The aim of the newsletter* is to provide up to date information on post 14 education and training developments in Wales and England.
Education Minister Jane Hutt has visited Newport High School in Bettws to outline her spending priorities for the draft Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills budget which stands at over £2billion in 2010/11. In addition to allocating significant funding to meet the Welsh Assembly Government’s One Wales commitments, the Minister has made an additional £20.5million of funding available to help those young people who have been hit hardest by the economic downturn. Funding includes £13million to extend the Skillbuild programme and the Pathways to Apprenticeships scheme. There is also £6.7million available for the Young Person’s Guarantee, which includes the Future Jobs Fund. Draft Budget October 2009 and the Press release by Andrew Davies, Minister for Finance and Public Service Delivery,
The Welsh Anti-bullying Network announces the Respect Tour 2009 anti-bullying workshops, at various locations around Wales. The road show, sponsored by the Welsh Assembly Government, is being co-ordinated by NSPCC Cymru/Wales and supported by Stonewall Cymru, Barnardos Cymru and Children in Wales. This is an excellent opportunity to learn how to tackle bullying in schools. The workshops are for pupils, teachers, support staff and key local authority officials.
This document represents a consultation on revising the current set of school attendance codes and guidance and the introduction of hard coding of final codes and statistical meanings into the electronic attendance management system. The consultation will close on 31 December 2009.
The guide aims to support Communities First partnerships gain a better understanding of issues that impact on child poverty and identifies activity that will have a significant impact on the life experiences of children and young people.
An exciting new ‘virtual’ skills centre between Aberystwyth and Bangor Universities was launched by Deputy Minister for Skills, John Griffiths. The Aber-Bangor Skills Centre aims to address the higher-level skills gap in Wales and strengthen links between the two universities, business communities in Mid and North Wales, and the Sector Skills Councils.
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The Eighth Economic Summit took place last week at the Intellectual Property Offices in Newport. Led by the First Minister, the summit was attended by business leaders, representatives from trades unions and the high street banks, and organisations from across the public and private sectors.
The study provides a detailed picture of the context and organisation of national tests in 30 European countries and the use made of test results in informing education policy and practice and in guiding the school career of pupils. It presents the diverse choices made by European countries regarding the objectives, frequency and scope of national tests and points to important Europe-wide patterns and trends.
The study aimed to assess the range, effectiveness and quality of financial education currently provided in Scottish primary and secondary schools. The following methods were used to undertake the evaluation: A desk-based literature review; An online schools survey; Audience review involving qualitative interviews and group interviews in selected schools with head teachers, teachers and pupils; Stakeholder interviews and a consultation event.
Faced with the worst recession for many years, it's more important than ever that we keep the skills of the UK's workforce up to date and adaptable. Training, in all its guises, is fundamental to this so we need highly skilled teachers, tutors, trainers, assessors and support staff as well other learning related roles.
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