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date
23rd May
time
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
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venue
Online
speaker
Paul Saunders
Lisa Smith

In this session, you will discover from an expert auditor how you can prepare for your funding assurance review and an overview of the process, including timescales. Plus, you’ll gain top tips to avoid funding clawback on your funded adult programmes.

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Why Attendees Loved It:

“A lot of helpful information provided.”

“Very informative, clear and useful, staff extremely knowledgeable and helpful ”

“Fantastic amount of information shared in 1 hour – thank you!”


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About the presenters:

Paul Saunders is Commercial Director at Gateway Qualifications and has previously worked in a range of education settings over the last 25 years.

Paul’s roles have included teaching and assessing in work-based settings, working with employers and other stakeholders to develop national occupational standards and qualifications, and successfully running an Independent Training Provider delivering work and classroom-based provision. Paul is a keen advocate of Lifelong Learning for all.

Lisa is a full-time specialist in education issues, consultancy, audit and compliance, risk management and governance working from RSM’s Leeds office. She is a regular commentator on education sector issues, running annual seminar series events, and is responsible for a portfolio of internal audit and risk management clients across RSM’s Higher and Further Education client base.

 Lisa is directly responsible for the contract that RSM holds with the Department for Education to deliver funding assurance reviews and other ad hoc elements of work on their behalf and leads RSM’s team of Education and Skills Funding and Data Specialists.

She is also a regular speaker for assurance topics for EducationScape and AELP. As such, she is ideally placed to provide advice and guidance to clients on the DfE’s overall approach to funding assurance.




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