Steve Hewitt

MIS and Funding specialist with over 20 years of experience! Remembers submitting funding returns on floppy disks through the post...

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Steve Hewitt commented,

Yeah, just take the FS out for R03 then, no problem ...

Yeah, just take the FS out for R03 then, no problem to pop it back in next month.

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Steve Hewitt commented,

Yup, saw this pop up the other week and raised it. ...

Yup, saw this pop up the other week and raised it. You *are* compliant with the Funding Rules as written, it's just the Validation Rules taking time to catch up for some reason. Usually in these ci...

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Steve Hewitt commented,

Just had a check and... we did not put the "correct"...

Just had a check and... we did not put the "correct" RPL in AS for the learner I mentioned above! I mean, I don't think it "matters", the Price Reduction matched to the TNPs which is the only thing...

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Steve Hewitt commented,

Um, no? Not to my knowledge anyway? We've been paid ...

Um, no? Not to my knowledge anyway? We've been paid for her (not much), that's all I care about!!!

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Steve Hewitt commented,

In reply to Jason Poole · View original comment Hi J...

In reply to Jason Poole · View original commentHi Jason Thanks for this. Won't show up in anything we can see by submitting now as it's only in the Period End Reports. Lets hope the fixes work for ...

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Steve Hewitt commented,

Sounds like an issue with your software supplier, bu...

Sounds like an issue with your software supplier, but short answer is "yes", exclude them if all of the dates are in 25/26. Would check you've got matching Original Start Dates on the return from B...

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Steve Hewitt commented,

Yes, I've logged a call (1670319 with the AS help de...

Yes, I've logged a call (1670319 with the AS help desk). No, I've not had a proper response. It's being looked at by the specialist support team was the last I've heard. I pointed out in no uncerta...

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Steve Hewitt commented,

(we've checked and these are real humans sending the...

(we've checked and these are real humans sending these replies from the Service Desk, by the way, even if they do sound like they are very much spat out of an LLM...)

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Steve Hewitt commented,

It is CATEGORICALLY Option A. There is NO SUCH THING...

It is CATEGORICALLY Option A. There is NO SUCH THING as a quick learner any more, any start after 1 Sept 2025 MUST meet the Skills England minimum OTJ (minus RPL) for the Standard, regardless of ho...

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Steve Hewitt commented,

There never is. The post here SHOULD have been "the...

There never is. The post here SHOULD have been "there will be a 24 hour extension, please try again in the morning" but no chance...