JISC RSC YH Exchange News

Work Based learning providers are invited to apply for £3 million of new LIG (phase 5) funding from tomorrow, when the full LIG 5 Prospectus will be published on ALP e-learning website.
The further LSC capital investment will enable the skills sector to continue their progress towards greater efficiencies in the delivery of learning and to [...]

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The Learning Innovation Grant (LIG) programme has received additional capital funding of £3m to support a further phase (LIG5) and the JISC RSC YH can help you to formulate your bid.
LIG has proved a very successful programme in supporting the WBL sector in making informed and effective use of technology and e-learning.  The LIG5 Prospectus [...]

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ALP is delighted to announce that following lengthy negotiations with the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) and the dept. for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) they have agreed to award an additional £3m of capital funding to support a further phase of the very successful Learning Innovation Grant (LIG5) programme.
Chris Swingler, ALP’s Director of Business [...]

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The year ahead will be a demanding period for all providers, as the sector embraces a new chapter with the oncoming dissolution of the LSC; the introduction of the Skills Funding Agency and Young People’s Learning Agency; the advent of the National Apprenticeship Service; the new recessionary challenges confronting DWP/JCP; as well as other aspects [...]

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To cope with the ever increasing plethora of abbreviations and the use of confusing jargon in the further education sector, ALP has generated a simple glossary guide for learning providers new to the sector on its website – everything you need to know from A to Z!
More details at: www.learningproviders.org.uk/glossary

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Congratulations go to two providers in our region who have been successful in gaining LIG4 funding!
ACVO – Assessment Centre for Voluntary Organisations – and Whitby & District Fishing Industry Training School both received funding as part of the Learning Innovatino Grant.
The Learning Innovation Grant (LIG) is a programme funded by Learning and Skills Council (LSC) [...]

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Providers of the Future Showcase Event 
19 November 2008 
Harvest Fields Centre, Sutton Coldfield 
Following the success of Learning Innovation Grant (LIG) Phase 1, 2 & 3 funding, which has supported the uptake of technology and use of e‐learning by a wide range of Providers within the WBL/Skills sector, ALP is hosting a half day Providers of the [...]

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