1. Adult Education, Localism and Me

2. Funding for Adult Learning

3. Biggest Train Set in the World…
(Government likes to play and rearrange!)
Since early 1980s
28 major pieces of legislation related to vocational, FE and skills training
6 different ministerial departments with overall responsibility for education
48 secretaries of state with relevant responsibilities
No organisation set up by Government in FE has survived longer than a decade.
‘All Change’ - Institute for Government March 2017

4. Funding – Who can access it?
Direct – funded providers
Colleges, local authorities, External Institutions – grant
Commercial companies, third sector providers, employers – contract
Subcontractors
Main contractor passes on % of funding (usually retains a %)
All liability rests to ESFA and OfSTed remains with main contractor
Majority route for third sector organisations

5. Joining the party Pre-qualifying
Training Organisation Register
Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers
Compulsory for subcontractors of Apprenticeships and others with >£100k contract
Competitive Procurement for non-grant funding

6. Main funding streams Apprenticeships Advanced Learning Loans
Apprenticeship levy
Non-levy apprenticeship funding
Advanced Learning Loans
Adult Education Budget

7. Adult Education Budget
‘Engage adults and provide the skills and learning they need for work’
Includes flexible programmes (including non-qualification) based to help hard-to-reach learners to:
Engage in learning
Build confidence
Enhance their well-being
Has absorbed former Adult & Community Learning funding

8. Summary of funding eligibility for individual learners:
Provision
19-23 yr olds
24+ unemployed
24+ Other
English & Maths up to and including level 2
Fully funded
Level 2
Co-funded
Learning to progress to Level 2
Level 3
Fully funded (first & full)
Loan funded if already have level 3 or higher
Loan funded
Levels 4, 5 & 6
Traineeship
N/A
English for Speakers of Other languages
Co-funded (Fully funded if unemployed)
Up to level 2 when learner has already achieved at level 2
Apprenticeships
Funded by employer/ESFA

9. Tory Manifesto

10. Localism in the Manifesto
“We are determined to move many of the functions of central government out to cities around Britain where possible... we will support local growth through combined authorities, mayoralties and local enterprise partnerships. We will make each partnership and combined authority responsible for co-ordinating their own local industrial strategy in alignment with our national industrial strategy, bringing together local businesses, political and public sector leaders to drive growth and economic regeneration.”
“We will give local enterprise partnerships greater weight by backing them in law.”

11. “To ensure that further, technical and higher education institutions are treated fairly, we will also launch a major review of funding across tertiary education as a whole, looking at how we can ensure that students get access to financial support that offers value for money, is available across different routes and encourages the development of the skills we need as a country.”
“We will deal with local skills shortages and ensure that colleges deliver the skills required by local businesses through Skills Advisory Panels and Local Enterprise Partnerships working at a regional and local level.”
“We will allow large firms to pass levy funds to small firms in their supply chain, and work with the business community to develop a new programme to allow larger firms to place apprentices in their supply chains.”

12. “We will help all workers seeking to develop their skills in their existing jobs by introducing a new right to request leave for training for all employees. Alongside this, we will help workers to stay in secure jobs as the economy changes by introducing a national retraining scheme. Under the scheme, the costs of training will be met by the government, with companies able to gain access to the Apprenticeship Levy to support wage costs during the training period.”
“We will equip people with the digital skills they need now, and in the future, by introducing a right to lifelong learning in digital skills, just as we have done for literacy and numeracy.”

13. Localism

14. Background Driving Growth by devolving power and influence locally
Combined Authorities & Devolved Powers
Local Enterprise Partnerships
Impact of Heseltine report ‘No stone unturned’

15. Devolution deals

16. For completeness –other devolved funds
City Deals
European Funding
Regional Growth Funds
Apprenticeship Grants for Employers
FE Capital Expenditure

17. Localism and skills – influence
‘Providers must respond to the priorities set by local commissioners and other stakeholders – eg local enterprise partnerships and combined authorities’
Employment & Skills boards and similar – encouraging shared agenda
Shifting emphasis from supply to demand – e.g. Sheffield Skills Bank
Area Review Process

18. Devolving of funding Combined Authorities from August 2018 or later
Only Adult Education Budget being devolved
Tension between central prescription and local ambitions
Different position of grant and contract providers
No plans to devolve outside of CAs at present

19. Local Enterprise Partnerships
Mixture of private sector and public bodies
LEPs influence over skills reinforced by Heseltine report
Given control over European Funding, College Capital and a top-slice from the Adult Skills Budget
Role in Devolved Authorities less clear-cut
No public plans to devolve control of AEB to LEPs outside of CA areas

20. Local Examples London Greater Cambridge City Deal
Control of Adult Education Budget from 2019/2020
Greater influence over Careers Service
Work with Government on Apprenticeship Levy
Skills for London Taskforce
Greater Cambridge City Deal
Skills brokers, Information, Advice
& Guidance, Increasing Apprenticeships

21. Skills for Londoners Taskforce
Terms of Reference
a)  To advise the Mayor of London on priorities and initiatives to ensure all Londoners and London’s businesses can access the skills they need to succeed;
b)  To support the Mayor in developing a city-wide strategic approach to skills, including ongoing strategic oversight of the development of a London Skills Strategy, aligned to the Mayor’s statutory Economic Development Strategy;
c)  To help inform approaches to delivering the Mayor’s manifesto commitments on skills;
d)  To take a strategic view on priorities for capital investment in London’s skills sector, and to advise London’s Local Enterprise Partnership on funding allocations through the Skills for Londoners Capital Programme; and
e)  To provide a powerful advocacy and lobbying voice on skills-related issues in the capital.

22. Membership of Taskforce
Anthony Impey – Anthony is the CEO of Optimity. He has run several programmes to help local young people start careers at thriving tech businesses in East London, and chairs Government’s Apprenticeship Stakeholder Board. 
Asi Panditharatna – Asi is Director of Apprenticeships and Employability at Catch22. He has over 15 years’ experience of managing social regeneration, employability, skills and apprenticeships programmes.
Hang Ho – Hang is the Head of Europe, Middle East and Africa for the JP Morgan Chase Foundation, overseeing work across 17 countries to improve economic inclusion and social mobility.
Ian Ashman – Ian is the President of the Association of Colleges (AoC). He was previously Chair of AoC’s London Regional Committee and Principal of Hackney Community College.
Lubna Hussain – Lubna is an advisor on the Prevent programme for the Department for Education. She was previously vice principal at Newham Sixth Form College and worked as a consultant for a number of skills providers.
Marilyn Hawkins – Marilyn is an Associate FE Commissioner and led the London Area Review. She has many years’ experience in the FE sector including as Principal of Barnet and Southgate College for almost ten years.
Seetha Kumar – Seetha is CEO of Creative Skillset.  She was previously Vice President at Pearson Qualifications International and had a long and successful career at the BBC.
Stephen Evans – Stephen is Chief Executive of the Learning and Work Institute, which he joined from Working Links. Prior to that, he worked at the London Development Agency, the Social Market Foundation and the Treasury.

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