Skills for Life Network E-News Update

27 Jul 2010

Welcome to the Skills for Life Network E-News Update

We had expected a 'quiet' e-news update as we head towards the summer holidays, but instead we have a very busy edition, with a series of news items on a range of key developments around funding, strategy, initial teacher training grants and functional skills. You'll find all the news items below, but a couple of key points are:

Key Skills in Apprenticeship Frameworks will be extended until March 2011 to allow providers the choice of offering either Functional Skills or Key Skills in the interim. This is a temporary measure - see below for more information.

Major changes have been announced with regards to the funding of 16 -19 provision. FE Colleges, sixth form colleges and other training providers will be paid direct from the Young People's Learning Agency (YPLA) from August, with local authorities maintaining a strategic role in 16 -19 education. Find out more below.

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	ESOL Skills for Life Lecturer Hull College. Closing date 4 Aug 2010
	Functional Skills Tutor Sporting Pride Community Trust, Huddersfield. Closing date 30 Jul 2010
	Learndirect Skills for Life/IT Tutor Community Training Portal Ltd, Anfield, Liverpool. Closing date 30 Jul 2010
	Lecturer in GCSE Maths (2 posts available) – one year fixed term contract Highbury College, Portsmouth. Closing date 29 Jul 2010
	Teacher - Functional Skills Highbury College, Portsmouth. Closing date 29 Jul 2010
	Term Time Learning Support Practitioner – Medical / Mental Health Rotherham College of Arts and Technology. Closing date 6 Aug 2010
	Term Time Learning Support Practitioner x 5 Rotherham College of Arts and Technology. Closing date 6 Aug 2010
	Term Time Support Worker (18 hours per week for 38 weeks per year) Rotherham College of Arts and Technology. Closing date 6 Aug 2010
	Vocational Education Lecturers Nord Anglia Education Limited, Army Foundation College, Harrogate. Closing date 28 Jul 2010

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	North West Skills for Life Teacher Training Directory The latest directory of Skills for Life teacher training and professional development programmes for the North West region is now available

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Consultations on FE Skills Strategy and on Skills Funding Skills Minister John Hayes has announced two consultations: 'Skills for Sustainable Growth' outlines BIS’ vision for skills and seeks further views, and 'A Simplified Further Education and Skills Funding System and Methodology' seeks views on simplifying the funding system.
Extension of Key Skills in Apprenticeship Frameworks Key Skills in Apprenticeship Frameworks will be extended until March 2011 to allow providers the choice of offering either Functional Skills or Key Skills in the interim. This is a temporary measure to allow more flexibility for providers and more time for collaboration on the right form of implementation.
Functional Skills Support Programme - National Surgeries The Functional Skills Support Programe is running a number of online surgeries on different themes this summer. The surgeries aim to give practitioners the chance to ask questions about the functional skills roll out, and help plan and prepare their functional skills delivery and assessment activities.
Government announces simplification of 16-19 funding FE Colleges, sixth form colleges and other training providers will be paid direct from the Young People’s Learning Agency (YPLA) from August, with local authorities maintaining a strategic role in 16 -19 education
Independent review of fees and co-funding in Further Education in England The final report of an Independent Review of Fees and Co-funding in Further Education in England contains recommendations for a series of simple but powerful shifts in funding of education for adults in this country
Initial Teacher Training Grant A non means tested Fee Grant of £400 will be available in 2010/11 to support those teachers, tutors and trainers commencing Diploma level Initial Teacher training qualifications on a Part Time basis from September 2010
John Hayes announces review of offender learning John Hayes, minister for further education and skills, has announced a review of learning for offenders in prisons and in the community. The government’s review has been designed to complement the autumn consultation announced last month by Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke, into reforming the justice system.
Maths4Us Maths4Us is a joint initiative between unionlearn, NIACE and the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) that aims to encourage people to tackle numeracy, take-up numeracy learning and have fun with maths
Online basics Online basics is a free, easy to use course that aims to help people get started using computers and the internet
The Work Programme consultation The Department for Work and Pensions has launched a discussion forum seeking views on a number of themes for reform of the welfare to work system and the implementation of The Work Programme. The first theme is inviting comments on capital raising and payment models and is available for comment until 30 July 2010.
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