The aim of the newsletter* is to provide up to date information on post 14 education and training developments in Wales and England.
Os hoffech chi ddarllen y cylchlythyr yn y Gymraeg, cliciwch yma**
This is the first marketing update from The Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills. It's designed to tell you how learning and skills are being promoted across Wales, at a national level and more locally alongside partners.
Delivering skills that work for Wales in a challenging economic climate will dominate the agenda when work based learning providers converge on the Celtic Manor for their annual conference.
The Lecture, entitled ‘Closing the Gap: A Response from the Chalk Face’, will be delivered by Sir William Atkinson. During the Lecture, Sir William will outline a number of practical measures for closing the attainment gap between students drawn from advantaged backgrounds and those who have to overcome a range of challenges.
The overall objective of this study was to undertake a systematic literature review which would inform and underpin subsequent empirical research among Welsh Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).
The Minister for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills has agreed to establish a task and finish group to review the present position and state of music education in Wales.
This is a response to Estyn's Report on an evaluation of the impact of RAISE funding on raising the levels of performance of disadvantaged pupils - a report on the third year of the programme.
More than £3m is being made available to support developments at the Welsh College of Horticulture (WCoH) in Northop, Deputy Minister for Skills John Griffiths has announced. On the 1st August, 2009 the Welsh College of Horticulture was merged with Deeside College and Glyndwr University.
The teachers’ workload diary survey provides data on the hours and working patterns of teachers in maintained primary, secondary and special schools in England and Wales. This is the 10th survey to examine teachers’ workload.
The purpose of this research was to monitor perceptions of the overall quality of state education provision at all stages, from early years provision through to Higher Education. It aimed to measure attitudes towards issues such as children’s safety and wellbeing in and out of school and children and young people’s role in the community and it sought to understand the overall perception of England as a place to grow up.
Talisman is a printed newspaper specifically for adult training and Further Education providers. This issue looks at Ofsted's new framework and arrangements for inspection and includes profiles of Warwickshire College and the National Apprenticeship service, plus the latest news and events from the learning and skills sector.
This Big Conversation is a national call to action, launched by Sir Stuart Rose (Chairman of Business in the Community) on the 15th September, to businesses to improve work experience for young people. It is a business-led movement, business talking to business across the country to improve the work experience they offer, convened and supported by BITC. The goal is to improve work experience for the 500,000 students entering placements in June 2010.
**Os dymunwch dderbyn y cylchlythyr wythnosol yn y Gymraeg, anfonwch e-bost at rhys.davies4@wales.gsi.gov.uk.
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