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LSIS Regional update SWTRANSCRIPT
June 2011
LSIS Newsletter
LSIS Chief Executive visits the South WestRob Wye will visit the region on Wednesday 22nd June. A busy schedule is planned taking in meetings with providers in the region. Rob will attend the AoC Principals meeting and also the Dorset & Somerset Training Provider Network.
SW regional conversation meeting The second regional conversation meeting will be held on Friday 15th July at the Flybe Training Academy, Exeter. Invitations have been sent to various organisations and sector representative groups.
LSIS AccountsA reminder that all eligible providers will have received their new LSIS Account allocation on 1st April; these must be used by the end of July 2011, no carry over is permitted, so please ensure that you review our events and programmes pages. The 2011/12 account allocation will be provided from 1st August 2011. For more detailed information on the use of LSIS Accounts, please see the website. LSIS Accounts
South West
Useful LSIS Links
LSIS Website: www.lsis.org.uk
LSIS Events Calendar: www.lsis.org.uk/events
The Excellence Gateway:www.excellencegateway.org.uk
The latest funding opportunities can be found on our website on the last page: http://www.lsis.org.uk/WorkingWithLSIS/Opportunities/funding-Opportunities/Pages/default.aspx
South West Beacon provider wins Global Award S&B Automotive Academy, who are an LSIS Beacon provider based in Bristol have won a
Bronze award at the annual IMS Global Learning impact Awards. The IMS awards are designed to recognize those initiatives which have the greatest impact on the use of technology worldwide in support of learning. S&B were selected to showcase their developments at the annual Learning Impact conference in Long Beach, California! S&B won the award for their highly innovative work with NetCam technology, which was the focus of two projects, generally know as the Jericho projects. Firstly their work with employers, apprentices and their awarding body the IMI, which has resulted in the practical application of NetCam technology i.e.
carrying out remote competence assessments within the workplace via an internet connection without the assessor being present.
S&B would like to thank all those organisations who have supported these developments,including members of the Jericho project, members of the Western Training Provider network and LSIS who have supported the development through a successful application for funding under its Flexibility and Innovation Fund (FIF) programme. S&B would also like to offer special thanks to the JISC Advance Regional Support Centre South West and David Rowe its e Learning Adviser for Work based Learning, for the invaluable support ‐ ‐and assistance with both the Jericho project and the IMS Global award application process.
NetCam has featured highly and been showcased in the region including a live assessment demonstration at last year’s SW Learning Fair.
Improvement Adviser Service (IAS)The IAS offers a range of support to enable providers to improve their provision through the use of specialist Advisers, High Quality Managers or Beacon providers with relevant skills and expertise. All Advisers are experts in quality improvement.
Debbie Farley Regional Development Manager
Mobile: 07825 933772Office: 01373 465800
LSIS enquiries team:Tel: 02476 627953Email: [email protected]
To request support, please contact [email protected]. Applications can be made by individual providers or by existing groups or networks. This service is currently offered at no cost to organisations.
Organisational Health Check (OHC)Would your organisation benefit from an external review? Over 50 providers including Colleges, Training Providers and ACL organisations have already taken part in an OHC and have found it very useful in identifying key challenges.
A team of trained senior practitioners, drawn from the learning and skills sector, will tailor the OHC to meet organisational needs. Full details and an application form can be found at: Improvement Adviser Service, please contact me if you would like to discuss an application.
New call for Research Development Fellowship (RDF) applicationsLSIS will shortly be announcing a new call for applicants for its Research Development Fellowships (RDFs). Please keep checking here http://www.excellencegateway.org.uk/page.aspx?o=200603 for the application forms and guidance which we will be publishing before the end of June.
For information about projects supported previously by the RDF scheme please see here http://www.excellencegateway.org.uk/page.aspx?o=274143
Annual Teaching and Learning Fair, Monday 11 July - The Institute of Education, London.The focus of this year’s annual teaching and learning fair is ‘Leading change in teaching and learning’. This event will bring together up to 600 institutional managers and teaching and learning practitioners to discuss, challenge, explore and develop a whole organisation approach to leading change in teaching and learning.
The cost is £150 for the first delegate, for example, principal/CEO/senior manager, the second, for example, subject learning coaches, advanced learning coaches, professional development advisers or E-Guide, can be registered free of charge.
