alphi network meeting 22 september 2010. agenda welcome, introductions and apologies minutes and...

ALPHI Network Meeting

22 September 2010

Agenda Welcome, introductions and apologies Minutes and matters arising ALPSE update NAS Apprenticeship update ALPHI sub group updates The updated ALPHI website YPLA updateWorkshop Groups:

Foundation Learning LSIS support available

ATA in Kent AOBNetworking lunch UKCES Skills Audit and simplified FE and Skills funding

system


Matters arising

Meetings attended

Minimum Contract Level update

ILRs for Foundation Learning

ALPSE update

To cover:Council updates

ALPSE as a Legal Entity

Regional sub groups

SE National Apprenticeship Service


22 September 2010

6 ALPHI Network Meeting 22 September 2010

SE NAS update September 2010

• P12 Performance

• Marketing Activities

• Employer Engagement Update

• Apprenticeship Vacancies Update

• Learner Services Update

SE NAS

P12 Performance

Update


South East Apprenticeship Starts as at P12

Starts

End of Year

Target

Cumulative P12 Actual

% of P12 Achieved

16-18 16,400 14,249 86.9%

19-24 16,200 17,748 109.6%

25+ 3,800 6,290 165.5%

All Ages 36,400 38,287 105.2%


Apprenticeship Starts as at P12Hampshire and Isle of Wight

Ageband

Local Authority of learner 16-18 19-24 25+ All ages

Hampshire 2,952 4,400 1,515 8,867

Isle of Wight 312 426 68 806

Portsmouth 269 297 98 664

Southampton 431 427 185 1,043

Totals: 3,964 5,550 1,866 11,380

SE NAS

Marketing

Activities

Update


Marketing ActivitiesActivities planned for Sept-Dec• Telephone follow up call to employers one year on to promote

progression to Level 3 and taking on a new apprentice

• Letters to current Level 2 apprentices and employers to promote progression

• Creating campaigns that provider networks can participate in

• Engaging key employers to sponsor Apprenticeship events

• Encouraging local authorities to hold employer breakfast events using a format successfully piloted by Oxford and Milton Keynes Local Authority

• E-shots to unsuccessful candidates applying through AV to help with future applications

• Re-visiting ‘lost’ opportunities on NAS CRM to re-engage and promote new initiatives such as AGE2


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Employer

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Update from Employer Engagement

• AGE 2

• Key Accounts Large Employers (KALE)

