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
• Annual Population Survey, 2007: Qualification Levels
• Celebrations for GCSE and Welsh Baccalaureate Qualification Students
• Students in Wales celebrate their success
• Adult and youth educators need more guidance on teaching Sustainable Development Evidence used in the National Behaviour and Attendance Review (DCELLS)
• Evaluation of Learning Community Accounts (DCELLS)
• National Curriculum Assessments of 7, 11 and 14 Year Olds, 2008
• Modern Foreign Languages in Schools in Wales, 2007
• Deputy Minister Announces £6.8m for Welsh for Adults
• Financial Contingency Fund 2008/09 (DCELLS)
• Regulatory arrangements for the Qualifications and Credit Framework Accounts direction to further education institutions 2007/08 (DCELLS)
• DIUS FE and Skills e-Newsletter, Thursday, 14 August 2008
• New framework to put Further Education at heart of local communities (DIUS)
• Ofsted’s latest report evaluates the impact of programme led apprenticeships
• Variable tuition fees in England: assessing their impact on students and higher education institutions
• Sector backs Government plans for a streamlined skills and education system (DIUS)
• Challenge to cut red tape will make apprenticeships a better deal for business (DIUS)
• The future of further education - an opinion survey (LSN)
• Top Academics and employers to develop new subject diplomas (DCSF)
• Line of learning criteria for new Diplomas (Ofqual)
• e-skills UK invites input to training framework for the IT profession
• Vocational Results Day, John Griffiths AM, Deputy Minister for Skills, Welsh Assembly Government (Western Mail)
• Delivering Skills That Work for Wales: Regulations for Collaborative Arrangements (DCELLS)
• Pupils present to teachers (GTCW)
• Effective Strategies for Learners to achieve Key Skills within Qualifications Frameworks (DCELLS)
• Inspections in the Autumn term (schools) Estyn
• Consultation on Children and Young People’s Workforce Strategy in Wales, 17th September in Swansea and 25th September Llandudno
• Workplace Employment by Industry in Wales, 2001 to 2006
• Bursary to support student research on sustainability (WAG)
• Accounts direction to further education institutions 2007/08 (DCELLS)
• Skills that work for Wales
• National Comparators for Further Education and Work Based Learning, 2006/07
• Delivering Skills That Work for Wales: Regulations for Collaborative Arrangements (DCELLS)
• GCSE Qualification Criteria (DCELLS)
• Skills competition Wales: Competition Bidding and Hosting Workshop, 12th August 2008, Metropole Hotel, Llandrindod Wells
• English for Speakers of Other Languages: the impact of increased demand (DCELLS)
• 'Merging the Boundaries – How well do local partnerships work together to deliver adult community-based learning'. (DCELLS)
• Universities mean business - Wales’s universities and colleges continue to boost the economy more and more strongly (HEFCW)
• New faces on GTCW Teaching council
• Major UK Skills Celebration Launched in Wales (fforwm)
• DIUS FE and Skills e-Newsletter, 15th July 2008 (DIUS)
• Draft legislation to create more high quality apprenticeships fit for the 21st century (DCSF)
• Just suppose teaching and learning became the first priority (LSN)
• Evidencing the personal skills requirements for teachers, tutors and trainers in the lifelong learning sector (LLUK)
• School Effectiveness Framework to be piloted in 99 schools in Wales
• Responses to the Consultation on Proposals for a Learning and Skills (Wales) Measure 2008
• Learning Options for 14-19 year olds in Wales (DCELLS)
• Supporting Learning Pathways (DCELLS)
• Evaluation of the Common Investment Fund (CIF) DCELLS
• Welsh schools could do more to make most of RAISE funding (Estyn)
• Basic Skills Capacity in Wales: Provider and Learner Perceptions (DCELLS)
• Estyn calls for better partnership working in the adult education sector
• Students in Higher Education Institutions, 2006/07 - Revised
• Welsh-language Sabbaticals Scheme – come to the Eisteddfod to learn more!
• New Skills and Employment Gurus Unveil Future Plans (UKCES)
• Learning and Skills Council announces winners of Apprenticeship Awards 2008 (LSC)
• Sir Jim Rose asks parents and children for personal experiences of dyslexia (DCSF)
• £397 million investment for world leading research facilities (DIUS)
• Universities' influence on economy grows (DIUS)
