The aim of the newsletter is to provide up to date information on post 14 education and training developments in Wales and England.
Education Minister Jane Hutt has lent her support to a week-long annual celebration of the role played by Wales’ youth workers and the groups they run. Youth Work Week, which starts on November 1, is a Welsh Assembly Government supported initiative designed to encourage more young people to get involved in regular community-based activities and to persuade more people to become volunteers and youth workers. This year over 300 events will be taking place across the country in support of the week.
More than £34 million will be invested in a work-based learning programme to help almost 8,000 people across West Wales and the Valleys improve their skills while remaining in their jobs, Education Minister Jane Hutt has announced. The programme will offer employees flexible, bite-size learning opportunities at NVQ Level 4 and above.
The handy A5 booklet provides Welsh practitioners with basic information on advice, guidance and funding support, along with contact details, for programmes that are available in the field of international education. These include those funded by the WAG, UK and EU alongside other support from educational foundations and organisations. The guide was produced by NIACE DC in conjunction with WAG’s International Education Unit in response to practitioner need; and was circulated to all educational institutions in Wales earlier this month.
The annual volume ‘Schools in Wales: General Statistics 2009’ presents information on the school sector in Wales drawn from a number of sources, mainly the Schools Census. The number of full-time equivalent (FTE) pupils fell from 471,200 in 2007/08 to 466,100. 98 per cent of pupils attended maintained schools and 2 per cent independent schools.
Each WBL provider was asked to complete and submit a self-assessment report by the 30th October 2009 and Ymlaen Ceredigion have been appointed by DCELLS to help further develop ESDGC in WBL. To go hand in hand with the self-assessments, Ymlaen Ceredigion will be facilitating a number networks across Wales, specifically for WBL providers, which will be run by expert facilitators with a wealth of experience in ESDGC.
6,690 students in Further Education applied for an Assembly Learning Grant as at end July 2009, an increase of 8 per cent compared with 2007/08. 5,250 applications were successful (79 per cent of applications), an increase of 2 per cent compared with 2007/08.
This circular sets out for consultation options for the continuing support of the sector’s third mission activities for the academic years 20010/11 to 2012/13. It also gives notice of a workshop to be held on 4 December 2009, the outcomes of which will also feed into the consultation process.
This short review explores why further education provision has flourished in some higher education institutions but not in others. Drawing on inspection evidence from the period 2003 to 2009, the review illustrates the characteristics of the best and the least successful provision, from which it draws conclusions and makes recommendations.
The focus of this e-bulletin from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills is on employment and skills issues from research and policy perspectives.
How can action research inspire teachers to promote inclusion? Inclusion, that is, ‘reducing the barriers to learning and participation for all pupils’, is a challenge for many schools. Some of these barriers to learning and participation are inevitably found in the classroom, so if inclusion is going to be fully realised it requires the engagement and involvement of classroom teachers.
The UK is facing major skills challenges with working age employment continuing to fall and school leavers facing the worst labour market for fifteen years. Fair and affordable access to the right skills and training is more important than ever.
This month’s newsletter includes new resources such as Teachers TV programmes on special educational needs, and new web pages designed to help teachers deliver careers information, advice and guidance to students.
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