• Civil Service Recruitment

• 100 in 100 Apprenticeship Challenge


Employer Engagement UpdatesApprenticeship Frameworks P12 – Hampshire

Framework Starts

Framework starts as % of all

area startsSouth East %

Other (73 frameworks) 2,770 31.2%

Engin (106) 1,303 14.7% 10.2%

Providing Security Services (373) 903 10.2% 2.7%

Hospitality & Catering (220) 759 8.6% 8.9%

Customer Service (263) 571 6.4% 8.8%

Bus Admin (102) 496 5.6% 5.8%

Public Services (313) 459 5.2% 1.2%

IT User (322) 455 5.1% 1.5%

Hairdressing (217) 430 4.8% 6.4%

IT & Telecoms Prof (360) 361 4.1% 3.4%

Active Leis & Learning (231) 360 4.1% 4.2%

Hampshire Total 8,867 100.0%


Employer Engagement UpdatesApprenticeship Frameworks P12 – Isle of Wight

Framework Starts

Framework starts as % of all area starts

South East %


Health & Social Care (236) 120 14.9% 6.3%

Other (33 frameworks) 107 13.3%

Retail (112) 70 8.7% 6.1%


Business Admin (102) 57 7.1% 5.8%

Management (260) 49 6.1% 3.0%

Hairdressing (217) 36 4.5% 6.4%


Engin (106) 28 3.5% 10.2%

Vehicle Maintenance & Repair (328) 25 3.1% 4.1%

Isle of Wight Total 806 100.0%


Employer Engagement UpdatesApprenticeship Frameworks P12 – Portsmouth

Framework Starts


South East %


Child Care Learn & Dev (104) 79 11.9% 6.4%



Engin (106) 53 8.0% 10.2%


Retail (112) 50 7.5% 6.1%

Business Admin (102) 48 7.2% 5.8%


Hairdressing (217) 35 5.3% 6.4%

Construction (116) 31 4.7% 3.9%

Portsmouth Total 664 100.0%


Employer Engagement UpdatesApprenticeship Frameworks P12 – Southampton

Framework Starts


South East %



Child Care Learn & Dev (104) 99 9.5% 6.4%

Construction (116) 92 8.8% 3.9%


Active Leisure & Learning (231) 70 6.7% 4.2%


Business Admin (102) 58 5.6% 5.8%

Hairdressing (217) 58 5.6% 6.4%

IT & Telecoms Prof (360) 53 5.1% 3.4%

Management (260) 45 4.3% 3.0%

Southampton Total 1,043 100.0%

SE NAS

Apprenticeship

Vacancies

Update


Apprenticeship Vacancies

• Using Apprenticeship Vacancies Online to advertise new opportunities is now contractual

• Provider performance will be measured on:

1. Number of vacancies advertised against ILR starts

2. Number of vacancies recorded as either an online or offline success

3. CRM leads passed from NAS appearing on Apprenticeship Vacancies online

• If further training is required on Apprenticeship Vacancies contact your AV coordinator


Apprenticeship Vacancies- Best Practice

• Promote AV on your website with hyperlinks to current vacancy list to encourage applications

• Be specific about additional questions on CV in order to encourage quality applicants

• Prepare candidates before interview – double check they will attend, advise on dress and interview techniques

Reminder:

• Do not reject applications on the grounds of age as this is unlawful and you may be liable to prosecution should a candidate feel they have been discriminated against


Apprenticeship Vacancies usage figures as at 7 September 2010 (Snapshot)

National

• 504,107 registered candidates

• 8,682 vacancies

SE Region


• 680 vacancies

Hampshire and Isle of Wight


• 102 vacancies

SE NAS

Learner

Services

Update


Update from Learner Services

Local Authorities

• The Learner Services Team is now working with Local Authorities on reviewing and revising the Memorandums of Understanding

• Some Local Authorities now have steering groups or partnership groups working on the apprenticeship agenda

• Increasing awareness within Local Authorities of Apprenticeship programmes within their own organisations and identifying potential opportunities internally, with schools and with the employers they sub-contract with

• Working with IAG groups of local networks/partnership boards to improve school staff knowledge about Apprenticeships



Connexions

• The Learner Services team continue to work with PAs in Connexions, delivering training and ongoing support

• We will be attending numerous events, for instance Clearing House events, open days or organised events targeted at potential NEETs and their parents

14-19 Strategic Boards

• The Learner Services team continues to link with 14-19 groups in Local Authorities

EBPs

• An Apprenticeship Conference for teachers in the SE was organised by NAS and EBP in July. This was well attended and a similar event is planned for Kent and Sussex in October



Other work

• Learner Services Coordinators are attending various IAG events, network meetings, Job Fairs and Conferences. Some work with Schools who want an Apprentice has been identified and the respective ESM will be involved

• Working with Local Authorities, Connexions and EBPs on the distribution and use of the Teacher Resource Pack

• Working with STEM and HE organisations to promote progression from Apprenticeships to work related HE


Questions?

