Ben James

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Ben James commented,

Withdrawn. The only instance where a partial achieve...

Withdrawn. The only instance where a partial achievement is required is as described below: Code 2 'Partial achievement' should only be used for prescribed HE learning aims where the learner has ac...

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Ben James commented,

The calculation was derived from 35.2 of the funding...

The calculation was derived from 35.2 of the funding rules which advises that to calculate a price reduction you need to: Identify the number of hours you're reducing the off-the-job expectation b...

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Ben James commented,

This will depend on what the funding band max is for...

This will depend on what the funding band max is for the standard your apprentice is on. Without knowing this, I have included calculations below which shows what the expected reduction would be, b...

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Ben James commented,

If another provider had already claimed funding abo...

If another provider had already claimed funding above the reduction applied, would that be the amount being shown? Yes, sorry, this would likely also trigger the issue. This is on the basis that,...

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Ben James commented,

I think this field triggers for a couple of reasons....

I think this field triggers for a couple of reasons. If you record a total price (TNP1+2) which is more than the funding band max, or If after recording a residual price (TNP3+4), the sum of previ...

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Ben James commented,

Martin Locock  80% of the total overall price (not ...

Martin Locock  80% of the total overall price (not just the training price) is split into on programme payments. The remaining 20% is completion. How this is split by TNP1 / TNP2 is immaterial. 

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Ben James commented,

I'm hoping it's by accident and not design.. otherwi...

I'm hoping it's by accident and not design.. otherwise it goes some way to completely defeating the point of Communities. I only ever search for peer-led posts too. *Crosses fingers*

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New communities 'search'

People will doubtless have already noticed that when searching in Communities now you (finally) have the ability to do some rudimentary filtering. It's not perfect, by any means, but it's a start. ...

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Ben James commented,

Generally speaking wouldn't recommend a space as it ...

Generally speaking wouldn't recommend a space as it may interact weirdly with databases. Would suggest using a hyphen over repeating their first name. Slightly less ambiguous.

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Ben James commented,

Rajvinder Lotay / Chris Bennett Did either if you m...

Rajvinder Lotay / Chris Bennett Did either if you manage to resolve your respective issues? Encountering similar and thought I'd check before speaking to the desk personally. Mightily frustrating.