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The Frank Buttle Trust Quality Mark for Further Education Institutions in Wales. What we are trying to achieve?. A culture in Wales where there is an established participation in learning and an expectation that grows aspiration and celebrates achievement. Foundations for FE Quality Mark.
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The Frank Buttle Trust Quality Mark for Further Education Institutions in Wales
What we are trying to achieve? A culture in Wales where there is an established participation in learning and an expectation that grows aspiration and celebrates achievement.
Foundations for FE Quality Mark • All Higher Education Institutions in Wales have achieved the Frank Buttle Trust Quality Mark • Education Stakeholder group • Coleg Sir Gâr • Huge partnership and scaffold of support, from both sides • FE sector- Diverse needs age range & status
Framework • Selection ~ widest spread, • geographical location, • college type • relatively diverse mix of learners, • based in an Objective 1 area, • acknowledgement of existing structures by ESTYN
Pilot Schemes Coleg Menai: North Wales; Coleg Glan Hafren: South-East Wales; Neath Port Talbot College: South-West Wales;
Current Position • Sir Gâr • Neath Port Talbot • Coleg Glan Hafren • Coleg Menai • Plans for dissemination through Colegau Cymru event
Looked after young people in Scotland’s Colleges David Beards, SFC 11 January 2011
“We can and must do better” SFC Pilot Programme: • John Wheatley – single college in a deprived urban area • Dumfries and Galloway – single college in rural area • Edinburgh Colleges – a partnership of 3 city colleges • Evaluation by Strathclyde University • Frank Buttle Trust college Quality Mark
Outcomes and issues • What is success? Contextualising attainment and the implications for quality frameworks • A continuum of provision: recognising when extraordinary support is needed • Partnerships, roles and concordats: challenging partners and learners; who pays for what? • Progression: access to what?