Over 10,000 people across Wales will benefit from a new £3.6m investment to set them on the path to career success, Welsh Ministers have announced.
This paper sets out the findings that have been identified in the stakeholder review that has been undertaken into the governance of further education (FE) in Wales.
The First Minister, Carwyn Jones, has welcomed the announcement by the Secretary of State for Wales that Mrs Ann Keane has been appointed as Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales.
This guidance aims to provide advice to schools and Local Authorities on meeting the educational needs of children and young people with medical needs.
The Strategic Plan 2010-2013 outlines the vision, values and purpose for Estyn over the next three years. The Annual Plan 2010-2011 is clearly linked to the higher level Strategic Plan and provides the detail of how the inspectorate will achieve its strategic objectives over the next year. The plan also outlines Estyn’s planned inspection activity and remit report areas for 2010-2011.
As part of our Quality and Effectiveness Framework, we are introducing new requirements for post-16 learning providers to establish formal learner involvement strategies. More
This is a collaborative, cross sector event brought to you by JISC RSC Wales, with the support of LearnTech Wales, Moodle-Wales and Community eLearning Wales. The aim of the event is to share good practice and experiences in new and existing technologies from across the sectors.
Outstanding learners and teachers were recognised as the top performers across colleges in Wales, and five colleges were awarded for driving improvements that benefit learners.
The key points from the latest release (compared to January 2009) are: 20 less local authority (LA) maintained schools and 2,500 fewer pupils; 4 more independent schools; 275 less teachers (full time equivalent) in the LA maintained sector.
Estyn is inviting applications from headteachers, deputy and assistant headteachers to train as Peer Inspectors for Welsh medium schools. Peer Inspectors will be full members of the inspection teams from September. Applicants may or may not have experience of working on Estyn inspections or may have trained previously as a Peer Assessor. A four-day training/assessment programme will be organised in September. Applications must be submitted by 5 July 2010.
The study provides a mapping of the policies and strategies in place across Europe to tackle gender inequalities in education systems today. Commission’s press release and report
The project was interested in young people’s personal use of social media, but also in how they might use these tools in a community or local authority (LA) context.
A range of World Cup reading resources are available online now for teachers and librarians to help encourage young people's reading through the power of football.
This week’s edition includes a spotlight on the National Minimum Wage (UKCES)
