North West Provider Network

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North West Provider Network

• Wednesday 6th February 2008
• Alan Clarke
• Sector Engagement Manager

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What I Plan to Cover

• LLUK
• Skills Issues
• LLUK Workforce Development Strategy
• The Catalyst Programme
• Business Interchange CPD for Trainers
• Opportunities to Engage

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Skills - Key Issues
Skills in England 2007 LSC September 2007 Volume
1

• 1.0 Globalisation
• 2.0 Low-skilled jobs.
• 3.0 The efficient production of high value goods
  and services.
• 4.0 Employers need to increase their demand for
  skills
• 5.0 Skills need to be placed at the heart of an
  organisations business plan

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Skills - Key Issues
Skills in England 2007 LSC September 2007 Volume
1

• 6.0 Recognition of the economic value of the
  learning and competence
• 7.0 Challenges for the qualification system
• 8.0 The vocational education and training for
  people at any age
• 9.0 The development of basic skills that allow
  people to progress in employment is a
  considerable challenge to be met by the education
  and training system
• 10.0 Robust and timely labour market information

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LLUK Employers Workforce Development Strategy

• Priority 1. Understanding the nature of the
  workforce
• Priority 2. Attracting and recruiting the best
  people and improving the sector image
• Priority 3. Retaining and developing the modern,
  professionalised workforce
• Priority 4. Ensuring equality and diversity is
  at the heart of the strategy, policy making,
  planning and training

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The Catalyst Programme
Developed as a result of the White Paper
Further Education Raising Skills, Improving
Life Chances April 2006

• The White Paper Vision is to ensure that the UK
  is equipped with
• the skills we need for an economy that will
  sustain our quality of life and our international
  standing.

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The Catalyst Programme

• Catalyst comprises four major sub-programmes
  which will support providers in taking a
  structured approach to the development of leaders
  and managers and in ensuring teachers, tutors and
  trainers keep their vocational and subject
  specialist skills up-to-date.

FE Sector (Colleges, Adult Community Learning
Work Based Learning)
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Equality and Diversity

• The FE workforce and its leadership are not
  representative of the learner constituency either
  nationally or regionally.
• Our vision is therefore to increase the diversity
  of the FE workforce, especially at senior levels.
  
• By being more representative, such an FE
  workforce will be in a better position to address
  the needs of the community it serves.

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Programmes Designed to-
Develop Leadership in FE
Develop Teachers
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Make a Difference Outcomes

• FE Sector organisations attract, develop and
  retain talented graduates as managers and future
  leaders
• Greater diversity of new recruits to management
  and leadership positions in the FE Sector
• Improved career pathways for the development of
  management and leadership and to enable
  succession planning across the FE Sector
• FE Sector seen as offering career choices
  attractive to talented individuals
• 210 graduates in management and leadership
  positions by March 2010

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Business Talent Outcomes

• A cultural shift in FE by the injection of
  management and leadership skills from outside the
  FE sector
• For organisations, participation in Business
  Talent will be determined through a process of
  strategic business review
• Individuals participating in the sub-programme
  will be recruited direct to Principal/SMT or Tier
  2/ Director level based on skills developed in
  the private or public sector
• Initial and on-going support will be provided to
  the employing organisation and the new employee
• 75 leaders across the FE sector will be in post
  by March 2010

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Give Something Back Outcomes

• Assisting Providers to Fill Hard - to - Fill
  Vacancies
• Strategic recruitment campaign to recruit
  candidates with extensive industry / sector
  experience to train to be a teacher / trainer /
  tutor
• Successful applicants undertake the qualification
  Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning
  Sector (PTLLS)
• PTLLS will be contextualised for the social care
  and health and engineering sectors and six other
  sectors which are currently being identified by
  our research team
• Recruit 75 candidates per vocational area across
  the FE sector.