ALPHI Sub Groups

Employer Responsive

Learner Responsive

Marketing

Championing Young People’s Learning

Policy Update



Ministerial Team

Rt Hon Michael Gove MPSecretary of State for Education

Nick Gibb MPMinister of State for Schools

Sarah Teather MPMinister of State for Children and Families

Tim Loughton MPParliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families

Lord Jonathon Hill of Oareford CBEParliamentary Under Secretary of State for Schools

John Hayes MPMinister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning


New Policy Direction

• develop a fairer and more responsible society • reduce bureaucracy • improve schools and colleges by freeing them from

unnecessary controls and regulation • strengthen local accountability for improvement • move away from a target setting regime • reduce public expenditure but not at the cost of frontline

services • reduce the number and size of quangos • close Government Offices and RDAs• develop the concept of the "Big Society" with the intentions

of maximising resources and assets of each local area in supporting improvement


On schools

Coalition Agreement• Fund a significant premium for disadvantaged pupils from outside the schools budget• Simplify the regulation of standards in education and target inspection on areas of failure. • Reform league tables so that schools are able to focus on, and demonstrate, the progress

of children of all abilities. • For the most vulnerable children: improve diagnostic assessment for schoolchildren,

prevent the unnecessary closure of special schools, and remove the bias towards inclusion.

• Keep external assessment, but will review how Key Stage 2 tests operate in future.

Education and Children’s Bill• To give all schools greater freedom over the curriculum • To improve school accountability • To take action to tackle bureaucracy • To improve behaviour in schools


On Schools(2)

Academies and Free Schools

• Retain current academies programme• Outstanding schools are pre-approved.• Outstanding special schools eligible from September 2011.• Other schools will be able to apply later in the year.• Monthly conversions from September until April 2011, then

termly.• First Free Schools announced – 16


On Further Education

Coalition Agreement

• Improve the quality of vocational education, including increasing flexibility for 14–19 year olds and creating new Technical Academies as part of our plans to diversify schools provision.

• Seek ways to support the creation of apprenticeships, internships, work pairings, and college and workplace training places as part of our wider programme to get Britain working.

• Set colleges free from direct state control and abolish many of the further education quangos. Public funding should be fair and follow the choices of students.

• Schools and colleges to decide how many and which Diplomas to offer – no longer a statutory requirement.


On local authorities

“Strong local authorities are central to our plans to improve education…

I want to work in partnership with LAs to drive up standards for all children

in all schools” Michael Gove in his letter to LA Chief Executives

• Champions of educational excellence empowered to drive improvement

• Shape the vision for their local area

• Work with schools to drive up standards – individually and collaboratively

• Include 16-19 provision in wider education vision for the area

• Oversee admissions ‘place planning’ and pupil exclusion

• Securing provision for those with SEN/LLDD


On the YPLA

The YPLA will champion young people by:

• providing financial support to young learners

• funding & performance management of Academies for all their

provision

• supporting local authorities’ commissioning of suitable education

and training opportunities for all 16-19 year olds to include the

direct funding of providers.

NDPB Bill - Autumn


The new measures will simplify the system by:

• freeing up local authorities to focus on their strategic role in 16-19 education – no change to statutory duties.

• scrapping the need for local authorities to set up ‘sub-regional groups’ and ‘regional planning groups’.

• paying further education colleges, sixth form colleges and other training providers direct from the YPLA, the change coming in from August.

DfE Press Release 20th July


Funding

The key changes to the system include:

• There will be a lagged” basis for funding - by setting the 2011/12 core allocation budgets based on the equivalent of lagged pupil numbers.

• There are no longer plans to introduce in-year funding adjustments.

• There will be some form of in-year contract adjustments for independent providers.

• There is no in-year or end-year adjustment for other providers.


Contracting

• From Aug 2010, the YPLA will directly fund provision for:

– Young people aged 16-19, and 19-25 subject to learning difficulty assessment, in FE and sixth form colleges (and HEIs and fEIs), IPPs and ISPs

– Young people aged 10-18 in young offender institutions– Learners in open Academies and,– Continue to fund LAs for LA maintained school sixth forms and other non formula

funded provision (e.g. Education Business Partnerships and Young Apprenticeships).

– NB: Payments for Apprenticeships will continue to be made by the SFA.

• For the academic year ‘10/11, allocations to providers were agreed earlier this year.

• The YPLA has issued summary Letters of Intent to providers (and LAs for school sixth forms and non formula funded activity) covering the academic year 2010/11 allocations. Full funding agreements will be in place by the end of October.

