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Dear North East Worcestershire College,

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 appointment/selection/election

Yours faithfully,

Jim Dickinson

Judy Hallam,

Dear Jim Dickinson

Further to your request for information, please see our responses in brackets at the end of each question.

Regards

Judy Hallam

Vice Principal Quality, Higher Education and Standards
North East Worcestershire College
Osprey House
Albert Street
Redditch
Worcestershire
B97 4DE

http://www.ne-worcs.ac.uk/
Tel: 01527 570020

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Please can you provide me with the following information:

1. The estimated cost to the college of implementing these
requirements in the year ahead [we have applied most of these requirements in 2011/12; an estimate of the additional costs in 2012/13 is £40k]

2. Copies of any papers, including at Corporation level, pertaining
to the implementation of these requirements [has not been specifically discussed at Corporation or in any other management meeting]
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 [we will implement for EFA funded provision and any other learners where this requirement applies]

1. The number of student members of the corporation at present [one and a vacancy, at present]
2. The existing methodology in use for their
appointment/selection/election [nominations and elections]
3. If there are any plans to change the number, or methodology for
their appointment/selection/election [no plans to change our approach]

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