The consultation will take place nationally with centres, awarding bodies and a range of key stakeholders on revised criteria to govern GCSEs in science subjects. The period of consultation will last for 12 weeks and responses should, be submitted by 11th September.
The establishment of a Welsh-Medium Higher Education network - the Federal College- was one of the Welsh Assembly Government's commitments in its One Wales agreement. The Minister is now considering her response to the report and the next steps.
Total local authority net revenue expenditure for all services is budgeted to increase by 3.1% between 2008-09 and 2009-10. This compares with a budgeted increase of 2.5% for education services. Gross schools expenditure (inclusive of all sources of funding) is budgeted to increase by 3.7% to £2,385 million in 2009 10.
Key Stage 1: The proportion of pupils in Wales achieving the expected level was slightly lower than in England for all subjects apart from Science, where the average for England and Wales was the same. Key Stage 2: Pupils in Wales performed better than their counterparts in England in English and Mathematics and performed the same in Science.
Education Minister Jane Hutt has celebrated the future of higher education, based in and dedicated to people living in the Heads of the Valleys. The University of the Heads of the Valleys initiative will lead a drive to transform the performance and prospects of an area which has one of the lowest skill levels in the UK.
The report which includes recommendations, assessed the impact and effectiveness of Techniquest and specifically their contribution made to the delivery of the Welsh Assembly Government's strategic aims. More
As part of the agenda to provide support for individuals, families and business during the global recession, the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) are looking to make Career Development Loans more attractive for learners seeking to enhance their skills for work, and particularly those recently made redundant and looking to retrain or start a career in an emerging industry or profession
Sir Jim Rose was asked to make recommendations on the identification and teaching of children with dyslexia, and on how best to take forward the commitment in the Children’s Plan to establish a pilot scheme in which children with dyslexia will receive Reading Recovery support or one-to-one tuition from specialist dyslexia teachers.
Over 3.6 million vocational qualifications were awarded last year according to figures released by Edge to celebrate VQ Day(Vocational Qualifications Day). The figures show an increase of 350,000 in the number of vocational qualifications awarded, up 11 per cent on the previous year.
Lifelong Learning UK is currently reviewing the National Occupational Standards for Learning and Development. The standards are applicable to a large workforce and Lifelong Learning UK is offering the opportunity to those people and organisations who are involved in the delivery of learning to input into this review.
The school’s philosophy, a supportive and stable school environment, and strong relationships between the school and parents are important factors in preventing very young children from being excluded from school, according to a report published today by Ofsted.
As Britain’s job market enters its toughest period for decades and graduate unemployment soars, growing numbers of graduates are gaining an advantage over their peers by topping up their degree with a vocational qualification.
