The Welsh Assembly Government publishes its draft budget on 17th November. We will issue a specific budget newsletter on Wednesday to keep you informed of how available resources will be distributed between Ministerial portfolios and spending programme areas. Budget Timeline: What happens next?
A new campaign kicks-off today to inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs and get the young people of Wales interested in starting up their own business by creating a ‘can do’ attitude. Press release and the Big Ideas Wales campaign
New legislation giving further education institutions in Wales the right to apply for foundation degree awarding powers will open up more opportunities for learners in Wales to pursue foundation degree provision across Wales, said Education Minister Leighton Andrews. Press release and further information.
The purpose of this non-statutory guidance is to help head teachers and governing bodies to set out their policies on charging and remission for school activities and school visits.
This document sets out guidance for Welsh for Adults learning providers and regional centres on data submission. The aim is to ensure a consistent 2010/11 dataset allowing for measures of learner outcomes to be derived and further developed, to enable analysis including benchmarking.
We are calling out to all Welsh young people aged between 14 and 18 to apply to become a Climate Change Champion today! A Champion will be a spokesperson on climate change in Wales, showing people in their communities and across Wales how everyone can reduce their carbon footprint. It is a hugely rewarding experience. The competition will close on Friday 19 November – visit www.walescarbonfootprint.gov.uk for more information!
This consultation seeks to gather views on draft Regulations to ensure that learners aged 16 to 18 undertaking secondary education or further education in a higher education institution would receive the same provisions as those in schools or further education institutions.
Users of Education and Lifelong Learning Statistics are encouraged to contribute to this consultation which closes at the end of November.
Ahead of Wales’ autumn international against the current world rugby champions South Africa, Welsh rugby superstars are encouraging parents to give reading with children a ‘try’.
Diplomas are enthusing learners but weaknesses remain, according to a report published today by Ofsted. Some aspects of the Diploma – especially the main subject content known as ‘principal learning’ – are working well, but the qualification as a whole is proving complex and challenging for both learners and providers.
The Register of Regulated Qualifications contains details of Recognised Awarding Organisations and Regulated Qualifications in England (Ofqual), Wales (DCELLS) and Northern Ireland (CCEA).
Teenagers are to be the prime target for next year’s World Book Day (WBD) with initiatives including a poster campaign featuring JLS member Ortise Williams. WBD will take place on 3rd March 2011.
The best primary schools in England teach virtually every child to read, regardless of the social and economic circumstances of their neighbourhoods, the ethnicity of their pupils, the language spoken at home and most special educational needs or disabilities.
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