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"I
am delighted to be able to sponsor and publish this book on
funding and I am confident it will prove an invaluable resource
for you, our centres. We all know that an effective understanding
of funding can have a huge impact in determining the successful
running of a college and in turn the educational performance
of the learners within it. We are committed to supporting our
centres, constantly innovating to provide a better service,
and this book, alongside the LSC guidance, helps you understand
funding for the broad range of post-16 provision on offer to
your learners." Jerry Jarvis, Managing Director, Edexcel |
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"Lewisham
College is proud to be behind the publication of this book which
will help our sector navigate their way through the emerging
complexity at this time of change. As a college we recognise
the importance of being both clear in purpose and outstanding
in results. This book is a resource which enables Lewisham College
to not only deliver the outstanding successes that we are known
for, it also helps us to do it with intelligence and sensitivity.
We are glad to have it." Dame Ruth Silver, Principal, Lewisham College and Chair of the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) |
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"Colleges
will find 2008 a particularly challenging year. Tighter budgets,
ambitious targets, pressure of numbers, new qualifications and
systems re-shaping will all play a part in the interesting times
ahead. Alongside all this colleges will be grappling with the
new funding formula and this book should prove an invaluable
guide. A must have for any one concerned with funding in the
further education system."Julian
Gravatt, Director of Funding and Development, Association of
Colleges (AoC) |
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"The
ALP are delighted that demand-led funding has been agreed as
the right way forward in advancing the Government’s skills
strategy. The expansion of apprenticeships and the additional
Train to Gain flexibilities are also very positive steps and
a significant opportunity for work based learning providers
and the employers they work with. This guide will be welcomed
by our members as the practical approach to funding will help
build their knowledge and understanding in order to respond
to the changing funding system with confidence".
Graham Hoyle, Chief Executive of the Association of
Learning Providers (ALP) |
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"The
new LSC plan led funding system brings with it significant changes
to the way school sixth forms are funded. Amongst the key changes
are a new funding formula using individual school success rates
rather than the national average, a funding cap set at the level
equivalent to 4.25 AS/A levels per student, a change in the
way Additional Learning Support funding is distributed and the
use of retrospective data. This book, which explains the sixth
form funding system in simple and straightforward terms, will
be useful tool for anyone getting to grips with the complex
world of post-16 funding." Malcolm
Trobe, National Council Member (LSC), former President of the
Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), former Headteacher
of Malmesbury School and now Director of Policy for ASCL |
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"Whilst
this book is clearly not associated with, endorsed by, or written
by the LSC, it may well prove to be valuable for those readers
wanting to know where the 08/09 funding system came from, how
the principles work (in some detail) and Nick’s view of
where it is going. Nick is a well respected member of the FE
sector who has an excellent understanding of the funding system
and how it works in practice." Alex Cook, Senior Funding Policy Implementation Manager, Learning and Skills Council (LSC) |