• The YPLA will monitor the financial health of colleges and providers and gain assurance on colleges’ and providers’ use of public funds.


What isn’t changing

• LAs retain strategic commission and influencing role – identifying gaps, enabling new provisions and developing the markets.

• LAs have a crucial role in securing provision for learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities.

• The YPLA will continue to provide funds to LAs to pass on to maintained school sixth forms.

• Funding will continue to transfer from DfE to BIS for funding 16-18 Apprenticeships.

• The SFA will continue to fund Apprenticeships providers.

Breakout groups

Foundation Learning

LSIS support available

South east apprenticeship company

• Apprenticeship Training Agency (ATA)• Funded by the National Apprenticeship

Service (NAS)• One of 10 nationwide• Australian model• Consortium of providers• Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire,

Berkshire, Oxford and Buckinghamshire

Introduction

• Contribute to Increasing the number of Apprenticeship opportunities to 1,600 by 2013 in South East

• Provide an alternative solution to the traditional method of apprenticeship engagement

• Remove bureaucracy • Reach hard to reach employers• Stimulating demand in priority sectors

The Aims

Apprenticeships............• Make businesses more competitive

Supported by 77%of employers

• Provide higher overall productivitySupported by 76% of employers

• Reduce staff turnoverSupported by 80% of employers

• Provide skilled workers for a business’s futureSupported by 83% of employers

• Lead to a more motivated and satisfied workforcesupported by 88% of employers

• Provide a more cost effective staffing solutionSupported by 59% of employers(Research conducted 2008 by populus on behalf of LSC)

• Advice on Apprentice’s role • Recruitment process responsibility:

Advertising of opportunity Screening of candidates Interviewing and short listing of candidates

• Sourcing of training provider• Responsive to seasonal peaks and troughs/short term

contracts• Overcome “head count” issue• Less red tape – SEAC employs the Apprentice(s)• Safety net

SEAC - Benefits for Business include:

• A real job• One point of contact• Ongoing support and guidance• Variety of work experiences• Safety net• Continued support and guidance• Information advice and guidance

Benefits for Apprentices include:

Contact:Irene Hoare

Tel: 07587 131947

[email protected]

www.se-apprenticeship.co.uk

Want to know more?

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.se-apprenticeship.co.uk/

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WORKSHOP (30 minutes)

Tony Allen – Skills Director (South East)

QUESTION:In this climate of “localism” what are you as providers going to do to make sure skills needs in your area are met?

Please consider– Key actions you plan to take– Issues or barriers that you anticipate– Plans for collaborative action.

Please collate your comments and give them to Tony Allen. THANK-YOU.

UK COMMISSION FOREMPLOYMENT AND SKILLS

The National Strategic Skills Audit for England 2010

Tony Allen - Skills Director (South East)

Skills Funding Agency

Skills for Jobs: Today and Tomorrow

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A Strategic Framework

Prosperity

Match/Mismatch(Skills and Jobs)

Ambition (Demand)

Skills Upgrading (Supply)

Skill Shortages and Gaps Unemployment

Under-employment/Over-skilledMigration

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The Key Outputs

• The final Audit is published in two volumes: – Volume 1: Summary of Key Findings – Volume 2: The Evidence Report

• The underpinning reports (x35) are all available on the UK Commission’s website

• A video summarising the Audit is also available on the website

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Key Findings: Employment - Jobs and Skills

• Employment levels are more than 3 million higher than 15 years ago (even post recession)

• A growing and globally connected economy

• Strong regional concentration in economic activity and employment

• An ageing workforce

• Proportion of jobs held by those born outside the UK has risen significantly - 9 per cent in 1998 to 13 per cent today

• Occupations employing the highest number of people are in the three highest skilled groups

• Growth in jobs has been mainly in high skill occupations too

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Top 20 Fastest Growing Occupations: 2001-09

Occupation CategoryNumbers

(2001)Numbers

(2009)Numerical

change% change since 2001

Main level of qualification

Conservation & environmental protection officers 11,797 26,470 14,673 124% Level 4

