You are here

Employer engagement

    Understanding what employers need to employ learners with SEND

    etf:3319

    City College Norwich, ETF's Centre for Excellence in SEND (community) held a short webinar, exploring the benefits for employers to engage with learners with SEND and understand what employers really want. They shared their experiences and impact during the climate of COVID 19 of engaging and securing employment for learners with SEND. The webinar and associated PPT were to support providers to have the tools and knowledge to understand what employers really want and how to engage them effectively.

    Digital technical routes — Blackburn College

    etf:3057

    In this Education and Training Foundation National Technical Programme outstanding teaching, learning and assessment (OTLA) project Blackburn, Bolton, and Nelson and Colne colleges trialled an approach to employer engagement to boost the skills of digital teachers and align technical qualifications with the Post-16 Skills Plan and T-levels. The project supported teachers to bring real-world learning into the classroom; deliver an employer-led curri

    Developing and enabling outstanding delivery of robotics— Abingdon and Witney College

    etf:3056

    Abingdon and Witney College worked with industry/vocational experts to deliver outstanding teaching, learning, and assessment (OTLA) in programming for robotics and automation and simultaneously upskill college staff in an area of engineering critical to the future of the sector. Selecting a mandatory, externally assessed BTEC engineering unit which required programming expertise outside of that held by the college’s engineering and computing staff, the project paired an industry expert and a teacher to co-deliver the programming elements of the BTEC unit.

    An ‘end to end’ technical route from entry into prison to entry into employment, education or apprenticeship on release — Weston College

    etf:3054

    Taking a proactive and creative approach that aimed to unlock potential and transform prisoners' lives, this national technical outstanding teaching, learning and assessment (OTLA) project by Weston College Prison Education Service sought to carve a pathway from entry into prison to entry into an apprenticeship on release from prison. The project focused on the hospitality and catering vocational sector.

    Supported Internship Leaflet

    etf:2876

    Employers who have been involved in supported internships tend to be very enthusiastic about them, but we know that initial engagement with employers is not always easy for learning providers. To help you explain supported internships, and secure more supported internship work placements, we have created a downloadable leaflet for you to personalise, print off and give to employers. In the zipped folder you will find a template leaflet that you can customise it and guidance on the information to include.

    Pages

    Subscribe to Employer engagement