ESFA Update further education: 27 July 2022
Published 27 July 2022
Applies to England
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1. Action: college principals and finance directors’ views needed for research on improving the college forecast financial return (CFFR)
Can you help us improve the CFFR?
We want to improve colleges’ experience of the CFFR.
If you’re a college principal or finance director and you’re involved in preparing or submitting the CFFR, we need your insights so we can understand how the different options we’re considering might impact on you and your college.
Many colleges have recently made valuable contributions to our research into the sector classification review. The CFFR project is another important opportunity to influence our plans and make sure our services meet your needs.
What you can do now:
- book to take part in an online interview, these will run for an hour on Microsoft Teams from 28 July to 9 September 2022. To receive further information and book your interview, you can email us with your availability and preferred times. Comments will be reported anonymously.
- complete a short online survey about your college’s use of the CFFR. It should take no more than 5 minutes and will be open until 31 August 2022
- completing an expression of interest form online to receive information about other research and opportunities
We encourage anyone involved in the CFFR to consider booking an interview and complete the short survey. The information you provide will help us to ensure that we understand everyone’s needs, and to design improvements that meet them.
2. Information: Higher Technical Education Skills Injection Fund launched
We are delighted to announce that the application window for the new HTE Skills Injection Fund, (previously the HTE Provider Growth Fund) is now open until 5 October.
This fund reflects the government’s ambition to grow the provision of high-quality technical level 4/5 qualifications, so that people can gain high level skills in sectors of the economy the country needs to thrive.
The funding, which is up to £32m, is designed to support providers to deliver high quality Higher Technical Education, including the flagship Higher Technical Qualifications (HTQs), in the following routes.
Delivery 2023:
· Digital
· Construction
· Health and Science
Delivery 2024:
· Business and Admin
· Education and Childcare
· Engineering and Manufacturing
· Legal, Finance and Accounting
The purpose of the fund is to help providers invest in industry-standard equipment and develop the business links they need to offer first-rate training that will meet the growing employer demand for skills in these sectors.
Further information on the eligibility criteria and how providers can apply, can be found on GOV.UK.
3. Information: apprenticeship funding rules 2022 to 2023
We have published the apprenticeship funding rules 2022 to 2023 (version 1).
The changes we have made are detailed in the summary of changes which can be found on the apprenticeship funding rules page on GOV.UK.
4. Information: further education (FE) workforce data collection
Following provider feedback, a number of changes have been made to the FE workforce staff record specification 2021 to 2022. These are detailed in the change log.
A correction has also been made to the schema for the FE workforce data collection 2021 to 2022 to allow the minimum occurrences of the ‘ParticipatedInDfEProgrammes’ entity to be zero.
Revised documents have been published on GOV.UK:
- FE workforce staff record specification 2021 to 2022
- Schema for the FE workforce data 2021 to 2022
5. Information: FE workforce governor data collection for FE and sixth-form colleges
Last year the FE workforce governor data collection was launched to support policy development. This year’s collection for the 2021 to 2022 academic year will open on 12 September 2022 and will close on 25 November 2022.
The governor data collected will provide a snapshot of board composition in the FE sector to the Department for Education and used to feedback data to the sector.
A return should be completed for organisations that are FE or sixth-form colleges and receive funding through one or more of the following funding models:
- 16-19 (excluding apprenticeships)
- adult skills
- apprenticeships (from 1 May 2017) including levy funding
- community learning
- European Social Funding (ESF)
- other adult
- other 16 to 19
The governor data collection supporting document 2021 to 2022 can be found on GOV.UK.
The governor data collection is hosted within the Submit learner data (SLD) service. Users will need an IDAMS account and appropriate ‘roles’ assigned to their profile to access the collection. Note the FEW Governor ‘role’ can be assigned to governance professionals or clerks so that access is restricted to just the governor data collection.
For users who do not have an IDAMS account, refer to instructions on how to register for IDAMS.
6. Information: induction for newly qualified teachers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
The previously published allocations for newly qualified teachers completing their induction in summer 2021 and spring 2022 have been updated.
The allocations have been updated to include schools located in the Early Career Framework early roll-out areas of the North East, Greater Manchester, Bradford and Doncaster, which did not take part in this programme but are eligible for the additional funding for newly qualified teachers who completed induction between summer 2021 and spring 2022.
7. Information: new medical doctor degree apprenticeship launched
People wanting to train as a doctor could achieve their degree by an apprenticeship route from September 2023, which aims to widen access and participation in undergraduate medical education and deliver better care to patients through a diverse workforce that is more representative of local communities.
The medical doctor degree apprenticeship involves the same training, at the same high standard as traditional educational routes.
Apprentices will complete all elements of medical education, academic and practical, including a medical degree, the Medical Licensing Assessment and meet all requirements set out by the General Medical Council and will be able to earn a wage while they study.
Read more about the medical doctor degree apprenticeship on the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education’s website.
8. Your feedback: review of how skills training serves the legal, finance and accounting professions
The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) has launched a major review of how skills training serves the legal, finance and accounting professions.
We want to make sure that apprenticeships and wider technical education, including T Levels and Higher Technical Qualifications, work for everyone regardless of the size and location of businesses and diverse background of trainees.
They should fulfil businesses’ current and future skills needs and support sustainability, social mobility, and inclusion.
It is also vital to make sure that we are giving the people doing the training highly relevant skills that are needed by employers and will launch them into long and successful careers.
IfATE will ask about all of this and more in a public consultation, supporting the route review launch, which will run until 30 September.
Read more on IfATE’s website.