Grant News

The Education and Skills Funding Agency is launching a £18 million Provider Growth Fund to support Technical Education providers in building and creating additional capacity to grow high quality provision and raise the prestige of approved Higher Technical Qualifications amongst learners and employers.

The fund is split into two strands:

• £12m capital for specialist equipment and perpetual software licence costs
• £6 Million Resource funding to support where necessary local employer partnerships to support learners; support and upskill teaching and technical staff; support curriculum planning and development; and promote and raise awareness of higher technical education.

The Provider Growth Fund is open to applications from Further Education Colleges, Higher Education Providers, independent training providers, Institutes of Technology, and consortia.

The closing date for applications is 11.59pm on the 9^th July 2021.