Dysg Newsletter
Welcome to the weekly Dysg newsletter. The aim of the newsletter is to provide up to date information on post 14 education and training developments in Wales and England.
- Wider choice and the learning core – progress in implementing a wider option choice and the learning core for 14-19 learners (Estyn)
- Where Now? - annual campaign that provides information on post 16 options
- Consultation begins on changes to school reorganisation regulations
- How is Your Child Doing at School? A Parents' Guide 2010
- Adult learning communication campaign with NIACE Dysgu Cymru
- Digital voice helps blind people surf the web in Welsh
- New Deal Statistics, Figures to May 2010 / November 2009
- Implementation of the Credit and Qualifications Framework for Wales (CQFW) within the Training Provider Network
- School-based counselling helps thousands of pupils in Wales
- Farewell Key Skills Professional Development award
- More than a thousand young people contact new all-Wales helpline
- Young People Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET), Year to 31 December 2009
- Participation of Young People in Education and the Labour Market, 2008 and 2009 (provisional)
- Levels of Highest Qualification held by Working Age Adults, 2009
- Welsh in Higher Education Institutions, 2008/09
- Regional Economic and Labour Market Profile July 2010
- Widening Access to Higher Education Allocations 2010/11 and Related Information (HEFCW)
- Summary of responses to consultation on The Assembly Learning Grant (Further Education) (Wales) Regulations 2010
- Workplace Employment by Industry, 2001 to 2008
- Experts Call for Reform of UK’s Skills System to Boost Economy (UKCES)
- Personal, social, health and economic education in schools (Ofsted)
- The Value of Skills: An Evidence Review (UKCES)
- Consultation - Learning for children and young people in a youth custody setting in Wales - Statutory guidance
- Foundation Degrees Circular (HEFCW)
- Consultation on the principles to manage full-time undergraduate student numbers from 2011/12 (HEFCW)
- Travel Grants for FE Lecturers and Managers (British Council)
- Wales Education Lecture 2010, 4th October, Cardiff (GTCW)
- Evaluation of the Learning and Skills Measure
- Consultation on proposed changes to the funding system for higher education in Wales (HEFCW)
- Families First Pioneers announced
- Financial Literacy Resources available
- Skills and Work leaflets available
- Review of standards in summer 2009 GCSE Science and GCSE Additional Science
- Regional Strategies for the Planning and Delivery of Higher Education: Funding and Support (HEFCW)
- FE & Skills Newsletter –23rd July, Edition 31 (BIS)
- Ofsted news- July edition - Issue 18
- Student Charter Group gets down to work (BIS)
- £144.8 million demonstrates continuing commitment to improving school buildings in Wales
- Learning and Skills (Wales) Measure 2009: Local Curriculum for Students aged 16 to 18 Guidance
- New action plan for modern foreign languages
- A qualitative research study to explore young people’s disengagement from learning
- The exams officer's guide: Managing results and post-results services for the June 2010 exam series
- skillscompetition Wales bidding round open
- Dynamix and Funky Dragon Reports on Children’s Play
- The Review of Further Education Governance in Wales
- Changes to Higher Education student support in Wales for academic year 2011/12: Effect on gap-year students (Student Finance Wales)
- Interim Evaluation of Flying Start
- Redistribution Exercise 2010/11 (HEFCW)
- Variety of factors behind 11.6% rise in applications to UK higher education (UCAS)
- Barriers to participation in education and training (Department for Education)
- Labour Market Information, Information Communications and Technologies and Information, Advice and Guidance (UKCES)
- Local authority approaches to the school admissions process (nfer)
- talisman 86 (ofsted)
- Outcome Based Commissioning: Lessons from contracting out employment and skills programmes in Australia and the USA (UKCES)
- Minister stresses importance of work based learning
- New action plan for modern foreign languages
- Education Conference: Emotional and Social Wellbeing, 17 September 2010, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff (skillscymru)
- Developing thinking and assessment for learning: development programme
- The Vetting and Barring Scheme (VBS) – July registration halted.
