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Those YPLA funding slides in full
The YPLA have begun their funding 2011/12 briefings, and the full set of PDF slides used at the London briefing can be downloaded from here: http://tinyurl.com/4w74tb9

16-18 Funding Summit – not an event to miss!
The 16-18 Funding Summit is now confirmed for Tuesday 8th February 2011 at the new 4* Casa Hotel in Chesterfield. This will be a must-attend event, particularly for those colleges who are looking for advice on how to manage the 74% reduction in entitlement hours. It will be a unique opportunity to hear from the senior national YPLA funding team, during the allocations process. The changes for 2011/12 are particularly important now, as they will increasingly ‘bite’ as transitional protection fades away over the next three years.

Find out more and book your place here: http://tinyurl.com/37sq86h

The day rate can be reduced by £50 by using the promotional code LSECT50 before the end of this week. Also, I am hoping that some, like me, will come for dinner and stay the night before. It will be a great opportunity to network and share thoughts at this outstanding hotel.

The hotel is just of the M1 (J29) and there is plenty of parking, else it is £5 in a taxi from Chesterfield Railway Station.

Skills Funding Agency funding slides
The SFA have also begun their funding 2011/12 briefings, and the full set of Power Point slides can be downloaded from here: http://tinyurl.com/69z4ad4

New free ILR Utility
Lsect has just release a free MS Access tool which produces reports when you import a Learner Information Suite, Learner Responsive, Individualised Learner Record, Database (LIS LR ILR DB). Version 1 contains a single report, which produces a report predicting the impact of ESOL funding rate cuts in 2011/12 based on the most recent full year of data (2009/10). Click here to find out more and use this free tool: http://tinyurl.com/5shjst2

If you are a provider with an ILR F05 for 2009/10, and have the time to run the ILR Utility report today, it would be useful if you were to email me a copy. I will then include the findings in my presentation at the ESOL Funding Summit on Wednesday.

ESOL Funding Cuts impact survey
If you deliver ESOL provision, I would be most grateful if you could complete this short (10 question) online survey today: http://tinyurl.com/6lyv5dj

Results from the survey completed today will be included in my presentation at the ESOL Funding Summit on Wednesday. However, the survey will remain open for two weeks.

One week change request consultation for ILR 2011/12
The information authority (IA) are consulting on a number of late changes to the 2011/12 ILR that have been requested by the funding agencies to “support essential changes to deliver policies announced through recent publications such as the Skills Investment Strategy.”

Read more and and respond here: http://tinyurl.com/68f4cpq

Seven change requests have been received in total, and responses are needed very quickly (by 17.00 on Monday 17 January 2011). I would encourage you to take a look at the potential new requirements, and provide the IA with your response (they may reject the request!).

Kind regards,

Nick
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