For more information, and to book places for you and your change agent, click here
Resource Utilisation
Cut costs and generate income - a practical guideTo see over 20 workshop presentations of proven, practical, step by step methods on how to cut costs dramatically across a wide range of areas. This event could be subtitled ‘How to save a million pounds’ which is the proven amount that a medium sized college (with other saving streams for other sector members) can save annually and will demonstrates clearly, how providers are making massive cost savings, generating more income and operating more effectively, and shows how you can too!
The workshop will appeal to a wide range of leaders and managers from executive and governor level through to middle managers, from across the whole further education and skills sector. It is aimed at anyone with an interest in how to operate more effectively and efficiently.
The event is to be held on 16th June at the Jury’s Inn, Birmingham. Check the LIS website for details and booking. Cut costs and generate income
Succeeding and Surviving with Less - SW event for CollegesFind out how to make the most of your resources in a time of rapid change and unprecedented cuts in funding by attending one of our Succeeding and Surviving with Less Follow-on workshops.
Workshop title: Support CostsVenue : Filton College, Thursday 30thst June
The workshop will cover: How to evaluate whether you are spending too much money in a given area; Shared Services – the pros and cons; and, Current Sector practice.
To attend the workshop, please book via the link below:Succeeding and Surviving with Less (SW) 30 June 2011
Remember you can use your LSIS Account
Support for Collaborative ContractingMinimum Contract Level Support Programme Web seminars - summer 2011 One hour online events between May to July – No charge The events are for providers/partnerships and are designed to cover the most pressing issues encountered by those preparing for Minimum Level Contracting in 2011-12.
MCL milestones and guidance - 4 events
Short input from Skills Funding AgencyDiscussion of the latest key milestones and guidance relating to MCLSign-posting to: on-line forums for on-going discussion and further support options
Virtual Learning Visits on a specific issue - 6 eventsProviders / partnership sharing practice and experienceProvider(s) will be asked to prepare a short input, setting out their context, their approach to the issue and a number of questions for discussion: setting up a partnership (based on one or more of the MCL Case Studies),contract management, management arrangements, financial management, culture, identity and brand
Current MCL Issues - 6 eventsExpert-led seminars covering key issues under a theme.LSIS Partnership Advisers or other specialists, making a short presentation, followed by Q&A on themes identified by Skills Funding Agency, Stakeholders, Advisers and in on-line forums: quality; managing Exemptions refusal – Rapid response; sub-contracting for Leads; sub-contracting for sub-contractors; and managing information.Click here: Register for any of the above events
Leadership & Management New leadership modulesThe piloting of the new leadership development framework modules aimed at first line and middle managers has completed and the first four modules (Personal development for first line managers, Leading people for first line managers, Leadership, vision and strategy for middle managers, and Leading quality improvement for middle managers) are now launched and available for booking for dates in June and early July.
http://www.lsis.org.uk/AboutLSIS/MediaCentre/NewsArticles/Pages/Leading-the-way-the-LSIS-approach-to-leadership-development.aspx
This is an exciting new delivery approach based on greater choice, flexibility and personalisation, with the option of gaining CMI accreditation.
Leadership ToolkitsThe new Offender Learning Toolkit is now part of the Virtual Campus being piloted as supported by the Skills Funding Agency and the Ministry for Justice. One of the grant
providers (Strode College) case study video was shot within a prison (HMP Erlestoke in SW region) offering a rare opportunity to view impact on reducing reoffending.
Development continues on the new LLDD module which will be part of the next release of the Toolkits. Support work continues on the new VLE which will bring together the LLE (Leadership Learning Environment); eCPD and SLC resources onto a single LSIS VLE platform.
SfLLN Support in the SW
From April to July 2011, providers and employers engaged on the LLN Programme will have the opportunity to continue to receive support through in-house CPD events, attendance at peer exchange groups or participation in webinars.
The programme is for all organisations delivering Skills for Life provision funded by the Skills Funding Agency in the post-19 FE and skills sector. The purpose of the support package is to help providers improve the quality of their literacy, language and numeracy provision so that more learners achieve their qualifications and so progress in life and at work. The South West region is offering a diverse range of Peer Exchange Group meetings, Study Visits, Webinars and CPD events. The Regional Co-ordinator for the South West is Terri Williams, email: [email protected], telephone: 07779 225032.
