Making the most of AEB funding 2020 to 2021: how to optimise AEB funding through effective planning скачать в хорошем качестве

Making the most of AEB funding 2020 to 2021: how to optimise AEB funding through effective planning

The Adult Education Budget enables adults to access learning opportunities by funding the provision made by the FE and Skills sector, and yet there have been significant underspends on this funding source. During the Covid-19 crisis, the ESFA has made different arrangements for the AEB allocations of a wide range of providers to be protected and sustained. Nevertheless, assumptions were made that providers would continue to make provision available to adult learners, even if only remotely. Before the Covid-19, the ‘National Retraining Scheme’ and the regionally devolved ‘National Skills Fund’ were developed to enable adults who wanted to upskill or reskills themselves for new opportunities in the labour market. In light of changes in the labour market as a result of Covid-19, the government’s ‘Plan for Jobs 2020’ highlights a range of measures to support young people and adults who are either unemployed or at risk of unemployment, especially after furlough. The ‘Kickstart’ scheme, incentive payments for employers to retain and take on apprentices, and the increased investment in traineeships for 16-24 year olds, are all about improving the skills of learners. This webinar will give you an opportunity to reflect and review on successful strategies for the optimisation of AEB funding through effective planning, marketing and delivery of learning activities, and especially on the importance of effective engagement with adults and ensuring a great learner experience. It will also consider the opportunities provided by legal entitlements, including essential digital skills, local flexibilities, low pay waivers, traineeships, programmes for the unemployed, and the devolution of the AEB.