Sources of Funding Data Definition

1 Sources of Funding for the Learner.

Purpose

2 The funding category for learners is used to identify LSC funded learners for general analysis purposes and for use in the Council’s Statistical First Release (SFR) publication.

Relevant Collections

• ILR (FE)
• ILR (UfI)
• ILR (ACL)
• ILR (WBL)
• ILR (ESF SR)
• ILR (TtG)

Source Data

3 The following variables are used as source data for the calculation of Sources of Funding for the Learner.

Derived Variables and Datasets

4 The definitions produces the following derived variable(s)

Detailed definition

5 The calculation of Sources of Funding for the Learner (L_FUND) is predominantly based on LSC Funding Stream (A10). If a learner has no aims that receive LSC funding then they are counted as being No LSC Funding for the Learner (L_FUND=0).

6 If a learner only has aims that receive LSC funding then the learner is LSC only Funding (L_FUND=1), although it is possible for them to have aims that receive no LSC funding.

7 If a learner has a combination of LSC funded and ESF funding then they are classed as LSC and ESF CO-Financing Funding for the Learner (L_FUND=2).

8 If the only funding the learner’s aims receive is ESF funding, then they are classed as ESF Co-Financing Only (L_FUND=3).

9 The following table outlines the categories for Sources of Funding for the Learner (L_FUND).

Sample Code

10 The following sample code is available

• Calculation of Sources of Funding for the Learner using SPSS (L_FUND)