news - Skills Funding Agency - The Update - Issue 3
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Update
Issue 3
21 April 2010 |
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Welcome
Welcome to the
third edition of Update, our weekly communication to Skills
Funding Agency training organisations.
As explained
in our last update we are currently reconfiguring our
communications contact management system, so are only
sending the Update directly to the senior contact we have
listed for our training organisations.
However we
would like to remind you that, following purdah, colleagues
will be able to view all back copies and the latest version
of Update on the Skills Funding Agency website every
Wednesday afternoon,
click here to be taken to the relevant section of
our website. We apologise for this temporary inconvenience
and request that during the purdah period you forward the
Update to all interested individuals.
If you have any feedback please feel free to get in touch by
emailing
update@skillsfundingagency.bis.gov.uk.
In this edition:
Campaign
Resources Site and Skills Funding Agency brandsite
For
information
From 1 April, the
Campaign Resources Site (CRS) has been managed jointly
by the Skills Funding Agency and the YPLA; there are two new
web addresses, both of which will direct you to the
appropriate CRS.
The CRS contains collateral for
Skills Funding Agency and Young People’s Learning Agency
products such as Educational Maintenance Allowance and
Skills Accounts:
·
www.ypla.gov.uk/campaignresources
·
www.skillsfundingagency.bis.gov.uk/campaignresources
If you are already
registered on the CRS, your username and password will
remain the same. However, if your contact details change
(particularly your email address), please go to the ‘Edit
Profile’ section of the CRS to update them; we can then keep
you informed of any future changes to the CRS. Please note
that the Apprenticeship identity guidelines, logos and other
collateral have been moved from the CRS to the
Apprenticeships
website.
The Skills
Funding Agency Logo and Brand Guidelines can be downloaded
from our brand site:
https://brand.skillsfundingagency.bis.gov.uk/. If you
were a member of the Learning and Skills Council brand site
your log in and password will remain the same.
If you are a
new user there is a short application form to register on
the brand site. It will ask you for an email address of a
Skills Funding Agency ‘Sponsor’, add the email address of your
Account Manager and they will authorise your
request as soon as possible.
If you have
any questions regarding the Skills Funding Agency brand
site, or are having trouble accessing it, call 0845 377
5000.
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Young Person’s Guarantee (YPG) requirement
For
information
As announced
earlier this year, from 26 April 2010 all eligible young
people will be required to take up an offer under the
Guarantee by the 10 month point of their claim. If they do
not take up an offer they will be required to take part in
the Community Task Force, and if they do not take part in
this their benefits may be affected.
For more
information:
http://pfu.skillsfundingagency.bis.gov.uk/updates/
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Young Person's Guarantee (YPG): Work focused Training
For action
Providers
contracted to deliver YPG Work Focused Training are reminded
that the entry in ILR field A09 must be ZSPE0001. Timely
and accurate data is essential for reporting to the
Government and for generating payment. Providers should
ensure that monthly data submissions are revised and brought
up to date as necessary in the next month to ensure payment
for delivery.
More information is available on
the publications area on the Agency’s website
here
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Foundation
Learning Curriculum (FLC) for adults
For
information
A series of
communication documents that set out the Foundation Learning
Curriculum offer for adults are now available on the
publications area of the Agency’s website.
These include:
·
Policy and funding fact sheet
·
2 page summary
·
PowerPoint presentation
·
Questions and Answers
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English for
Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)
For
information
ESOL is an
increasingly important aspect of learning and training
provision, highlighted by the publication of the New
Approach to ESOL document by BIS in September 2009. This
new approach entails local authorities articulating their
local ESOL needs with the support of local providers and
partners. To continue this
work the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills have
written to all local authority Chief Executives and local
authority ESOL leads with an update on how they intend ESOL
work to continue.
These letters
can be viewed at:
·
Letter
to Chief Executives
·
Letter
to ESOL Leads
ESOL providers
should continue to discuss local ESOL needs with their local
authorities.
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Adult
advancement and careers service directory of course
provision workshops - Reminder
For Action
Enrolments for free workshops,
to support providers in their understanding of the
directory of course provision and what will be required
of them, opened last week. Attendance by all providers is
strongly encouraged.
The workshops will be held
throughout May at a number of venues and locations.
Providers are advised to enrol by Friday the 23rd
of April to reserve a workshop place at a time and location
which is convenient for them.
Further information and enrolment
details are here:
http://www.coursedirectoryproviderworkshops.com/
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Useful telephone numbers and websites
For
information
·
National Apprenticeship Service -
08000 150 600
(employers) and
http://www.apprenticeships.org.uk/
·
Learners/individuals – adult advancement and
careers service – 0800 100 900 or
www.careersadvice.direct.gov.uk
·
Employers (up to 5000 employees) – Train to
Gain – 0845 600 9 006 or
www.traintogain.gov.uk
·
Employers (5000+ employees) – National
Employer Service – 024 7682 5815 or
http://skillsfundingagency.bis.gov.uk/employers/
·
Other Skills Funding Agency enquiries –
Switchboard – 0845 377 5000 or
www.skillsfundingagency.bis.gov.uk
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The Skills Funding Agency funds and regulates adult further
education and skills in England.
An agency of the Department for Business, Innovation and
Skills. |
