| Strategic Overview of the Learning & Skills Sector - 2010 | |||
| 05 Oct 2010 | WS3391 | £259 | London Euston |
| 06 Oct 2010 | WS3389 | £249 | Birmingham City Centre |
| 07 Oct 2010 | WS3390 | £249 | Leeds City Centre |
| 24 Jan 2011 | WS3637 | £249 | Manchester City Centre |
| 25 Jan 2011 | WS3638 | £249 | Leeds City Centre |
| 26 Jan 2011 | WS3639 | £249 | Birmingham City Centre |
| 27 Jan 2011 | WS3640 | £259 | London Euston |
| 09 May 2011 | WS3641 | £249 | Manchester City Centre |
| 10 May 2011 | WS3642 | £249 | Leeds City Centre |
| 11 May 2011 | WS3643 | £249 | Birmingham City Centre |
| 12 May 2011 | WS3644 | £259 | London Euston |
| 12 Sep 2011 | WS3645 | £259 | London Euston |
| 13 Sep 2011 | WS3646 | £249 | Birmingham City Centre |
| 14 Sep 2011 | WS3647 | £249 | Leeds City Centre |
| 15 Sep 2011 | WS3648 | £249 | Manchester City Centre |
| 06 Dec 2011 | WS3649 | £259 | London Euston |
| 07 Dec 2011 | WS3650 | £249 | Birmingham City Centre |
| 08 Dec 2011 | WS3651 | £249 | Leeds City Centre |
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Ensuring you and your organisation are up-to-date with the major challenges and changes facing the Post 16 sector
Keeping up-to-date with all of the major changes and challenges for the Learning and Skills sector is a key task for middle and senior management in all learning provider organisations including colleges, private providers and voluntary sector organisations; with the change to a coalition government, the picture is changing almost daily. This workshop brings together all of the most current thinking and encourages managers and senior management to consider the impact on their strategic and operational activities.
- Change to coalition government and the impact on policy, procurement and funding
- Government departments and current changes that impact on the learning and skills sector
- Priorities for the SFA, YPLA and NAS including Minimum Contract Values
- Reduction in the number of quangos
- Opportunities for different types of funding and growth
- Changes to Ofsted inspection
- Quality marks and the requirements for your organisation e.g. Training Quality Standard
- Training, Development and CPD requirements
- Impact Assessment of QCF on your organisation e.g. technology and delivery issues
- Lean Delivery Models
This workshop provides and overview of the latest changes and developments and explores the implications for government-funded learning provider organisations
For Whom
This intense and highly interactive workshop has been designed for middle and senior managers who are responsible for ensuring that their provision is planned and ready to meet the constantly changing face of the post 16 Learning and Skills sector. It is also useful for those new to management and/or new to the sector.
Aims and Objectives
The aim of the workshop is to help managers ensure that they are aware of the external pressures and influences on their organisation. The workshop supports new ways of thinking to plan and progress their provision to meet the new challenges ahead.
As a result of attending this workshop participants will:
- Develop a set of personal actions for further investigation
- Share new funding and growth opportunities
- Consider the external influences on their organisation
- Consider how major governmental changes in policy will impact on the activities of the organisation
- Consider how to streamline the quality demands on their provision
- Consider the financial impact on their organisation – including funding streams, costs of improved quality and investment in staff skills and technology
Content
- Overview of government departments and the agencies that will drive government policy
- The responsibilities of management in understanding recent policy changes to address the strategic direction of their organisation
- Cutting the costs of quality without compromising the delivery of customer service
- Impact of QCF on staff, delivery models and funding streams
- New opportunities for growth and funding
- PEST analysis – Political, Economic, Social and Technological
- Tools and techniques to support strategic management in the Learning & Skills sector
Learning will be facilitated mainly through:
- interactive discussions
- group and individual problem solving exercises
- participants’ critical evaluation of their own systems
- comparative analysis of the systems demonstrated in the workshop, and the practices used by other workshop participants.
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- Strategic Overview of the Learning & Skills Sector - 2010
Certificates of Professional Development.
Formal Certificates of Development will be issued, by post, to participants who complete this workshop. These certificates will detail the key learning aims and the face-to-face learning hours undertaken, enabling participants to update their CPD records and logs accordingly. The workshop also allows time, during the day, for participants to reflect on and record their personal learning development and consider how best to apply the knowledge gained on return to work. This element of the programme is designed to maximise the benefits from attending and enable participants to make better review judgments when recording their CPD activities.