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Business Interchange Outcomes

• Enables teachers, tutors and trainers in the FE
  sector to update their industry related skills
  through a variety of learning experiences.
• These range from one-day Industry Awareness
  Visits through to one academic year Industry
  Based Sabbaticals
• Creates and builds on partnerships between the
  Further Education sector and industry
• The pilot programme will be available in all
  industry sectors and fully funded
• Contributes to individuals continuing
  professional development.

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Business Interchange highlights

• Enables teachers, tutors and trainers in the FE
  sector to update their business related skills
  through a variety of learning experiences.
• These range from one-day Industry Awareness
  Visits through to one academic year Industry
  Based Sabbaticals
• The pilot programme will be available in all
  industry sectors and fully funded
• Creates and builds on partnerships between the
  Further Education sector and industry

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in detail

• Identifying an individuals learning objectives
• Identify activities that will enable the learning
  objectives to be met
• Identify a host that can offer what an individual
  is looking for
• Go on placement!

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The Process

• Express interest
• Business Interchange Advisors
• Bespoke placement based on your learning
  objectives
• Support and advice throughout the placement
• Evaluation
• Manage funding

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Models

• Industry Awareness Visit
• Short Exchange
• Short Vocational Placement
• Vocational Placement
• Sabbatical

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An opportunity to

• Contribute to CPD and develop lasting individual
  relationships with business professionals
• Update skills and knowledge
• Review the curriculum within a business context
• Enable learners to fully understand current
  practices in the workplace, leading to better
  preparation and prospects
• Play a key role in sharing best practice
  internally and with other learning providers.

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Examples
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Belleek PotteryTo produce a training needs
analysis of visitor attraction employeesOutcomes
by Clodagh McGovern College greater awareness
of industry practices enabling programmes and
courses to be tailored to the needs of
employers and employees.Lecturers provides
valuable staff development in industry. The
importance of understanding current working
practices cannot be overstated. Improved
teaching materials give increased relevance in
teaching and learning situations.
Employer has gained a greater understanding of
FE provision and what Travel and Tourism
students are actually studying.Learners will
receive more relevant learning opportunities
through improved teaching/learning materials
and more practical applications to industry.
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Hilton Hotels Northern IrelandTo gain experience
of the latest hotel computer systems Terri
McComiskeys OutcomesFirst hand experience of
the operations and management of a multi-national
Hotel.Key contacts with personnel within the
Hotel group for future Industrial visits and
student work placements. Knowledge of different
work areas with a large hotel giving me better
understanding of the job roles and skills
required within each department. Developed
(with Hilton permission) Case Study material that
can be used with learnersIncreased confidence
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Critical Success Factors

• What do you think are the critical success
  factors for an effective placement?
• How could BI be used to greatest effect?
• Who could benefit from a successful placement?
• How could it be made sustainable?

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Catalyst Leaving a Legacy
Creating a culture shift in the sector 2,225
people will embark on structured learning
development that will impact on the learning
experience of others 2,225 role models? X
organisations impacted providers business? X
learners benefit from improved quality of
learning X future leaders use their talent to
make a difference Positive progress on equality
diversity?

Watch This Space!!
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Catalyst programme governance sector engagement
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Employer Members

• Richard Chambers Principal Lambeth College
• Asha Khemka  Principal West Nottingham College
• Jo North Executive Director In Touch Care
• Ashley McCaul Managing Director Bexley Training
• Peter Templeton Quality Director WEA
• Diane Beardsell Quality Director YMCA
• Tim Boyes Watson Chief Executive Learn South
  West

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Opportunities to Engage

• Participation in Sub Programme Boards
• Participation in Consultations
• MaD / Business Talent Consultation 21st Feb 2008
  London
• Participate in the Programmes http//www.takeeduca
  tionfurther.org/

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North West Provider Network

• Wednesday 6th February 2008
• Alan Clarke
• Sector Engagement Manager
• E alanclarke_at_lluk.org
• T 07921 291334