Paramedics 11,101 23,798 12,673 114% Level 4

Legal associate professionals 24,509 51,250 26,741 109% Level 3

Refuse and salvage occupations 21,750 44,393 22,643 104% Below Level 2

Leisure and theme park attendants 11,101 22,471 11,370 102% Level 2

Town planners 13,886 26,931 13,045 945 Level 4

Educational assistants 252,358 482,979 230,621 91% Level 3

Driving instructors 23,265 44,494 21,229 91% Level 2

Registrars & senior education administrators 25,195 44,210 19,015 75% Level 4

Purchasing managers 24,415 41,457 17,042 70% Level 4

Psychologists 20,947 35,080 14,133 67% Level 4

Undertakers and mortuary assistants 11,157 18,379 7,222 65% Level 3

Beauticians and related occupations 32,476 53,055 20,579 63% Level 3

Youth and community workers 70,868 114,992 44,124 62% Level 4

Senior officials in special interest organisations 17,767 28,385 10,618 60% Level 4

Housing and welfare officers 110,357 176,173 65,816 60% Level 4

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers 15,129 24,079 8,950 59% Level 4

Pharmaceutical dispensers 25,505 40,052 14,457 57% Level 3

Social service managers 32,201 50,463 18,262 57% Level 4

Statutory examiners 11,067 17,275 6,208 56% Level 3

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Top 20 Fastest Declining Occupations: 2001-09

Occupation CategoryNumbers

(2001)Numbers

(2009)Numerical

change% change since 2001

Main level of qualification

Assemblers (electrical products) 108,076 33,885 74,191 -69% Level 2

Collector salespersons and credit agents 26,735 9,794 16,941 -63% Level 2

Assemblers (vehicles and metal goods) 68,745 26,556 42,189 -61% Level 2

Typists 36,682 15,189 21,493 -59% Level 3

Bookbinders and print finishers 36,266 15,385 20,881 -58% Level 3

Metal making and treating process operatives 27,732 11,910 15,822 -57% Level 2

Metal machine setter and setter-operators 94,580 40,708 53,872 -57% Level 3

Telephonists 49,581 22,090 27,491 -55% Level 2

Precious instrument makers and repairers 35,907 16,348 19,559 -54% Level 3

Sewing machinists 74,480 35,757 38,723 -52% Below Level 2

Tool makers, tool fitters and markers-out 35,691 17,136 18,555 -52% Level 3

Printing machine minders and assistants 34,098 18,060 16,038 -47% Level 2

Telephone salespersons 93,014 52,020 40,994 -44% Level 2

Rounds(wo)men and van salespersons 35,300 20,092 15,208 -43% Level 2

Plastics process operatives 69,596 39,492 29,898 -43% Level 2

Textiles and garment trades occupations 59,261 35,492 23,769 -40% Level 3

Quality assurance technicians 20,705 12,450 8,255 -40% Level 4

Shopkeepers, wholesale and retail dealers 204,638 123,516 81,122 -40% Level 2

Glaziers window fabric and fitters 59,255 36,397 22,858 -39% Level 2

Metal working machine operatives 110,029 67,626 42,403 -39% Level 2

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Key Findings: Skill Mismatches

Skill shortage

vacanciesUnemployed

EMPLOYMENT

Migrants

Fully employedUnder

employedSkill gaps

Labour demand: skills required

Labour supply: skills available

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Key Findings: Skills Mismatches

• Overall, skill shortages are relatively small (63,000) and concentrated in associate professional, skilled trades and personal service occupations; and in the agriculture, utilities, hospitality and health sectors

• Unemployment affects over 2 million people – and there is mismatch between the skills of the unemployed and employer needs

• Skill gaps are more significant than shortages (1.7 million) and are especially pronounced in sales; administrative; and elementary occupations and the manufacturing; utilities; and hospitality sectors

• Under-employment and the under-utilisation of skills is also a significant issue (perhaps, 2.7 million people)

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Difference between Skills Supply & Demand:Change between 1998 and 2006

Source: Ambition 2020, Chart 7.1, p 115 - OECD, Education at a Glance 2008, Table A1.3a and Table 1.6

Demand growing 7

times faster than Supply!