- Foundation Degrees - written statement by Leighton Andrews, Minister for Children, Education and Lifelong Learning
- Appointment of Members to the Cymru-Wales Committee of the UK National Commission for UNESCO
- U-News Competition
- The facts about head lice - Welsh Assembly Government leaflet
- ‘Many Voices, One Wales’ to help increase minority ethnic achievement in education
- A new DVD providing best practice guidance in meeting the needs of pupils from minority ethnic backgrounds has been launched by Education Minister Leighton Andrews.
- The HEFCW Part-Time Undergraduate Fee Waiver Scheme (HEFCW)
- Initial Teacher Training Strategy Fund: Allocations 2010/11 (HEFCW)
- Learning and teaching strategy allocations for 2010/11 (HEFCW)
- Ryder Cup educational support materials (Newport Advisory Service)
- Chris Corcoran is Wales’ first reading hero
- Announcement of review of UCAS Tariff (UCAS)
- Students' views about science theory and practice (GTC for England)
- Applying the Learning from Customer Empowerment Models Operating in Other Industries to the Post-16 Employment and Skills Sector (UKCES)
- Male and female participation and progression in Higher Education: further analysis (HEPI)
- Careering Through The Web (UKCES)
- Personal learning accounts: Building on lessons learnt (UKCES)
- Learners firmly at the heart of the new Estyn inspection framework (Estyn)
- School days lost due to extreme weather in Wales
- National Training Awards ceremony,16 September 2010 SWALEC Stadium Cardiff (in support of skillscymru)
- HEFCW Corporate Strategy 2010-11 – 2012-13
- School Reorganisation - Statement by Leighton Andrews, Minister for Children, Education and Lifelong Learning (15th June)
- Wales Employment & Skills Board (WESB) launches new website
- The Vetting and Barring Scheme (VBS) – July registration halted.
- U-News Competition
- Schools Census, 2010: Final Results
- Assessment and Examination Performance: Comparison with England and its Regions, 2009
- Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education in the UK 2008/09
- Impact of the Change in Female State Pension Age for Labour Market Statistics in Wales
- School Effectiveness Framework (SEF) conferences – 5 - 9 July 2010
- Success of vocational learners celebrated at awards day
- New Attendance Codes for all maintained Schools
- The quality of new build in Further Education and its impact on learners (Estyn)
- Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship - Analysis of self-assessment reports for work-based learning (ESDGC)
- Parental access to information a school holds about their child
- Learning Network Analysis, 2008/09
- £15m Skills Boost for Workforce in South East Wales
- Local Authority Budgeted Expenditure on Schools, 2010-11
- Be the presenter (Skills Cymru)
- New pioneers to support families in Wales
- Progression from Vocational and Applied Learning to Higher Education (UKCES)
- A step towards work or just stuck in a warehouse? (LSIS)
- Schools show encouraging progress in promoting healthy eating (Ofsted)
- 2010 Sector Skills Assessment survey open to employers (LLUK)
- 'The future is vocational' say UK employers (Edge)
- Landmark legislation for children and young people’s rights in Wales
- Updated replacement for the Education (Specified Work and Registration) (Wales) Regulations 2004 – Consultation
- Europe’s education ministers meet in Cardiff
- Lottery money could benefit your school and your community (Big Lottery Fund)
- Film in Education Event to Inspire 21st Century Literacy in Wales, 28th June, Cardiff (Film Agency for Wales)
- A Survey into the Prevalence and Incidence of School Bullying in Wales
- Interim Report on the Evaluation of Provider Self-Assessment Reports (Quality and Effectiveness Framework for post-16 learning)
- Business successes for universities in Wales (HEFCW)
- HEFCW newsletter - June 2010
- Teachers in Service, Vacancies and Sickness Absence, January 2010
- Pupils with Statements of Special Educational Needs: January 2010
- A survey of professional qualification training for youth workers in Wales (Estyn)
- Child Minding and Day Care Regulations - Consultation
- North Wales consultation event on new Child Poverty Strategy for Wales
- Ministers launch new career drive
- Responsibility and Responsiveness – Stakeholder Review of FE Governance Arrangements
- First Minister welcomes Estyn’s Chief Inspector
- Access to Education and Support for Children and Young People with Medical Needs
- Estyn has recently published its Annual Plan 2010-2011 and its Strategic Plan 2010-2013
- Learner Involvement Strategies: Guidance for lifelong learning and skills providers in Wales
- Learning in a Digital Wales, 30 June 2010, Cardiff (JISC RSC Wales)
- Schools Census, 2010 (provisional)
- Estyn Peer Inspector training opportunities
- Self-assessment - updated guidance (Sixth edition - May 2010)
- Gender Differences in Educational Outcomes: Study on the Measures Taken and the Current Situation in Europe (Eurydice)
- Children and young people's views on web 2.0 technologies (NFER)
- National Literacy Trust World Cup resources are a go go!
