Member Publications - Connect
Connect is available to download here.
Member Publications - Sector Connect
Sector Connect is available to download here.
Member Showcase
We are introducing a new free service - 'Member Showcase'. This will appear first in Connect #100, and then be updated in subsequent issues. We will also provide a dedicated presence on the AELP homepage with a link to this specially created Member Showcase page - at no charge!
QCF Unit Funding Trials
This page contains the evaluation of the Unit Funding Trials that a small group of independent training providers took part in between May and July 2011 plus a Guide to Funding Unit Delivery. The funding guide is designed to support providers in the utilisation of funding and the management of employer investment for the delivery of QCF units. It includes case studies featuring 6 of the providers who took part in the trials.
Qualification and Credit Framework (QCF)
This page contains a range of materials designed to support providers with the implementation of the QCF, including a guide called Making the Most of the Qualifications and Credit Framework. This new resource will help providers use the framework so that it brings real benefits to the learners and employers they work with and in doing so will help them develop their businesses. It contains audio files of conversations with 3 providers in which they describe their experiences of using the framework to develop flexible, accessible programmes of learning.
HR Forum
The HR Forum Topic Page aims to support the activities of ALP’s HR Forum. The HR Forum has been set up to support Members, both large and small, in the development of their HR practices.
Equality & Diversity
This topic section aims to provide useful information and links regarding Equality and Diversity policy and issues likely to be of interest for members.
This will include information on Equality and Diversity projects that ALP are directly involved in or where ALP are able to signpost members to partner organisations that can provide useful information and support to learning and skills sector providers.
Strategic leadership in work-based learning – new support materials
In today’s world of reform and challenge to the skills system, effective leadership at senior level is critical to the success of training providers and other organisations in the skills landscape. A new set of support materials for board directors and trustees will help provider boards and board members to become fully aware of their responsibilities and carry out their roles effectively.
The Learning and Skills Improvement Service
The Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) is the sector-owned body that aims to accelerate the drive for excellence in the further education and skills sector in England.
Minimum Contract Levels (MCL)
As part of the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) efficiency saving s from 1st August 2011 SFA will no longer contract directly with providers who hold ‘small contracts’. The minimum contract level (MCL) will be confirmed at the end of November when the Skills Investment Strategy is published. ALP anticipates that the MCL for 2011/2012 contracts will be set at around £500,000. This will have a direct effect on 625 providers who are likely to no longer be able to contract directly with the SFA. ALP anticipates that the MCL will be raised year on year over the next four years to a level which will be announced in the Skills Investment Strategy.