Transition from School to Work

1. Transition from School to Work Best practice in the United Kingdom Only a very short snapshot of just two quality initiatives that are practical and transferable Kenneth O. Turner

2. Some recent developments • 1997 Government Review of Vocational Education (DfEE) • 1999 COMENIUS initiative for Networks • 2000 Connexions – 13 to 19 years • 2001 Establishment of Learning & Skills Councils • 2003 Skills Strategy for the 21st Century • 2003/4 DfES Review of 14 to 19 qualifications and curriculum (Tomlinson Committee) - Interim findings are quite radical! SAB-MTW Graz 2004

3. Key Elements in UK Approach • Flexibility • Regional strategy • Capacity for change – ‘A learning region’ • Local Needs • Integration SAB-MTW Graz 2004

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6. CONNEXIONS – 13 to 19 years A national framework with implementation at school level [To see the wealth of information put ‘Connexions’ into Google]

7. CONNEXIONS – key features • Integration of: Support Guidance Accessible information Coherence Curriculum Community involvement Wider vocational context • Connexions to play a central role in a school • Schools advised to appoint a Senior Manager SAB-MTW Graz 2004

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9. Learning and Skills Councils The LSC was established in 2001 to take responsibility for funding and planning all post-16 education and training (apart from higher education) in England Responsible for vocational education for 16 to 25 years old young people www.dfes.gov.uk/LSC SAB-MTW Graz 2004

10. Learning and Skills Council - UK LSC work covers: · further education in colleges; · work-based learning and training; · further education in school sixth forms; · workforce development; · adult and community learning; · information, advice and guidance for adults; and · education - business links. SAB-MTW Graz 2004

11. Learning and Skills Council - UK · The LSC is a national organisation. It has a Council of 12 members, which includes our Chief Executive and our Chairman. The Council has two national committees: the Adult Learning Committee and the Young Persons Learning Committee, and 47 local committees called local councils. The membership of the local councils includes representatives of employers, colleges, training providers and local community groups who are working together to address local and regional needs. Local councils have offices throughout England and it is through the local Learning and Skills Councils that most people come into contact with us. SAB-MTW Graz 2004

12. Learning and Skills Council - UK · Each local Learning and Skills Council has considerable autonomy to enable it to make the best use of resources to meet particular local needs. For this reason, the kinds of information available from different local offices may vary. This enables the vocational sector of the UK to achieve a national framework with regional and local coherenceand flexibility SAB-MTW Graz 2004

13. Other UK Initiatives Local Community initiatives – linked to both the Connexions and the LSC activities – including Learning Difficulties and Disabilities (LDD) National resources directly available to young people through the Internet Voluntary Sector e.g. Young Leaders in the Community Personal Learning Coaching Mentoring young people LDD organisations SAB-MTW Graz 2004

14. SAB-MTW UK Kenneth O. Turner University of Cambridge kot2@cam.ac.uk Please visit our Comenius Project – with a major contribution from Styrian schools and teachers Website: ‘Developing Social Competences through Group-work’ http://www-euro.educ.cam.ac.uk/ligia (Learning Islands for Group and Individual Achievement) SAB-MTW Graz 2004

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