Data set from Further education and skills

Free Courses for Jobs summary - enrolments by start-month and age

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Enrolments on courses included in the Free Courses for Jobs offer - summary

Academic years: 2018/19 to 2023/24 (full academic years)

Indicators: Total level 3 enrolments, Eligible level 3 enrolments, Free Courses for Jobs enrolments (original and extended offer), Number of courses eligible for offer 

Filters: Start Month, Age group


Data set details

Theme
Further education
Publication
Further education and skills
Release type
Geographic levels
National
Indicators
  • Enrolments by adults taking up free courses for jobs (including under extended offer from Apr22)
  • Enrolments by adults taking up free courses for jobs (under original offer)
  • Enrolments by any adult on offer courses
Filters
  • ILR snapshot and L3 offer course list used
  • Start age
  • Start month
Time period
2018/19 to 2023/24

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_nameilr_status_offer_quals_usedstart_monthstart_agetotal_l3_course_enrolmentsenrolments_eligible_learners_original_offerenrolments_fcfj_offer_takeup_originalenrolments_fcfj_offer_plus_extended_from_apr22number_of_quals_in_offer
201819Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandFull-year final (Aug-Jul) - based on 387 courses in scope at Apr 21Apr19 to 2389080zz387
201819Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandFull-year final (Aug-Jul) - based on 387 courses in scope at Apr 21Apr24+2380590zz387
201819Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandFull-year final (Aug-Jul) - based on 387 courses in scope at Apr 21AprTotal3270660zz387
201819Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandFull-year final (Aug-Jul) - based on 387 courses in scope at Apr 21Aug19 to 231280120zz387
201819Academic yearNationalE92000001EnglandFull-year final (Aug-Jul) - based on 387 courses in scope at Apr 21Aug24+2540800zz387

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 8 variables
Variable nameVariable description
enrolments_eligible_learners_original_offerEnrolments by eligible adults on offer courses (under original offer)
enrolments_fcfj_offer_plus_extended_from_apr22Enrolments by adults taking up free courses for jobs (including under extended offer from Apr22)
enrolments_fcfj_offer_takeup_originalEnrolments by adults taking up free courses for jobs (under original offer)
ilr_status_offer_quals_usedILR snapshot and L3 offer course list used
number_of_quals_in_offerNumber of courses available during period under free courses for jobs offer

Footnotes

  1. Eligible adults under the original offer are identified as a) those without prior attainment at Full level 3 or above; and b) those not enrolled on the course as part of an apprenticeship; and c) all those aged 24 and above or those aged 19-23 where there is not already a statutory entitlement to the course through the adult education budget. It includes learners who don’t receive the direct funding, yet enrolled and meet the underlying criteria.
  2. In April 2021 there were 387 qualifications approved for funding on the offer, although this figure is subject to change over time as qualifications are added and removed from the list. In July 2023, there were 418 qualifications approved. From 2021/22, figures are based on the eligible courses that were valid for the offer at the beginning of each month of the relevant academic year. Comparisons with months in previous years are based on the same qualifications. Figures up to 2020/21 are also presented based on the original 387 qualifications that were valid at the introduction of the offer.
  3. The full-year final total of 4,780 adults taking up free courses for jobs in 2020/21 covers the period April to July (when the offer was live). The total for enrolments by eligible adults covers the full academic year (August to July). Month-by-month breakdowns are available to view by clicking ‘Explore Data’ under this table.
  4. Volumes are rounded to the nearest 10 and 'low' indicates a base value of fewer than 5. Where data shows 'x' this indicates data is unavailable, 'z' indicates data is not applicable, and 'c' indicates data is suppressed.

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