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Key Findings: Sectors

• Model developed to identify key sectors in terms of:– Skills needs (skills shortages and gaps)– Economic significance (productivity and employment)

both currently and in the future

• Sectors with greatest ‘skill needs’ include: hospitality; transport equipment; agriculture; textiles; computing; vehicle maintenance; food and drink; and retail

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Key Findings: ‘NINJ’ Sectors

• The size, value and maturity of the NINJ sectors varies, but there is a degree of interdependence between them

– Low Carbon Economy - Financial and Professional Services

– Advanced Manufacturing - Digital Economy

– Engineering Construction - Life Sciences

• Together, these sectors are seen as catalysts for future economic growth

• There is some commonality between them in terms of skills needs:

– Importance of R&D and STEM skills

– Importance of skills at levels 3, 4 and 5

– Management and leadership skills

– Commercialisation skills

– Project management skills

– Focus on re-skilling and upskilling existing workforces

• Analysis of SSC research reveals additional 4 key sectors: Creative, Social Care, Retail and Hospitality

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UK COMMISSION FOREMPLOYMENT AND SKILLSKey Findings: Occupations

• Expansion in jobs is most likely within higher skilled occupations (managers, professionals, technical occupations) and also in personal service occupations

• ‘Replacement demand’ (the need to fill jobs as people retire) is also a key issue

• There will be a significant demand for:– ICT skills amongst managers and professionals across a range

of sectors (particularly in computing)– STEM related skills in medical technology and pharmaceuticals– Management skills across a range of sectors – Technician roles across a range of sectors– Frontline service staff especially in social care – Managers and associate professionals in health and social work– Employability skills and basic skills

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Changes in Occupational Structure:(Jobs Growth – not Replacement Demand)

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The 10 Key Messages From the Audit

1. High quality intelligence is crucial to better inform decisions

2. Skills for jobs matter

3. Demand for skills matters as much as supply of skills

4. Workplace ambition, organisation, and development matter

5. Migration matters

6. Sectors and geography matter

7. High level skills and jobs matter

8. Intermediate skills and jobs matter

9. Generic, employability and basic skills matter

10. Low skills jobs will not disappear (still around 20% in 2020).

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Welcome

The Wider Skills Landscape

Tony Allen – Skills Director (South East)

Coalition Government are committed to reformingthe system of sub-national economic developmentincluding:

– Replacement of Regional Development Agencies (RDAs)

– Change in the future of Business Links

– Development of Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs)

National Changes (1)

– New role for the Young People’s Learning Agency (YPLA) and Local Authorities (LAs)

– Change in the future of Government Offices, Strategic Health Authorities and Leaders Boards/Local Government Associations (LGAs)

– New Work Programme - Jobcentre Plus (JCP)/DWP

– Development of the Regional Growth Fund

A Comprehensive Spending Review 20 October 2010 (withan average of 25% cut across departments)

National Changes (2)

Skills Funding Agency

• Change in our role and nature of our relationships

• Focus on funding and regulation, responsive to customer needs

• Limited intervention - only by exception

• Not a planning body

• Leaner and fitter

• Achieve more for less

Key questions (for regions)1. Are you aware of the local plans for a LEP in your area?

2. Have you begun any discussion with LAs/Chambers in regard to LEPs?

3. If you are free to respond to local demand – how informed are you about local

opportunities/vacancies/market failure etc?

4. What value have you got/do you see from the regional skills priority work? How do

you intend to use it?

5. How would you consider using the UKCES Skills Audit in your own business

planning?

6. How do you relate/work with SSCs?

7. What opportunities might there be for working more closely/engaging with other key

stakeholders including Local Authorities and Jobcentre Plus

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