Apprenticeship audit update - lessons from 2019 - 09/12/19 - London

The double act is back for a 2019 update!

Join Nick Linford and ILR funding auditor Karl Bentley from RSM for this technical and in depth practical workshop - based on lessons from the new ESFA audits in the summer of 2019.

Apprenticeship starts since May 2017 face a particular set of new ESFA audit tests for levy and non-levy funds. Karl has recently undertaken a series of the new financial assurance audits in the summer of 2019 on behalf of the ESFA and in this technical workshop will guide delegates through the process and what to look out for to protect your funding.

Particular focus will be on aspects such as the off-the-job calculation and evidence requirements, accounting for prior learning and evidence and eligible costs for the negotiated rate.

Register now at no risk (full refund for cancellations 7 days or more before the event).

Agenda

10.00 Registration

10.30 Welcome and introductions

10.35 Background to the new audit approach for post-May Apprenticeships

11.00 What the new audit approach covers and typically finds part 1

11.50 Break for refreshments

12.10 What the new audit approach covers and typically finds part 2

13.00 Break for lunch

13.50 Common errors identified

14:30 The role of DSATs and Funding and Monitoring reports in the new audit approach

15:00 Other areas the new audit approach considers – hub reports and subcontracting

15.30 Workshop end

Funding/MIS staff will benefit, such as from:
– Further education colleges (incl. sixth forms)
– Independent learning providers (delivering apprenticeships and other 16-18 and 19+ provision)
– Local authorities and universities funded by the EFA and or SFA
– Staff from other organisations with an interest in EFA and SFA apprenticeship and non-apprenticeship ILR data and funding

Places are expected to go fast, so register now to avoid disappointment. The fee is £295+ VAT per delegate (no limit per organisation), and bookings can be cancelled online a week in advance at no cost.

FE Week gold members will receive 1/3rd off the cost of this event (gold membership must be in the delegates name). Find out more about FE Week gold membership here.

This workshop is brought to you by Nick Linford, author of the Complete Guide to Funding Apprenticeships and both the Hands-on guide to post-16 funding and the Hands-on guide to post-16 performance and data published by Pearson. Nick was Director of Planning and Performance at Lewisham College for six years whilst also playing a leading role in capacity building on the use of funding performance, data quality and curriculum planning in the learning and skills sector. Nick also wrote the AELP and LSIS funded Sub-contracting toolkit. Nick is owner and a director of Lsect and former editor of the Lsect published newspaper, FE Week.

To download more information about Nick click here.