- Intelligence – Employment and Skills e-bulletin May 10
- Outcome of the Review of Continuing Professional Development, Performance Management and Professional Standards - written statement by Leighton Andrews, Minister for Children, Education and Lifelong Learning
- Workshop: Implementing Managing Information Across Partners' (MIAP) Services in Wales – Various dates and venues throughout June 2010
- New Leaflets on Mobile Phones and Health for Primary and Secondary School Pupils
- Schools in Wales: Examination Performance 2009
- Ensuring the successful delivery of national examinations
- Attendance Data Collection Guidance 2010 Secondary Schools
- Keeping in Touch with young people who are NEET - workshops to be held in Llandudno on 10 June 2010 and Swansea on 11th June 2010 (Arad Consulting)
- Get Set to win a visit from Wenlock and Mandeville the official London 2012 mascots! Entries by 19 June 2010
- Access to Education and Support for Children and Young People with Medical Needs
- Orders to remove the terms ‘Local Education Authority’ and ‘Children’s Services Authority’ from primary and secondary legislation and replacing with ‘Local Authority’
- How teachers evaluate the impact of GTCW-funded continuing professional development projects (Estyn)
- Analysis of the financial position of the HE sector 2008/09 (HEFCW)
- Guidance for the Submission of Regional Strategies for the Planning and Delivery of Higher Education (HEFCW)
- Moving Forward: Foundations for Growth 2010Annual Report of the Wales Employment and Skills Board (WESB)
- New School Effectiveness Framework (SEF) website launched
- 21st Century Schools Information Document – May 2010
- Ensuring all learners achieve their potential: An evaluation of local authority strategies (Estyn)
- Funding qualifications on the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) in Wales
- Basic Skills Initial Assessment Tool
- National Data Collection for schools
- Transition plans and grant: An evaluation of the impact of transition plans and grant on primary and secondary school partnerships at key stage 2 and key stage 3 (Estyn)
- School business managers; a best practice guide (Estyn)
- The quality and relevance of staff training to deliver adult basic education (ABE) and English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) (Estyn)
- Review of Standards over time - GCSE and GCE Advanced Level Welsh First Language 2003-2008
- skillscymru develops partnership with Cardiff & Co
- Forecast requests 2010 (HEFCW)
- Annual Monitoring Statements 2010 (HEFCW)
- Education funding report unveiled by Minister
- Child Poverty Strategy for Wales and Delivery Plan
- Wales launches first national advocacy and advice helpline for children and young people
- Making the most of assessment 7-14
- How well do colleges support industry? The effectiveness of employer engagement and the support for industry provided by FE colleges (Estyn)
- National Professional Qualification fails to create more headteachers (Estyn)
- Provider-led Learner Voice Survey for Post-16 Learning, 2010: Pilot Results
- Support for pupils improves numeracy skills (Estyn)
- Information for exams office staff about changes to GCSE and managing controlled assessments
- Supporting your Examinations Officer during the summer examinations season
- Awards celebrate Wales’ inspiring learners
- Walk to School Week helps children Change4Life
- Minister to meet international education expert to discuss pioneering policy
- Latest education and skills statistics
- Innovative teaching brings enthusiasm and motivation to the classroom (Estyn)
- Tender for delivery of work based learning from August 2011
- ColegauCymru/CollegeWales Annual conference 2010: Meeting the Challenge, 26 and 27 May, Cardiff
- Delivering Skills that Work for Wales: A Labour Market Framework
- Review of Standards over time - GCSE and GCE Advanced Level Welsh First Language 2003-2008
- The changing shape of adult education in Wales (NIACE Dysgu Cymru)
- Handbook update (Governors Wales)
- WLGA Annual Conference 17th June 2010 - Venue Cymru, Llandudno
- Quality Assurance System: overarching framework (DCSF)
- Employability Skills: A Research and Policy Briefing (UKCES)
- European Qualifications Framework: Keep abreast of the latest developments
- Using computer games to support learning (LSN)
