SFA Funding
Jim Dickinson made this Freedom of Information request to New College, Nottingham This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear New College, Nottingham,
You will be aware that paragraph 12 of the SFA Funding Rules 2012/13 is newly revised and states that “Where the Agency has made a full contribution to the costs of a Learner’s programme, Providers must not make compulsory charges to employers or Learners for any delivery of the learning activity funded by the Agency.
This includes: administration, registration, assessment, materials or examination costs whether incurred directly by the Provider or charged by other organisations such as awarding organisations. This includes charges for identification passes, uniforms, tools and material where without them, a learner cannot complete and achieve their learning aim.”
Please can you provide me with the following information:
1. The estimated cost to the college of implementing these requirements in the year ahead
2. Copies of any papers, including at Corporation level, pertaining to the implementation of these requirements
3. Can you make clear whether you are intending to apply these standards to other provision in the college, and specifically whether you intend to implement for EFA funded provision
You will also be aware of changes to the required Instrument & Articles for the college that give it freedom to adopt new structures and practices.
Please can you provide me with the following information:
1. The number of student members of the corporation at present
2. The existing methodology in use for their appointment/selection/election
3. If there are any plans to change the number, or methodology for their
Yours faithfully,
Jim Dickinson
Dear Mr Dickinson
In relation to your recent Freedom of Information request our response is
as follows:
1) At this point it is not possible to provide a cost of
implementing these requirements as we are still enrolling.
2) A copy of our Fees Policy pertaining to the implementation
of the revised SFA funding rules is attached.
3) Our internal approaches have been developed to meet our
interpretation of the EFA and SFA guidance on fees
Our response to your questions regarding changes to the required
Instrument & Articles for the college that give it freedom to adopt new
structures and practices are as follows:
1) We have two student governors.
2) Our existing methodology in use for their appointment, selection and
election is contained within the attached Recruitment and Appointment
Procedure and Students’ Union Constitution documents.
3) We do not hold this information.
I trust that this information meets your requirements, but please contact
me if I can be of further assistance.
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