Following the UK Government’s announcement of the Spending Review, the Welsh Assembly Government can now finalise its own draft budget which will be published in mid November, with the final budget presented to the National Assembly for Wales in early February 2011.
192,770 learners were enrolled at FE institutions during 2008/09, 6.7 per cent fewer than in 2007/08. 43,485 learners pursued a Local Authority Community Learning activity in 2008/09 (including those enrolled at FEIs but taught by local authority staff), 1.5 per cent fewer than in the previous year. 56,550 learners undertook work-based learning programmes at FEIs and other training providers in 2008/09, 1.7 per cent fewer than in 2007/08.
We are inviting applications to apply for the last round of funded roll-out of the Welsh Baccalaureate Qualification at Foundation post-16 and in pre-16 at Foundation and Intermediate levels. This will be the last opportunity to apply for funded roll-out and the application period closes on 8 November 2010. The application form, guidance and details of funding that is available to support this provision can be found here.
Overall, qualification levels in Wales increased in 2009, continuing the general increase seen in recent years. An estimated 14 per cent of working age adults in Wales reported having no qualifications, the same as 2008.
This consultation seeks views on draft Regulations which detail the provision of a bursary for care leavers who pursue higher educational courses. The outcomes of the consultation will inform decisions for this academic year and beyond. Comments are required by 15 December 2010.
The Welsh Assembly Government’s One Wales commitment to create buildings fit for learning in the 21st Century was clear to see when Education Minister Leighton Andrews officially opened Ystrad Mynach College’s new Learning Resource Centre and College Refectory.
The conference opens with an address from NTfW’s president Lord Rowlands, CBE followed by Leighton Andrews, AM, Minister for Children, Education and Lifelong Learning.
Crop Production in Wales/Cynhyrchu Cnydau yng Nghymru is a bilingual DVD published by Canolfan Astudiaethau Addysg which introduces the main methods of crop production and their use in livestock farming. For further Information about new resources please visit the New Books section at gwales.com.
As part of the Welsh Assembly Government's review of special educational needs, the Wales Audit Office (WAO) were commissioned to examine the resourcing of special schools and to identify good practice. You can access the Wales Audit Office report 'Use of Resources in Special Schools' on the WAO website.
This publication sets indicators of health, education and other aspects of life alongside figures for other countries.
This circular requests institutions to return aggregated student data to enable HEFCW to make allocations of funds for teaching, have early indications of student numbers and calculate fee compensation for ERASMUS registrations.
In total, 479,057 applicants were accepted to full-time degree, foundation degree and HND courses, across the UK, starting in autumn 2010. This figure is 0.4 per cent higher than at the same point last year, but total applicants accepted is 0.3 per cent lower than 2009 when excluding acceptances that would previously have been processed by CATCH.
Ofqual has published the latest report from its on-going research programme into the reliability of results from national tests and qualifications used in England. This report gauges public perceptions of unreliability in examination results.
Items in this edition: Spending Review 2010 and Browne Review – Future of HE Funding 33 Edition.
This publication includes more than 40 case studies focusing on the use of mobile technologies in the context of work-based and vocational learning.
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