- A Curriculum for all learners – guidance to support teachers of learners with additional learning needs
- 9th May is Europe Day
- Adult Learners’ Week - 15-22 May 2010
- Continuous Professional Development in basic skills teaching
- Customer Research Programme Newsletter Issue 8: April 2010
- Regional Economic and Labour Market Profile (South West Wales, South East Wales, North Wales and Mid Wales)
- Go ahead given for National Science Academy for Wales
- Financial Contingency Funds, 2008/09
- Lifelong Learning Wales Record User Support Manual for Learning Providers 2010/11
- Cross Border Flows in Education, 2007/08
- New Welsh-medium Education Strategy
- Statutory guidance to help prevent children and young people from missing education - a practical toolkit to help identify children and young people missing education
- The Draft Specification of Apprenticeship Standards for Wales (SASW)
- Implementing the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) in Wales
- Welsh LMI and planning toolkit
- Further Education, Work-based Learning and Community Learning, 2008/09 and 2009/10 (early figures)
- Young people not in education, employment or training (NEET), Year to 30 September 2009
- Cross Border Flows in Education, 2007/08
- The Report of the Independent Coleg Harlech Review Group (The Hancock Report)
- Learning and Skills (Wales) Measure 2009: Local Curriculum for Pupils in Key Stage 4 Guidance
- The Education Maintenance Allowance Wales Scheme 2010: Changes and Proposals
- Work Based Learning Learner Voice Survey 2009
- Enter ‘Your Future Your Feature’ Competition! (Pupil Voice Wales)
- National Child Poverty Conference Cardiff, 27 May 2010 (WLGA)
- Research into the National Agreement on Raising Standards and Tackling Workloads
- Skillscymru 16-18 September 2010, Millennium Stadium
- Higher Education Performance Indicators, 2008/09
- How does it feel?’ Exploring creative approaches to working with youngpeople who are becoming excluded, Swansea University 29th April
- Learning Pathways 14-19 E-zine – Issue 7, April 2010
- First appointment in development of Coleg Ffederal announced (HEFCW)
- Qualitative research with seldom-heard groups
- Post-16 data collection – an update on systems and processes
- Customer Research Programme Newsletter Issue 7: March 2010
- Academic Achievement by Pupil Characteristics, 2007-2009
- Pupil Destinations from Schools in Wales, 2009
- JISC RSC Wales events
- Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) Statistics, 2009 Entry
- Guidance on the Vetting and Barring Scheme
- Exclusions from Schools, 2008/09
- Education Minister launches One Wales laptop pilot
- Estyn best practice guide helps to raise standards in the work-based learning sector (Estyn)
- The Vetting and Barring Scheme (VBS): School or Further Education College exchanges
- Response to a consultation on Investing in Skills
- Higher education funding announced For our Future (HEFCW)
- A survey into the Prevalence and Incidence of School Bullying in Wales Summary Report
- Good practice guide for sector and standard setting bodies to assist in determining the demand for Welsh language skills
- Teacher assessments in primary schools not consistent enough (Estyn)
- Staff and Finance of Welsh Higher Education Institutions, 2008/09
- Outcomes of consultation on changes to funding arrangement (HEFCW)
- Establishment of a ceiling in full-time undergraduate student numbers from 2011/12 (HEFCW)
- Widening Access to Refugees and Asylum Seekers (HEFCW)
- 21st Century Schools Programme Lays Strong Foundations for the Future (WLGA & WAG)
- Annual remit letter to the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW)for 2010-11
- Academic Achievement and Entitlement to Free School Meals, 2009
- Leadership Toolkit for Work Based Learning
- Special Educational Needs in the youth justice system
- Review of the provision of English for speakers of other languages in Wales
- Initial Teacher Training, 2008/09
- Reducing the numbers of young people not in education, employment or training: what works and why (Ofsted)
- Public attitudes towards A levels and GCSEs remain positive, survey finds (Ofqual)
- Transversal Opportunities - deadline for the next tranche of study visits is 31 March 2010 (Transversal)
- Higher education institutions need to tackle their skills shortages (LLUK)
- The growth of private and for-profit higher education providers in the UK (UUK)
