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1 "Successful applicants" are people who have had an application for ILA100 or ILA200 successfully upheld by ILA Scotland and therefore hold an ILA account; they may or may not have actually undertaken any learning on ILA-funded courses.
2 ILA100 was originally restricted to courses in ICT but this was changed in August 2006; as result, the number of ICT courses identified in the survey decreased between the first and second waves of the survey, but still remained the most common subject in both schemes.
3 There is also a separate study of learning providers and intermediary agencies, conducted by the Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning ( CRLL) based at Glasgow Caledonian University: http://www.scottishexecutive.gov.uk/Publications/2007/12/13151715/0.
4 The Scottish Government, overview of strategic objectives, http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/purposestratobjs.
5 Scottish Executive (2006) Entitlement to Learning Scoping Study, http://www.scottishexecutive.gov.uk/Publications/2006/06/29144834/0
6 Scottish Executive, Students in Higher Education at Scottish Institutions 2005-06,http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/05/15103533/4
7 Scottish Funding Council, Student enrolments in Scottish Further Education Colleges by mode of study, level and gender - 2005-06,http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/1046/0051448.xls
8 Scottish Executive, Final Report from the funding of learners review,http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/03/20899/55184
9http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/committees/enterprise/or-05/ec05-0102.htm
10http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2002/10/15482/11110
11http://www.ilascotland.org.uk/Course+Search/search.htm
12 This table is adapted from information provided by ILA Scotland. Seehttp://www.ILAscotland.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/EDD0AA0F-7B51-4DBD-830F-B9C5D6205A43/0/ILAScotlandeligibility.pdf
13 This increased to £18,000 on June 1st 2007
14 http://www.ILAscotland.org.uk/Provider/News.htm
15 How learners register with ILA Scotlandhttp://www.ILAscotland.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/E983069D-F608-485D-975B-6297EC6E14AB/0/Howlearnersregister.pdf
16 This table was adapted from information provided by ILA Scotland seehttp://www.ILAscotland.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/54A31301-4182-483D-A8F5-BC0370B3F99/0/IncomeAssessment.pdf
17 How Learners Book a Learning Episodehttp://www.ILAscotland.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/ED6C4C72-7FCC-4C2B-A1E8-E9BAD7FFF665/0/HowLearnersBooka.pdf
18 Welcome to ILA Scotlandhttp://www.ILAscotland.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/4913D4E1-BF20-43D2-911C-46B68378E77F/0/welcometoILAScotland.pdf
19 "successful applicants" are people who have had an application for ILA100 or ILA200 successfully upheld by ILA Scotland and therefore hold an ILA account; they may or may not have actually undertaken any learning on ILA-funded courses
20 Until August 2006, the ILA100 scheme only covered courses in information and communication technologies ( ICT), and the uptake had been very low up to this point. It was therefore not possible to draw a sufficiently large sample of applicants for the survey until uptake had increased; this happened later in 2006 when the scheme was changed to include courses in a wider range of subjects.
21 Because a sample of learners has been interviewed (rather than all learners in the population), results need to be tested for statistical reliability. A "statistically significant" difference at the 95% confidence level is one that we can be confident would have occurred - in 19 out of 20 instances - if all learners in the population had been interviewed.
22 In most cases, this was the highest qualification they had obtained before any ILA-funded learning, although in a small number of cases this included qualifications obtained through ILA-funded courses. However, analysis by the learner's status (whether they had undertaken/completed any courses) showed no significant differences in results; this means that the above results can be taken as representing qualifications obtained before ILA-funded learning.
23 Data taken from Labour Force Survey, Spring Quarter 2004.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/STATBASE/Source.asp?More=Y&vlnk=358
24 The questionnaire for each element of the survey was tailored individually. While key questions were kept consistent to allow comparisons to be made, some sections were changed to reflect the priorities for each group ( ILA100, ILA200 and unconverted enquirers) and stage of the survey. Full copies of the questionnaires used in the survey are included in the Appendices.
25 Detailed information about the income assessment section of the form was only asked of unconverted enquirers (to assess whether this had an impact on them not making an application); it was not included in the questionnaire for successful applicants.
26 "Deadweight" is the term used to describe the proportion of successful applicants who would still have undertaken the learning without any assistance or intervention
27 "Deadweight" is the term used to describe the proportion of successful applicants who would still have undertaken the learning without any assistance or intervention
28 High Level Summary of Equality Statistics, Scottish Executive 2006. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/11/20102424/0
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