annual conference 2011: Future Excellence

“Future Excellence”, the ColegauCymru / CollegesWales annual conference 2011, was held on 26 May at the Hilton Hotel, Cardiff.

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The conference heard from a strong line-up of key speakers:

  • Huw Jones, deputy chair of the Wales Employment and Skills Board (WESB)
  • Marion Plant OBE, principal, North Warwickshire and Hinckley College
  • John Graystone, chief exeuctive, ColegauCymru / CollegesWales
  • Andrew Goodall, chief executive, Aneurin Bevan NHS Board
  • the Welsh Assembly Government's Minister for Children, Education and Lifelong Learning

Presentations from the workshops are available below:

Workshop Title Presentations
Leading a Merged College 1. Leading a Merged College (Ian Dickson)
International and European Partnerships

1. Professional Development and International Opportunities (British Council)
2. European Lifelong Learning Programmes (Ecorys)
3. International and European Partnerships (Sian Holleran)
4. Wales and China Skills Exchange (Hayley Wilce)
Collaborations 14-19, Work Based Learning, Adult & Community Learning 1. Collaboration: Introduction (Maggi Dawson MBE)
2. Collaboration 14-19 (NPTC) handouts
3. Collaboration Work Based Learning (Pembrokeshire Consortium)
4. Collaboration Adult and Community Learning (Lindsay Harris & Pam Hales)
Learning Frameworks 1. Planning and Funding Review (Bethan Webb)
2. Learning Area Programmes (Kate Crabtree)
3. Learning Area Programmes (John Phelps)
Leading Apprenticeships 1. Apprenticeships 2011 - 2014 (Ella Davidoff)
2. Shared Apprenticeships Scheme (CCTAL)
3. Leading Apprenticeships (Nick Tyson)
HE and FE Partnerships 1. HE in FE Survey (Gavin Thomas)
2. Regionalisation and Widening Access (HEFCW)
3. The move to a fee-led system (Jackie Doodson)
4. West Side Story (Mike Williams)
5. UHOVI (John O'Shea)
Future Skills 1. Employability Strategy (Coleg Llandrillo)
2. Employability Skills (Pearson)
3. Reflections on two years of Deloitte (Bob Tod)
Sector Leading Practice 1. Sector Leading Practice - Estyn Guidance
2. Sector Leading Practice - Pembrokeshire College
3. Sector Leading Practice - St David's Catholic College
4. Sector Leading Practice: Estyn overview (Lin Howells)
5. Inspection Diagnostic Tool (Alyson Dacey RSC)
6. WBL Diagnostic Tool (Wales)
 

annual conference 2010: Meeting the Challenge

Click for:

  • Conference proceedings, including the key presenters' presentations and the workshops in 2010
  • the key messages from the Education Minister, ColegauCymru and the CBI from the conference platform.

annual conference 2009: Transformations in Further Education

For information on the 2009 annual conference, click here: annual conference 2009

ColegauCymru, Uned 7, Cae Gwyrdd, Greenmeadow Springs, Tongwynlais Caerdydd, CF15 7AB. E:helo@colegaucymru.ac.uk Ff: 029 2052 2500
CollegesWales, Unit 7, Cae Gwyrdd, Greenmeadow Springs, Tongwynlais Cardiff, CF15 7AB. E:hello@collegeswales.ac.uk T: 029 2052 2500