Thursday 16th June - Webinar Skills for Life Funding Tuesday 21st June – Webinar 20 great ways to start and end a lesson delivered by Bridgwater College Further details of all event dates, topics and venues will be posted on to the Excellence Gateway, however for immediate information, please contact Terri Williams direct.
Notification of a new STEM funding initiativeA new STEM fund is being proposed to support two unique initiatives, the first, to support the Big Bang Regional Fairs programme, a series of live events aimed at young people, teachers, parents and carers. The aim of the fairs is to engage, inspire and motivate learners to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).
The funding LSIS will offer is designed to enable FE providers to plan, deliver and evaluate their own Big Bang in a Box event during summer 2011. Applicants for the funds will be invited to apply through the funding portal, a link to this, with the guidance and application form will be available on the funding opportunities part of the LSIS website soon. For further information contact Michelle Larke on [email protected]
South West Big Bang Event –Tuesday 21st June, Exeter University www.thebigbangfair.co.uk/southwest/
For the second initiative LSIS has joined forces with the team behind BLOODHOUND Super Sonic Car (SSC) to raise greater awareness of how the FE sector can benefit from being part of this engineering adventure. Applications will need to demonstrate how FE providers work with BLOODHOUND SSC materials, suppliers and team members on projects which will improve teaching and learning across STEM subjects. Full speed ahead. Why we are supporting a supersonic car as the ideal vehicle to inspire the next generation of scientists, engineers and mathematicians.
Technology for efficiency regional events – SW event Thursday 30th June
These events are being supported by the JISC Advance Regional Support Centres in each region. The day will include a range of activities that will provide you with tips, advice, guidance and access to practical technology.
These include:
a showcase of the Leadership in Technology projects and their outcomes including how the effective and innovative use of technology and e-learning improves the learner experience;
feedback from Becta’s Technology Exemplar Network about how effective use of technology has lead to benefits such as cost savings and positive changes; and
workshops with the JISC Regional Support Centres who will provide practical advice, linked to case studies, on how to your organization can make the best use of technologies within learning
Click here to book a place: South West
Learning and Skills Beacon StatusWe are very pleased to announce that there will be another round of high-performing organisations awarded with LSIS Learning and Skills Beacon status. Announcements will be made following the ceremony which will take place at the National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham on 27 June. The names of the new Beacons will be featured on the Beacon website, late June.
STAR Awards, now to be known as the ‘TES FE Awards’
From 2011 the STAR awards will be run by TLS newspapers and rebranded as the ‘TES FE awards, in association with LSIS’. The awards were launched in FE Focus on 13 May, and nominations will close on 8 July. The national awards event will be held during the afternoon of Friday 11 November, at the Brewery conference venue in London. For further information, and to make a nomination, visit the new TES FE Awards website here.
The Further Education and Skills Sector in 2020: A Social Productivity ApproachLSIS commissioned the 2020 Public Services Hub to undertake this report specifically to develop independent thinking on possible long term futures for further education and skills. The contents and conclusions of the report are therefore those of the authors, and not of LSIS.
The report includes interviews with over 30 stakeholders, including case studies in three city regions (Bristol, Nottingham and Manchester). It reveals a sector wary of the further encroachment of market mechanisms and critical of reductions in public funding, yet also enjoying a new culture of flexibility, entrepreneurialism and open practice
The Executive Summary is available here: Executive Summary: The Further Education and Skills Sector in 2020: A Social Productivity Approach
Equality and Diversity
Launch of 2 new online resources - Implementing Equality and Diversity Online Resource and Implementing Disability Equality Online Resource
Please do take the time to visit www.leadershiplearning.org.uk register yourself and explore these resources.
Exciting on-line resources developed in partnership with learning providers and sector partners. The resources have been designed to help you develop the knowledge, skills, capacity, capability and confidence of staff, at all levels within the organization, including governors, principals and senior managers.
Equality and Diversity Partnership Projects – Provider Led Dissemination EventsSince 2009, LSIS has been working in partnership with a range of providers in the Learning and Skills sector to design, develop and disseminate new approaches, resources and materials to progress equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI). Our partner providers have worked incredibly hard to support LSIS’s commitment to EDI and have come up with some excellent approaches to advancing EDI.
