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Skills Funding Agency (for adult learning) and a Young People’s Funding Agency

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30 March 2010

The Learning and Skills Council is abolished from April 1 2010 and replaced by the Skills Funding Agency (for adult learning) http://skillsfundingagency.bis.gov.uk/ and a Young People’s Funding Agency http://www.ypla.gov.uk/ From 1 April 2010, the Skills Funding Agency will fund and regulate adult further education and skills in England. The Government announced its changes to the way young people and adults were to be funded in the future in their strategy document 'Raising Expectations: enabling the system to deliver' the Government published in March 2008. It set out proposals for transforming the post-19 skills system and creating a new Skills Funding Agency(SFA). Minister Kevin Brennan said 'The Skills Funding Agency is not a planning agency, but a funding agency that will take its lead from individuals and employers. In response to their demand for skills it will swiftly and efficiently route funding directly to colleges and training organisations. To help secure our economic future its strategic priorities will recognise those industries which have high potential for growth and incentivise those choices which drive growth. The Skills Funding Agency will support easy access and support to learning through four key channels. -The Adult Advancement and Careers Service will provide people with information on what learning is available and how to access it. - The National Apprenticeship Service will promote apprenticeships and provide support for employers and apprentices throughout their learning. - Train to Gain - National Employer Service will provide specialised learning to meet the needs of employers. Most learners and employers will continue to access publicly and privately funded learning through direct contact with colleges and training organisations". Issue 1 Update 7 April 2010 http://readingroom.skillsfundingagency.bis.gov.uk/sfa/skills_funding_agency_-_update_-_issue_1-1.pdf This Guidance Note is the third in a series of Skills Funding Agency communications to the sector. This will inform ongoing discussions between colleges and training organisations and shadow Skills Funding Agency account management teams, as part of the funding allocations process for 2010/11. http://readingroom.skillsfundingagency.bis.gov.uk/sfa/guidance_note_3-april2010-v1-1.pdf QCF Qualifications Confirmed for Public Funding. http://skillsfundingagency.bis.gov.uk/publications/latest/Detail.htm?id=e0764513-8a26-4473-b569-f48a91124bd2 This list identifies the qualifications within the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) that have been confirmed as appropriate for public funding in Adult Learner Responsive and Train to Gain for the remainder of 2009/10 and 2010/11.

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