This project looked at including sustainability, specifically the concept of the circular economy, within the Fashion and Catering curriculum within providers across the region, and at developing transferable resources that could be used across the learning and skills sector.
The aim of the project was to provide a NE Regional Competition for education providers that would promote sustainability within a variety of curriculum areas. At the same time creating a bridge between sustainability and enterprise which would promote the concept of self-employment based around the idea of ‘sustainability’ as a realistic future option for learners.
This project started from the position of the Green economy as one of the main growth areas of the economy, and the need for the effective, efficient and rapid deployment of appropriate skills flexibly, responsively and innovatively to empower learners and employees. The aim of the project was to identify the types of skills required in the Green economy and to find ways of delivering these skills in the sector.
This project aimed to engage learners in sustainable activities through developing an exciting Sustainability Enrichment Programme, designed through learners’ and partners’ input. A transferable toolkit pack was to be produced, accessible on the college’s website.
A project illustrating how an FE College, working collaboratively with a trade union, can promote the development of green jobs and skills
This project looked to develop two change-agents for each of four academic areas (hair and beauty, engineering, essential skills and motor vehicle). One agent would be chosen from the academic team, the other, such as technicians or Operations Leaders, from the support team. The project created a VLE area from which material relating to sustainability could be downloaded.
This set of resources relates to one of nine projects focusing on developing Apprenticeships, employer responsiveness and pre-employment provision. The projects designed, piloted and delivered activity in one or more of the above strands, including workshops, study or exchange visits, coaching and mentoring, consultancy and the development of self assessment tools.
The project aimed to share expertise and complementary skills between three Colleges and Adult Enterprise to generate technology and curriculum innovation to transform how adult learners transact and procure learning. The Project involved three Colleges working together with Adult Enterprise to design and market an online entrepreneurship
curriculum that can be sold in bite-sized chunks to adults using a commercial micro-payments system.
This project arose from an identified lack of age-appropriate teaching and learning resources for adult learners at Independent Specialist Colleges. The project created a web portal (the ArkHive) to hold a range of existing and newly-developed age appropriate resources that contain reviews by users. The website is now live at www.ark-hive.co.uk.
This project focused on the implementation of functional skills delivery and raising English and Maths attainment amongst apprentices, by collaboratively developing a range of interactive learning resources to support the delivery of functional skills in the workplace.