Northern Event Friday 24th June 11.00 – 15.00 Venue: To be confirmed shortly
Midlands Event Friday 8th July 11.00 – 15.00 Venue: To be confirmed shortly
Equalities in the Curriculum
Equality and Diversity in the Curriculum is a one day event for those who wish to develop the confidence and skills to address the need for equality and diversity issues to be embedded in the design and delivery of the curriculum. This pilot workshop will take a participative and practical approach using a range of delivery and facilitation methods. Facilitator presentation, participant-led activity, good practice case study examination and contributions from effective practitioners will all provide for a practical and learning experience
Career Learning, Advice and GuidanceCareer Development ServiceThe Career Development Service has been renamed Career Development and Employee Engagement. Recent developments include the delivery of webinars to HR staff on Building Resilience.
LSIS has successfully completed a project offering the use of the online career development resource “Shaping my Future” with an hour of career coaching to Learner Voice Practitioners and Learning Support Assistants. The feedback was very positive. We hope this will encourage more people to see the service as relevant to them and their organisation and therefore engage more with it.
Career Learning for All – delivering the first level of CLIAGThe new free on-line learning resource ‘Career Learning for All’ is now available on the LLE website, www.leadershiplearning.org.uk.
The new CPD module on employability will be available on the CLIAG section of the Excellence Gateway soon along with one on CLIAG for learners with additional needs. Providers can download and deliver as a training session to their own staff. http://www.excellencegateway.org.uk/page.aspx?o=314762 .
Career Development and Employee Engagement ServiceThe Career Development Service has been renamed Career Development and Employee Engagement. Recent developments include the delivery of webinars to HR staff on Building Resilience for staff. We have successfully completed a project offering the use of
the online career development resource ‘Shaping my Future’ with an hour of career coaching to Learner Voice Practitioners and Learning Support Assistants. The feedback was very positive. We hope this will encourage more people to see the service as relevant to them and their organisation and therefore engage more with it.
Career Learning for the 21st CenturyWe have recently developed a range of CPD resources for use by the sector, which are free to download from the Excellence Gateway: CPD Materials and to support this workshop has been organised for Tuesday 14th June in London, to book click here: CPD Workshop
Train the Trainer CPD eventThis workshop has been designed for those responsible for developing employees and colleagues in CLIAG WITHIN THE LEARNING AND Skills sector. Click her to book your place: Train the Trainer
Community Development ToolkitFollowing the first year of scanning the sector and its activities relating to community development, we hope to provide more strategic support through a community development toolkit. The toolkit will help organisations develop their own community development strategies, together with providing products and examples of good practice across the sector to support implementation of community development initiatives. The LSIS community development advisory group will be considering the shape of the toolkit in their June meeting.
Healthy FELSIS has now taken over the ownership of this programme and hope to have the website fully operational again soon.
LSIS has established a Policy Group to ensure that the work remains linked to government policy. The Policy Group is chaired by Linda Houtby, Principal of Grantham College and has membership from DH, DWP, DfE and BIS. There is also an Implementation and Development Group chaired by Tamsin Jones, Vice Principal at Croydon College and with membership of key practitioners from across the sector.
We are also piloting the use of Healthy FE Tools with WBL, ACL and Offender Learning and expect to have the first prison recognised as a Healthy FE provider in the next few weeks.
Forthcoming LSIS Events – a selection
Please go to Events page for further details of LSIS events and to book your place.
Remember you can use your LSIS account!
Tuesday 7th June – MCL Webinar 12.00 – 13.00 Milestones and Guidance
Thursday 9th June – MCL Webinar 09.30 – 10.30 Contract Management
Friday 10th June – Safeguarding & Inspection – Bristol
Tuesday 14th June - Reframing Tutorial and Enrichment (new funding policy and practice) London
Thursday 16th June - Webinar - Skills for Life Funding
Tuesday 21st June – Webinar - 20 great ways to start and end a lesson delivered by Bridgwater College
Tuesday 21st June - South West Big Bang STEM Event – Exeter University
Wednesday 22nd June - LSIS Chief Executive visit to the region
Thursday 30th June - Succeeding and Surviving with Less, Filton College, Bristol
Thursday 30th June - Technology for Efficiency, Bristol
Monday 11th July - National Teaching and Learning Fair Institute of Education, London
Friday 15th July – SW Regional Conversation, Flybe Training Academy, Exeter (by invitation)