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Further Education Funding Overview Masterclass

This one-day masterclass, delivered by Mick Fletcher, Policy Consultant to the Campaign for Learning, will provide participants with an overview of the funding arrangements for the FE sector, describe how they have developed and assess how they are likely to evolve in the future. The session will cover the funding of institutions and financial support for individual students. 

In particular the master class will provide delegates with an understanding of the following topics:

■ Eligibility for funding – which programmes and which individuals can be supported from public funds
■ Rates of funding - how much funding do specific programmes attract and how is this determined
■ Priorities and allocations - how are the budgets for individual institutions determined
■ The discretionary learner support funds (dLSF) and other arrangements for financial support

The session will consider both the arrangements for young people, managed by the YPLA and for adults, managed by SFA.

Who is the master class for? 

■ Policy advisers and practitioners in government or national agencies
■ Staff in local authorities with a role in 14-19 education
■ Those recently recruited to a post in a college of further education
■ Staff in voluntary organisations funded through the FE funding stream

Mick Fletcher is an education consultant specialising in the planning and funding of post-14 learning, and a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Education, University of London. He has worked at a national level in the further education system for over 25 years and until 2006 was the research manager at the Learning and Skills Development Agency (LSDA) responsible for their suite of projects on funding and related issues in the sector. Prior to that he had worked as a college lecturer, as a local authority education officer and as Head of Training at the national FE management centre, Coombe Lodge.

 
 
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