A third major funding package of £144.8million in new capital projects for schools across Wales has been announced by Education Minister Leighton Andrews.
This statutory guidance aims to provide details about how the Learning and Skills (Wales) Measure 2009 will work in practice to benefit 14-19 young people, the economy and communities in Wales.
A new action plan to support improvement and innovation in teaching modern foreign languages has been announced by Education Minister Leighton Andrews. Press release and Information document
A research project was commissioned to investigate young people’s experience and perspectives on their disengagement from learning.
This is a practical guide for school and college exams officers on how to prepare for exams results days and how to inform staff and students about post-results services.
The Welsh Assembly Government is seeking organisations who wish to develop and implement skills competitions in Wales. Applications in response to our tender are required by 10 September 2010. More
CLIC Battle of the Bands 2010 will take place at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday 18 September as part of skillscymru. Closing date for entries is Friday 30 July.
Funky Dragon approached their investigation by carrying out a survey to find out how children aged 5 – 14 years of age liked to play, where and with whom, and what barriers would stop them from playing.
In May 2010 the minister announced his intention to establish a Task and Finish Group to undertake an independent review into the governance arrangements of further education institutions in Wales. He has now announced the appointments to this Task and Finish group.
It is proposed that these changes will be brought into effect by the Assembly Learning Grants and Loans (Higher Education) (Wales) Regulations 2010 which will govern higher education student support for AY 2011/12.
The evaluation reports on the achievements of Flying Start in terms of the conditions necessary for the effective delivery of support for disadvantaged children. The report considers the extent to which positive outcomes have been achieved for children and families in Flying Start areas in qualitative terms.
This circular sets out the arrangements by which higher education institutions and directly funded further education colleges may redistribute funded credit values for 2010/11.
So far this year, 660,953 people have applied to start full-time undergraduate courses this autumn compared to 592,312 at the same point last year.
This research report presents key findings from research commissioned by the DCSF aimed at exploring the barriers and constraints young people currently face when deciding what to do at the end of their compulsory schooling in Year 11.
This publication analyses the interaction, roles and potential of three topics: the use and availability of Labour Market Information; the type and extent of ICT usage in relation to careers choices; and the availability, quality and usage of careers Information, Advice and Guidance.
School admissions are clearly of central importance to parents, since they represent a major potential influence on a child’s life chances. They are also important and high profile for both local and national government, since these bodies will wish to demonstrate that such processes are fair, efficient and serve the best needs of their populations.
The Talisman is a newspaper specifically for adult training and Further Education providers. Latest edition
This report assesses the commissioning and contracting processes through which employment and skills provision is procured in both the USA and Australia and works to identify design and implementation issues that may be of help for reforms to the British system.