- Pupils in Wales given a new voice
- EU Project Helps Young Gypsies
- Developing the HEFCW Corporate Strategy 2010-11 to 2012-13
- Assembly Members get ‘engaged’ at Senedd event (Cardiff University)
- National Science and Engineering Week 12 to 21 March (Direct gov)
- National Employer Skills Survey for England 2009 - key findings report launched (UKCES)
- TDA news March 2010
- DCSF and BIS respond to the Science for Careers Expert Group report
- Minister announces review of higher education governance
- Registration now available for the Learning Pathways 14-19 Conferences, 22 March 2010, Llandudno and 25 March 2010, Cardiff – registration
- Support for employment based route to teaching
- WorldSkills UK Competitions – Last Call for Most Online Entries is 19 March 2010
- Deputy Minister launches new guide for disabled young people
- Provision of information for students on cost of study (HEFCW)
- Minister sees firsthand investment in Newport High School
- Boys read as much as girls, but prefer the simpler books, study concludes (Renaissance Learning)
- Breaking the link between special educational needs and low attainment - Everyone's business (DCSF)
- General teaching council for England magazine: Spring 2010
- Talisman edition 83 (Ofsted)
- BIS FE and Skills e-Newsletter 25 February 2010
- Public Service Wales: Meeting the challenge of change
- 21st Century Schools Programme Launch Conference, 16 March 2010, Cardiff (Welsh Local Government Association and the Welsh Assembly Government)
- Achieving excellence in literacy and numeracy for pupils aged 3-14 years of Age, 11 March 2010 at the SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff (Estyn and Welsh Assembly Government)
- Guidance for Governing Bodies on School Uniform and Appearance Policies (revised February 2010)
- International Comparisons of Education Indicators, February 2010
- Minister opens training hub for young people in Newport
- Higher Education Funding Council for Wales newsletter (February 2010)
- Huw Lewis speaks on the importance of play
- Effect of Block Scheduling on Academic Achievement in Secondary Schools: A systematic review of evidence (DCSF)
- Assessing the Needs of Disadvantaged Learners and Potential Learners Report (LSC)
- Vocational Teacher Training Needs Radical Overhaul (Skills Commission)
- Empowering Young People Pilots Evaluation (DCSF)
- Matching apprentices with employers (Learning and Skills Improvement Service)
- Oneplace national overview report
- Awarding the new A* grade at A level
- The assembly learning grants (Further Education) (Wales) regulations 2010 consultation
- The remit for the chief inspector of education and training in Wales for 2010-11
- Jobs in Wales from Future Jobs Fund nears 9,000 mark
- Internationalising learning on the global stage - free CPD for teachers and school leaders (NUT and the Department for International Development)
- HEFCW circular developing a regional dimension to the planning and delivery of Higher Education
- Welsh baccalaureate principal learning in IT event, 3rd and 4th March 2010 at HP Enterprise Services Swansea (e-skills UK)
- Quick Reads 2010
- Welsh Baccalaureate helps learners secure Corus apprenticeships
- Airbus - a model approach to apprenticeships
- £49 million to help young people into employment
- Announcement of the successful contractor to undertake the review of the cost of administering the education system in Wales
- Diary Marker: "Implementation of the Learning Pathways 14-19/Learning and Skills (Wales) Measure" - 22 March 2010, Venue Cymru, Llandudno and 25 March 2010, SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff
- Estyn announces Chief Inspector
- NEET not a noun
- Team seeking vocational training partnership with schools (NTFW)
- Students in Higher Education Institutions – Wales, 2008/09
- Lesley Griffiths takes up the apprentice challenge at Barry College
- Young people across Wales have their say
- Collaborative mathematics - how can collaboration and discussion in class improve the teaching and learning of mathematics? (GTCE)
- The safe use of new technologies (Ofsted)
- Obstacles to social mobility weaken equal opportunities and economic growth, says OECD study
- Towards Ambition 2020: skills, jobs, growth for Scotland (UKCES)
- Training and Development Agency for Schools newsletters (February 2010)
