Award of Further Forces Programme Northern Hub to Association of Colleges
The Education and Training Foundation · Awarded contract
AwardedAward of Further Forces Programme Northern Hub to Association of Colleges
Awarded 07 Oct 2018
Awarded07 Oct 2018
Value£395,096.00
SupplierAssociation of Colleges
RegionUnited Kingdom
CategoryEducation & Training
Ended 5y 3mo ago2y 10mo term
Awarded 7 Oct 2018Expired 30 July 2021
About
The Education and Training Foundation awarded a contract to the Association of Colleges for the management and delivery of 'The Further Forces Programme - Northern Hub'.
The programme was a recruitment and training initiative for service leavers seeking to teach SET subjects in the Further Education sector.
The key activity was to establish a Northern Hub to work closely with the University of Portsmouth as the Southern Hub, to recruit 100 service leavers to the programme and to provide support for service leavers to secure employment.
The two delivery hubs, Northern and Southern, together had a combined service leaver recruitment target of 210 service leavers on programme and in employment in the FE sector by July 2020.
The contract value was £395,096.
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