A funding package of £13.26m for local authorities, Higher and Further education has been welcomed by Education Minister Jane Hutt. The investment represents £9m of the £23m announced at the third economic summit held in Cardiff on 5 December and will support small capital works and refurbishment programmes at schools, colleges and university buildings.
Universities in Wales are continuing to deliver world-class research according to the results of the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) published yesterday. The exercise, which assesses the quality of research in higher education institutions throughout the UK, shows that Wales remains a vibrant player on the UK research stage.
The Welsh Baccalaureate Qualification, which aims to produce better undergraduates and recruits, has been extended and will now be available to 30,000 learners across Wales. Education Minister Jane Hutt has announced today that the qualification - popular with students and highly regarded by both HEIs and employers alike - will be extended to even more schools, Further Education Institutions and training providers.
Guidance documents have been developed to provide a clearer understanding of the technical features of the framework. The latest guidance materials are marked "Version 3”.
This is an information document to aid delivery of ESDGC in the youth work sector. The approach within the ‘Common Understanding’ covers a range of ESDGC activity to support how the work may be embedded at all levels within the sector. It provides a few practical suggestions for taking the work forward.
The employment rate of people of working age in Wales was 71.0 per cent, down from 71.8 per cent in the same period a year earlier. The UK average was 74.2 per cent.
A record number of adults gained vocational qualifications in the past academic year, according to new ONS figures published. The qualifications cover a range skills and training giving people what they need to get work and get on at work.
The nation’s best loved agony aunts from newspaper and TV took part in the Government’s first ever relationship summit today, with Children, Schools and Families Secretary Ed Balls and Children’s Minister Beverley Hughes.
According to recent studies dyslexia is a major cause of literacy problems; at current estimates as many as 1 in 20 children are believed to be affected to a significant extent. There may be others for whom the effects are less significant. In schools, almost all teachers will have some dyslexic learners in their classes. The Disability Discrimination Act requires all teachers to adopt strategies to meet the needs of these children.
