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3rd Annual Conference
14-19 Funding

Transferring the funding, transforming the system

Thursday 11th March 2010
NH Jolly St Ermin’s, Westminster, SW1

Agenda

(Subject to change, please check back regularly for updates)

09:00 Registration, refreshments and exhibition
   
  Session one: Setting the scene
   
10:00 Chairperson’s welcome
  Mark Corney
Director, MC Consultancy
   
10:05 Guidance of the 16-19 Funding Transfer: the role of YPLA
  Michael Pettifer
Director of 14-19, Learning and Skills Council
   
10:25 Bridging partnerships between colleges, schools and local authoritie
  John Stone, Chief Executive, LSN
   
10:45 Building new partnerships with local authorities
  Malcolm Trobe
Policy Director, Association of Schools and College Leaders (ASCL)
   
11:05 Building new partnerships with schools and colleges
  Nick Duggan
14-19 partnership manager, lead strategic role, Sheffield City Council
   
11:25 Questions and discussion
   
11:35 Refreshments, exhibition and networking
   
  Session Two: 14-19 Funding system 2010
   
12:05 The transfer of commissioning and funding responsibilities
  John Freeman CBE, Director, Raising Expectations Action Programme (REACT)
   
12:25 Guidance on the 16-19 funding: Regional Planning Group
  Mary Vine-Morris
Director, London 14-19 Regional Planning Group
   
12:45 Update on the Nuffield Review
  Professor Richard Pring
Lead director of the Nuffield Review of 14-19 Education and Training
   
13:05 Questions and discussion
   
13:15 Buffet lunch, exhibition and networking
   
  Session Three – In Practice
  Chaired by: Mike Burton, Editor, the MJ
   
14:15 Essential hints and tips for 14-19 funding on National Commissioning Framework
  Nick Linford, Special Adviser on Funding and Performance, Edexcel
   
14:25 The leadership role of councils
  Nick Linford
Special Adviser on Funding and Performance, Edexcel
  Terry Laws, Partnership Director, Nottinghamshire, Learning and Skills Council (LSC) ; designate Nottinghamshire County Council
  Jessica Stubbings, 14-19 Development Manager, East Sussex County Council
 

Paul Guénault, Deputy Headteacher, Highgate Wood School Arts College

   
15:15 Refreshments, exhibition and networking
   
  Session Four: key-issue seminars
   
15:35 The following seminars address key challenges the sector is facing and are designed to be interactive and participatory in nature. Delegates should choose to attend one of the seminars from the list below. Places are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and are subject to maximum capacities.
   
1 Funding for apprenticeships
Keith Smith
Director of Resources, National Apprenticeship Service (NAS)
   
2 Managing the new arrangements
Paul Eeles
Director of sector reform & 14-19, Association of Learning Providers
   
3 A sub-regional approach to the Machinery of Government changes
John Freeman CBE, Director, Raising Expectations Action Programme (REACT)
   
4

Performance, efficiency and changes –
Stability for schools and colleges

Mick Fletcher, Education Consultant; Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Education, University of London

   
16:20 Conference close
   


 

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