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Registered Charity: 1164698 In association with:
FE, HE, Careers and NLBC
Education & Public Engagement Conference (20-9-17)
#FeedingFertileMinds
Leigh Morris, CEO, NLBC
Land Based Industries
Awarding
Bodies
Education
Providers
The majority of the specialist land based colleges are NLBC members:
NLBC strategy has 4 clear goals. Full strategy is at:
https://nlbc.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/NLBC-Strategy-
Web-1.0.pdf
Technical Qualifications
T-Levels
Academic Route: A-Levels and University
Technical Route:
Certificates & Diplomas
Post-16 skills Plan (and
subsequent Technical
Education Plan) outline
development pathways for
Further & Higher skills:
Post-16 skills Plan has 15
vocational routes, including:
‘Agriculture, Environmental
& Animal Care’
‘Agriculture, Environmental and Animal Care’ (Land Based)
Production Pathway for New Standards:
Panel of
Employers
Need for
‘Fit for
Purpose’
Standards
Employer
Led
Occupation
Route Map
• The DfE / IfA want ‘Land Based solutions for ‘Agriculture,
Environmental and Animal Care’, particularly at higher skills levels.
• We need to recognise that and drive land based collaborations
through the pipeline that is in place:
DeliveryProduced
Standards
College
Education
from 2018
NLBC website www.nlbc.uk has been set-up as the
portal (‘one-stop-shop’) for land based skills:
Land based careers – existing NLBC portal linking
all existing land based careers information sites
https://nlbc.uk/careers/land-based-careers/
NLBC convened a cross-land based careers collaboration meeting. Much
enthusiasm and potential for #LandSkills
School Employment & CPDCollege/Uni/ApprenticesCareers Guidance
Land Based Career
Hub & Registration Scheme
Digital Learning
Careers Pathways, Promotion & Guidance
Potential for one #LandSkills careers promotion, guidance, tracking and accreditation
scheme, linking existing schemes together and utilising the best digital technologies:
Collaboration - now is the time!
• Govt. skills agenda: ‘Agriculture, Environment & Animal Care’.
• New T-Levels, Trailblazers and work experience requirement.
• Rapid development of digital technologies.
• Need for higher level skills in AgriFood sector.
• Educational organisations with similar goals and values
[email protected] @NLBC_UK