner/field/PlanLearnHours. Aim dates rema...
Timmo commented,
Sarah Gill Just to confirm, are you saying that thes...
Sarah Gill Just to confirm, are you saying that these learners left in 22/23 but were not uploaded in the ILR to ESFA as leavers in that year, hence why they show as BIL or In learning? If so and y...
Timmo commented,
Andrew Traynor Forgot to subscribe myself to the top...
Andrew Traynor Forgot to subscribe myself to the topic so I missed your question. I agree with what Becky has put (that the TNP for 19/20 starts includes the amount over the funding cap) but can't ...
Timmo commented,
I don't know if it applies in this case but back in ...
I don't know if it applies in this case but back in the 19/20 academic year (when your learner started) the full delivery cost for training was entered against TNP1. This changed in the 22/23 year ...
Timmo commented,
The technical specifications in https://www.gov.uk/g...
The technical specifications in https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/qualification-achievement-rates-2022-to-2023? explain the principles behind this and give some worked examples, e.g. see p...
Timmo commented,
Not had to deal with this but I would say the 30-day...
Not had to deal with this but I would say the 30-day limit in para 102 is primarily intended to ensure providers don't hold on to the payments unnecessarily when they already hold bank details for ...
Timmo commented,
Every Standard has a last date for new starts (not r...
Every Standard has a last date for new starts (not restarts), as per example below. Have a look for the Standard in https://submit-learner-data.service.gov.uk/find-a-learning-aim/ and see what date...