The Modern Apprenticeship Awards - Wales 2009 rewards apprentices, learning providers, colleges and employers who have excelled in contributing to the development of the Modern Apprenticeship programme in Wales. The Awards are free to enter and the closing date for receipt of completed applications is 31 July 2009.
Stakeholder workshops on the Welsh-medium Education Strategy will be held in north and south Wales on the following dates: All National Centre, Cardiff – Monday 6 July and The Technium, Bangor – 10 July. To book a place at one of the workshops please call 02920 694990
From 2009, elements of the new 14 –19 Diplomas that are being developed in England will be available in Wales. As the Welsh Baccalaureate is already a well established and a well regarded qualification, these elements will fit within the Welsh Baccalaureate Qualification Framework.
The programmes of study set out the opportunities that learners should be given at each key stage and provide the basis from which you, as a teacher, can plan learning and teaching. They are divided into two sections, Skills and Range.
This is the eighth Annual Statistics Digest produced by the General Teaching Council for Wales from its Register of Qualified Teachers. The Register represents an important and unique information source concerning registered teachers in Wales.
HEFCW is hosting a free conference on ESDGC to inform the future activities and priorities of HEFCW and the Assembly. The conference will also hear the outcomes of SQW Consulting’s good practice report, the Higher Education Academy’s curriculum audit report, and progress to date on environmental management systems.
The next meeting of the Quality & Effectiveness Network will be held on 8th July 2009. The event will be by means of a 5-way video conference. During the event there will be presentations on the Welsh Medium Education Strategy, Worldskills 2012 and a Focus on Pedagogy.
An overview of statistics for Wales has been updated on he Learning and Skills observatory website. Information on Demography, Social conditions, Economic data, Labour Market, Education – Participation and Education Achievement is included.
As part of the UK Government’s Real Help Now agenda to provide support for individuals, families and business during the economic downturn, 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.
This report analyses the differences in the participation of men and women in higher education, and in their success when there. It shows that on virtually all measures women outperform men, and it discusses some of the possible causes for this and the implications.
On 29 April 2009, High Fliers Research published one of the largest independent surveys of final year students conducted in the UK (UK graduate careers survey 2009). The survey is based on face-to-face interviews with 16,357 final year students.
In this issue of tdaNews, the Chief Executive Graham Holley talks about the TDA’s remit for the year ahead.
British parents call for a radical overhaul of the education system, saying that secondary school is not working for over a quarter (28 per cent) of children. According to Edge, it is a situation that worsens with age as 40 per cent of 15-16 year olds are failing to thrive at school.
