On Tuesday 4th March at the Senedd, the skills and employment strategy, ‘Skills That Work for Wales’, and the Webb review of further education, ‘Promise and Performance’ was discussed.
The Record of Proceedings (page 66-98)
The committee will discuss their draft response to the Skills that Work for Wales consultation and continue their follow-up inquiry into School Funding Arrangements in Wales. The Committee will hear from the Wales Audit Office, Estyn and from the Minister for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills. More
Data released by the General Teaching Council for Wales (GTCW) gives the first definitive picture of the number of teachers in Wales who have teaching qualifications in their classroom subjects. After nearly six years of research and cross checking, the Council is in a position to publish the first analysis of its kind. More
The 21st century is the age when electronic media dominates the lives and recreational activities of our young people. However, Facebook is no substitute for a real book, where the power of the written word to inform, educate and entertain remains as strong as ever. More
In association with the Welsh Assembly Government, Jobcentre Plus and Working Links, this convention will highlight the uniqueness of Wales’s labour market and its position in the UK Welfare Reform agenda. Keynote speakers include: Rt. Hon Rhodri Morgan AM, The First Minister for Wales and Adam Sharples, Director General, Work Welfare and Equality Group, Department for Work & Pensions. More
HEFCW hosted a successful conference on 27 February on internationalisation entitled The International University: A View from Wales. The Wales International Consortium – WIC – used this opportunity to launch its booklet e-Guide to Higher Education in Wales. Download the booklet here.
Adult Learners’ Week is the UK’s largest festival and celebration of adult learning, co-ordinated by NIACE Dysgu Cymru and core-funded by the Welsh Assembly Government, and the European Social Fund. Adult Learners’ Week is a campaign which combines national promotion with local action. More
The majority of parents expressed positive views of their experience of their child’s secondary school. The lowest levels of satisfaction related to the ease with which parents could get themselves and their child to and from school. More Further information on the Citizen Survey
The event will be based on the outcomes of the Academy’s review of the new three-year Welsh Learning and Teaching Strategies 2007/08 - 2009/10 and will highlight effective practice and emergent themes in Welsh institutions. More
On 28 February 2008, McKinsey and Company published a report (How the world’s best-performing school systems come out on top) which seeks to understand why the world’s top performing schools perform so much better than most others and why some educational reforms succeed when many others fail. More
Young people are missing out because their parents aren’t aware of the many learning routes available today, according to the Learning and Skills Council (LSC). New research from the LSC shows that despite the wide variety of learning routes available, eight in ten (80 per cent) parents encourage their children to follow traditionally academic routes such as A Levels or GCSE retakes. More
Speaking at the ASCL conference Mr Balls announced details of his ambitious plans to introduce a new Masters qualification specially designed for teachers called the Masters in Teaching and Learning (MTL), and further steps to strengthen Diplomas and raise school standards. More
Although the KSSP comes to an end on 31st March 2008, a wide range of resources will continue to be available to practitioners. The KSSP has been funded for 9 years. Arrangements from 1 April 2008 will be as follows: the KS4U student website (http://www.keyskills4u.com/) will continue to be available. All KSSP materials will continue to be available to download electronically from the Quality Improvement Agency Excellence Gateway (http://excellence.qia.org.uk/).
National Science and Engineering Week (formerly National Science Week) is an opportunity for people of all ages, areas and organisations to take part in science, engineering and technology activities. More
