Author Archives: Peter

LIS 19.03

Peter, March 28, 2012

The Data Service has issued a shiny new LIS, version 19.03. We’ve had a play with it, and reckon that once again it’s an improvement: in fact, the funding calculations there agree perfectly with PICS in almost all cases. We recommend,  therefore, that you install the new version, which you’ll find on the Data Service website here: just uninstall … read more

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We’ve moved

Peter, March 28, 2012

The move that we warned you about went pretty smoothly, thanks to huge efforts by our dedicated team. Support was up and running at the start of play on Monday, and we’ve not yet encountered any difficulties that we haven’t overcome. The new offices are really rather fine: much more spacious, and pretty elegant. The address is now … read more

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We Are Moving Offices

Peter, March 28, 2012

We’ve finally outgrown our current offices in Trinity Street, and we’re moving to much larger offices in the centre of Norwich. This is a rather beautiful Georgian building, with loads of space for future expansion. Our move date has been set for March 15th and 16th, so support will be off the air for those days; but we’re making … read more

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Looking to the year ahead

Peter, January 11, 2012

We wish you all a happy new year and hope that you had an enjoyable festive season. Our first event of the New Year will be the free Winter User Group on the 18th of January;   with speakers from the YPLA, the SFA and theia in addition to demonstrations from the Pellcomp team,   … read more

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PICS LIS reconciliation

Peter, January 11, 2012

The amendments to the LIS Known Issues document that were released just before Christmas   explain almost all the differences reported by the PICS LIS reconciliation report,   and lead us to believe that the SFA and YPLA funding calculations in PICS are substantially correct.   Many amendments are promised for LIS 19.02; in the … read more

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Final submission for 2010/11

Peter, November 8, 2011

We all know, I hope, that the final ER13 submission needs to be with the Data Service by close of play this Friday, November 11th.  You may not be aware that any provider that has not made a submission since October 7th is required to re-submit their data for 2010/11: apparently some of the calculation … read more

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Skills Funding Agency announces payment arrangements for R02 ILR return

Peter, October 6, 2011

Colleagues Please note the following statement from the Skills Funding Agency: ‘The Skills Funding Agency wrote to providers in August about changes in the way data is captured and returned to the Agency. In August the Agency paid those providers that are usually paid on actuals (19+ Adult Skills Budget, 16-18 Apprenticeships, Joint Investment Programme (JIP) … read more

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ALP fighting for ESP follow-on arrangements

Peter, March 9, 2011

There has been a recent request by the Association of Learning Providers for details of actions being taken by training providers, due to the lack of any follow-on programme details for when the current Employability Skills Programme closes at the end of March. Their in growing concern that this will effect a large number of Learners and Jobs. If … read more

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Training in London, York and Birmingham

Peter, February 22, 2011

We have a wide range of training events coming up with dates in London, York and Birmingham. We are holding courses for all abilities, from our entry level “ILR to PFR” course through to our advanced Adhoc reporting courses. Please see our website for further details or to book your place.

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January Newsletter

Peter, January 26, 2011

For those of you who were unable to attend the recent User Group we have included a summary of the important announcements in our latest newsletter. For this and other news please click here.

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