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    Prevista partnership: Developing our capacity to deliver quality Apprenticeships

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    This resource relates to one of a series of collaborative development projects on the themes of Getting people into work and Apprenticeships. Each project was coordinated by a lead provider, who recruited partner providers to work together to achieve the project objectives. The Prevista partnership involved four work based learning providers and a College working together to improve the quality of their Apprenticeship provision. They tested new ways of working and created a guide for the innovations tested.

    Bolton Sixth Form College case study

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    An initiative begun in 2010/11 involved a small group of students and relied upon the good will of a volunteer mentor. This worked well and all bar one student achieved and remained in College. It had been hoped to use the funding to add at least one more mentor and to roll out the project to support 10 students. Finance was used to take students on a University visit, to bring in two successful, inspirational guest speakers (one from London) from the same heritage group. Funding will also support the expenses of the mentors and project co-ordination from in College.

    LSIS Research Development Fellowship (RDF) projects 2011-2012: It wasn’t my fault, my alarm didn’t go off! An understanding of the perception of strategies to improve attendance and punctuality within a Further Education setting - poster

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    Poster produced as part of the RDF project by Mahfia Choudhury of South Birmingham College.

    LSIS Research Development Fellowship (RDF) projects 2011-2012: It wasn’t my fault, my alarm didn’t go off! An understanding of the perception of strategies to improve attendance and punctuality within a Further Education setting

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    A research report exploring how perceptions of attendance and punctuality create barriers within vocational education and the evaluation of their impact on teaching and learning strategies on learner motivation.

    Uxbridge College: Mentoring ‘at risk’ students

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    The project aimed to narrow the achievement gap for Black Caribbean students by delivering extra support through mentoring. Facilitated, 1-1 mentor meetings were undertaken between 39 ‘at risk’ Black Caribbean students and eight mentors (2 of whom were University students). The target was to ensure retention of 90% of these students by the end of the project. Mentor training was provided for six Uxbridge College staff and two University students and resources were created including a training pack with handy tips and recording sheets.

    Hereford College of Arts - Progress review as a retention tool in Performing Arts, a tool to be trialled in Higher Education

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    Summary
    Issues of attendance and retention in the Performing Arts department at Hereford College of Arts contributed to the department being judged inadequate at an Ofsted inspection. A range of support from the LSIS Improvement and Development Service helped bring about improvements. This case study looks specifically at how the introduction of systematic progress reviews led to retention in the Performing Arts department moving from worst in college to best within the time frame of just a few months

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