Education Minister Leighton Andrews has stressed the importance of Work Based Learning in Wales. Leighton Andrews said: ‘To strengthen our economy, we must provide the best possible education and training for our Post 16 learners, be that in Further Education or through Work Based Learning.’ The Minister made the comments as the Welsh Assembly Government opened its invitation for work based learning providers to tender for learning contracts in 2011/14. Press release
A new action plan to support improvement and innovation in teaching modern foreign languages has been announced by Education Minister Leighton Andrews. Delivered in partnership with CILT Cymru the plan will provide more opportunities for students to improve their language skills or learn a new foreign language as part of 14-19 learning pathways.
Alongside skillscymru, the Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills is hosting an educational conference on the 17 September. The conference will focus on the emotional and social wellbeing of pupils, students and teachers in Wales.
A revised booklet - 'Why develop thinking and assessment for learning?' - which is part of a series of guidance materials to support practitioners in implementing higher-quality teaching and learning by focusing on developing thinking and assessment for learning is now available to download along with further support material.
Headteachers and principals should be aware that the UK coalition Government has announced its intention to review the Vetting and Barring and criminal records regimes. The commencement of voluntary registration with the new Vetting and Barring Scheme, which was due to begin on 26 July 2010, has been halted. A further communication will be sent following the outcome of the review.
As I indicated in my Statement to the Assembly on 29 June, we need to build a higher education system that is inclusive, accessible and responsive to the needs of Wales. Integral to this is the need for higher education to play a significantly greater role in equipping the Welsh economy and its workforce with the skills needed to innovate and compete.
The Commission is seeking applications for membership of its Cymru-Wales Committee. The UK National Commission (UKNC) was created in July 2004 and is a focal point in the UK for UNESCO-related policies and activities. The Cymru-Wales Committee of the UKNC is funded by the Welsh Assembly Government. The closing date for applications is 12 August 2010.
A competition entitled U-News, is encouraging children and young people to pick up a pen, notebook, audio recorder or video camera and report on positive things people of their own generation are doing at home, in school and in their community.
Please note that the Welsh Assembly Government leaflet “The Facts About Head Lice” is currently unavailable in hard copy but electronic PDF copies can be downloaded from the Public Health Protection web page.
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.
This document describes the Council’s part-time undergraduate fee waiver scheme for 2010/11 and sets out the criteria students will need to meet in order to be eligible for fee waiver under the scheme. More
This circular sets out the allocations for 2010/11 to support the implementation of initial teacher training strategies.
This circular provides information on the learning and teaching strategy allocations to higher education institutions for 2010/11 and confirms the date for return of Annual Monitoring Statements for 2009/10. Responses required by 5 November 2010.
The contents of the pack have been produced by the Newport Advisory Service in collaboration with Newport schools and teachers. The resources themselves are unique and this is the first occasion when an educational resource has been produced for the Ryder Cup.
Comedian, Cbeebies star and former teacher Chris Corcoran has been named as Wales’ first Reading Hero.
UCAS has announced a comprehensive review of the Tariff, the points-based system used by admissions officers to determine the suitability of qualifications for progression into higher education.
This month features the work of another influential educational thinker – Rosalind Driver (1941-1997). Rosalind Driver is widely acknowledged, by teachers and other educational practitioners in England and abroad, for her contribution to our understanding of how children’s ideas about science influence their learning.
This report explores a wide range of approaches to increase empowerment among customers for services as diverse as rail travel and the purchasing of white goods this report examines the potential of these processes to be applied to the Post-16 Employment and Skills Sector - as well as referring to cases where this is already taking place.
This report supplements the research published by HEPI in June 2009 on “Male and female participation and progression in Higher Education”. It is in two parts. The first part provides further information on the employment outcomes of graduates, using more up-to-date data than was available when the original report was published. The second part reports on some further work done following comments and responses to the original report.
This publication, commissioned by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, improves our understanding of the uses and potential of the internet for providing career development and career support services. The analysis within this review provides a summary of current internet resources as well as suggestions that may help inform future UK Commission recommendations on the topic.
This report was funded by the UK Commission as part of a programme of activity to inform the development of the proposals in ‘Ambition 2020: skills, jobs growth’. Drawing upon international comparisons and research in the UK this report explores the challenges and potential of Personal Learning Accounts.
