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.
External links to education, learning and skills newsletters
- 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)
- Transforming education in the Heads of the Valleys
- Review of Careers Services in Wales – Written statement by Leighton Andrews, Minister for Children, Education and Lifelong Learning
- Secondary Initial Teacher Training: Intake targets 2010/11 (HEFCW)
- 1000 schools now offering free healthy breakfasts
- Specialist Provision for young people with autism in further education, Enterprise and Learning Committee, Thursday 11 February 2010 (NAfW)
- Quality & Effectiveness Network - 23 March 2010
- Tri-partite Memorandum of Understanding ‘Good news for Wales’ (press release from QAA, HEFCW and Estyn)
- Competition for Excellence in Further Education Announced (Colegau Cymru)
- Application numbers hit record highs for the fourth year running (UCAS)
- Praxis - An appetite for learning: increasing employee demand for skills development (UKCES)
- The 2010 Review of the integration of employment and skills (UKCES)
- Talisman 82 (Ofsted)
- Education (Local Curriculum for Pupils in Key Stage 4) (Wales) Regulations 2009
- Learning and Skills (Wales) Measure 2009
- Inquiry into the Funding of Post 16, Further and Higher Education - Finance Committee, Wednesday 3 February 2010 (National Assembly for Wales)
- Minister announces funding for deaf awareness training
- Statistical Bulletin 'School Statistics by Assembly Constituency and Region, 2009', was published by the Welsh Assembly Government this morning
- Specialist provision for young people with autism in further education - Enterprise and Learning Committee, Thursday, 4 February 2010 (National Assembly for Wales
- Can you help Estyn improve Welsh education? (Estyn)
- Vetting and Barring Scheme information roadshows (Home office)
- Mechanisms for Supporting the Enhancement of Learning Opportunities (HEFCW)
- Outcomes of HEFCW review of support for disabled students (HEFCW)
- Education maintenance allowances awarded in Wales 2009/10 (Provisional)
- Students to learn lessons from Auschwitz
- Six teens named as Wales’ new Climate Change Champions
- Workforce reform in schools: has it made a difference? (Ofsted)
- Lifelong Learning UK Scotland publish report on the sector working together as 'one system' (LLUK)
- Substantial increases in entry to higher education for disadvantaged young people (HEFCE)
- BIS FE and Skills e-Newsletter, Friday, 22 January 2010 (BIS)
