Alan Taws

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Alan Taws commented,

It would seem a simple thing for the ESFA to class c...

It would seem a simple thing for the ESFA to class core aims with the withdrawal reason 41 as retained.

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Alan Taws commented,

If the ESFA was going to be fair about it, instead o...

If the ESFA was going to be fair about it, instead of resorting to the "sometimes you win, sometimes lose" argument, they would remove the requirement to reduce the planned hours or remove the hit ...

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Alan Taws commented,

see guidance extract below - taken from Apprenticesh...

see guidance extract below - taken from Apprenticeship gateway and resits for end-point assessment (EPA) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) This seems to be saying that in order to agree the learner can go to G...

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Alan Taws commented,

I also think the term "successfully completed" is ma...

I also think the term "successfully completed" is making a clear distinction - i.e. this requirement to reduce hours shouldn't apply to withdrawals and I'd guess it doesn't apply precisely because ...

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Alan Taws commented,

Hi Steve When I look in FIS access.mdb export (Rule...

Hi Steve When I look in FIS access.mdb export (Rulebase FM25 table) I can see that our learners in this scenario, flagged as withdrawal/transfers, are counted as not retained. Maybe this is just a ...

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Alan Taws commented,

What if the learner withdraws from their Study Progr...

What if the learner withdraws from their Study Programme in order to transfer to Apprenticeships i.e. they are not an early completer and therefore not retained for 16-19s funding purposes and ther...

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Alan Taws commented,

Guidance states that if a 16-19 learner withdraws fr...

Guidance states that if a 16-19 learner withdraws from the institution entirely after the 6 weeks qualifying period then there is no need to change the planned hours claim. But what if the learner ...

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Apprenticeships technical funding guide

Do the ESFA still publish a proper technical spec showing how each field and derived variable is used -or is there just the simple version at Apprenticeship technical funding guide - GOV.UK (www.go...

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CDF Industry Placements 2020/21

I'm just reading the guidance at Industry placements: capacity and delivery fund (CDF) for providers delivering in 2020 to 2021 academic year - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) and there's a sentence... "Those ...