tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21592353412297822402011-11-02T01:23:25.878-07:00Hamzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17662084844915271311noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2159235341229782240.post-8639652381532351002007-10-10T08:25:00.000-07:002007-10-10T08:30:12.540-07:00

A series of ongoing meetings has been taking place with the intention of engaging the FD Construction team. The information regarding their policies on course management is rather diffuse, to put it mildly. There is no formal straegy for information exchange; paper is mailed out from the Uni only when demanded by employers. This appears only to happen when the learner is in difficulties. There

Steve Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815635204715426932noreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2159235341229782240.post-61455847078329406052007-05-09T01:31:00.000-07:002007-05-09T01:34:45.587-07:00

Last week I had a meeting with the marketing department to find out what methods they are adopting in promoting the college courses and to get their views about the portal.They are using the college website to promote courses to employers and do a small campaign in January of every year for Higher Education qualifications. Employers are also approached by external advertising with the local radio

Hamzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17662084844915271311noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2159235341229782240.post-87304068738401342832007-04-26T14:09:00.000-07:002007-04-26T14:29:25.626-07:00

Yesterday I had a meeting with the college brokers team leader David Bullock (his job entails meeting local employers in order to explain what the college has to offer and persuading them to use the college FT- PT courses and work-based learning courses to enhance the skills of their employees as a route to improved business performance.I went through the goals of the project with him and briefly

Hamzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17662084844915271311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2159235341229782240.post-74494173225699322012007-04-04T13:16:00.000-07:002007-04-04T14:34:41.601-07:00

Last week I attended a meeting at Staffs Uni with tutors from FD Complementary Therapy faculties and IT delegates from Cannock, Shrewsbury, Newcastle and Stoke colleges.The tutors were interested in having an online system where they can share their learning materials, experiences and practices and collaborate effectively.The following suggestions were made:Portal could be an ideal solution for

Hamzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17662084844915271311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2159235341229782240.post-49563739623598915572007-03-25T15:27:00.000-07:002007-03-26T14:07:45.596-07:00

I have been in contact with Tanya from Training Solutions in the last month. we needed to obtain the completed employers questionnaire as soon as possible as she mentioned that the last day of submitting the questionnaires to Aim Higher was the 20th March. During this time I put lots of pressure on the FD tutors who passed this on to their students who in turn pressurised their employers for the

Hamzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17662084844915271311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2159235341229782240.post-19906849709880578372007-03-25T14:21:00.000-07:002007-03-26T14:08:26.327-07:00

Most of FD tutors were reluctant to give me the employers' addresses. i gathered that the main reason behind this was political as they fear for the security of their jobs. However some of the tutors were outspoken and more supportive and I received some contacts names from them. Others suggested that their students would pass the Employer questionnaire to their employers/line managers and return

Hamzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17662084844915271311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2159235341229782240.post-36168998575482786232007-03-25T13:20:00.000-07:002007-03-26T13:08:30.573-07:00

I have completed the questionnaire with the tutors of FD faculties across the college. Their requirements were collected and comments highlighted.In general, FD tutors were interested in having a subject-oriented discussion board facility to share practices and experiences between SURF colleges.The idea of login once "One stop shop" attracted their attention. Tutors found it very efficient and

Hamzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17662084844915271311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2159235341229782240.post-11808795810731522682007-03-21T23:06:00.000-07:002007-03-22T04:50:42.558-07:00

Meetings with FD students were taken place last month in most FD faculties Construction, Teaching Assistants, Computing, Care management and Early Years. The meeting schedule was as follows:talking to them informally about the support they are gaining from the college (if there is any!)discussing issues/problems they are encountering on FD courses explaining briefly about the uPortal

Hamzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17662084844915271311noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2159235341229782240.post-55579191636218784802007-02-27T21:45:00.000-08:002007-03-01T16:48:09.090-08:00

In December 2006, I have started interviewing our Foundation Degrees tutors regarding SURF WBL WAY project. This has taken place in the following faculties: Construction, Engineering Early Years, Complimentary Therapies, Addiction Studies, Social Care, Care Management and ComputingThe goal of the interviews was to: gather information about the current state of Foundation Degrees courses

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