FE HE Collaboration

Maintaining Successful Collaboration

2nd February 2010, Cavendish Conference Centre, London, W1G

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Conference background:

Over a third of students entering HE come from FE backgrounds, with 100,000 vocational learners enter HE every year. 

As the government's 2010 widening participation and foundation degree targets loom, funding cuts across the education sector will require tough choices and a streamling of services for core provision.

This conference will provide the first opportunity to consider how cuts will affect collaboration between FE and HE, and the new challenges posed by developing funding methodologies. 

A must-attend for anybody aiming to improve collaboration, it will address government objectives and the latest findings from Ofsted's review of FE provision in HE.

We currently have the follow delegates registered to attend:

• Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive - Northumbria University
• Executive Director, Teaching, Learning and Provision - Bradford College
• Regional Adviser - British Council
• Commercial Director - Aberystwyth University
• Associate Dean, Partnerships and International Relations - The Open University
• Director of Curriculum - Yale College

For further information contact Suzannah Povey on 020 7324 4361,
e-mail suzannah.povey@neilstewartassociates.co.uk

PURPOSE OF THE CONFERENCE

This one day conference will:

• Recognise opportunities in new and evolving funding strategies in 2010
• Explore how curriculum offers closely aligned to partners HEI's expertise, experience and HE programmes are the key to successful FE provision
• Hear how partnerships and links forged by LLNs are being maintained across the UK
• Gain a valuable network and exchange best practice examples with leading FE HE practitioners and policy-makers during informal networking sessions
• Discuss student retention issues and how the quality of student of student experience can be enhanced through increased support of Level 3 vocational learners and defining clear routes to HE from Level 3 and FE
• Understand how FE HE partnerships are increasingly crucial in achieving widening participation targets
• Discover how to prepare for future and reinforce existing collaborations, through interactive seminars examining key issues:

        - Opportunities in STEM; benefitting from emerging technologies

        - Fostering successful partnerships

        - Level 3 vocational learners

        - Collaboration for work-based needs

        - Apprenticeship progression to Level 4 and beyond

TO REGISTER TO ATTEND THIS EVENT PLEASE CLICK HERE