Last week, the Department of Health and Social Care announced that all 16 and 17-year-olds can now book their first COVID-19 vaccination appointment online. If you are aged 16 or over, you can: Book your COVID-19 vaccination online for an appointment at a vaccination centre or pharmacy Find a walk-in COVID-19 vaccination site to get vaccinated […]
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After what seems an age, ESFA is offering the opportunity for additional and new providers to apply to deliver 16 to 18 traineeships. The window is open from 29 September 2021 to 22 October 2021. ESFA wants to increase the opportunities available to 16 to 18-year-olds who would benefit from a traineeship programme. This will
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The hard close for 2020-21 learning data is 21 October 2021. GMLPF would urge members to check their indicative QAR data to verify if it is accurate and in line with what they anticipated. Some members have been contacting GMLPF reporting that provisional QAR data up to the end of R12 is, in some cases,
GMLPF is recruiting for a Claims, Audit and Compliance Administrator to support the delivery of the Provider Improvement Fund programme. The Liverpool-based post is available on a fixed-term basis to the end of September 2022, with a possible extension to December 2022. The Claims, Audit and Compliance Administrator post is part-funded by European Social Fund
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The first CPD session funded by the Provider Improvement Fund (PIF), Governance Training Operating in a Peer Governance Project, took place on 9th September 2021. Six individuals from five local learning providers in the process of forming and strengthening their governance arrangements attended the training session. The session was held at Greenbank College and delivered
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GMLPF held a series of small workshops earlier this summer to understand the state of the labour and learning market. We want to thank everyone who attended. In particular, we wanted to find out if there is a hard-to-fill vacancy issue, and if so, whether it is general or sector-specific. Also, we wanted to explore
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GMLPF attended the recent NW FES Ofsted Reference Group meeting. Key messages of interest to members are as follows: Follow Up From Last Meeting Sub-contracting and use of associatesIt was reiterated that providers need to be open and transparent about the use of sub-contractors and associates in the delivery of learning and for them to
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Greater Merseyside Learning Providers Federation (GMLPF) is proud to announce that it has been awarded the contract to deliver a £500k Provider Improvement Fund. This project is funded through the European Social Fund (ESF) and Strategic Investment Fund (SIF) and is being taken forward in conjunction with the Liverpool City Region Mayoral Combined Authority. The
The ESFA has written to networks like GMLPF to ask for support in delivering Traineeships. In July 2020, the Chancellor announced a significant expansion of Traineeships as part of his Plan for Jobs. The Government have increased and extended this drive until 31 July 2022, providing an additional £126m for the 2021/2022 academic year. This
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Ofsted is planning a phased return to inspections. Key issues emerging from today’s meeting included: Ofsted will not carry out graded short or full inspections until later in 2021. A return to short or full inspections will be taken forward in a proportionate, sensitive and practical way, taking prevailing conditions into account. To support a
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