What the West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges have been up to recently
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28 March 2022
FE Catalyst training has been delivered to a partnership of colleges from across West and North Yorkshire. As initial sessions end, the continued success of the project will be in curriculum collaboration. Funded by the Department for Education, the training has been designed to address challenges faced by staff entering…
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7 March 2022
Research has shown that the COVID pandemic has had a disproportionate effect on women’s employment and progression prospects. Many of the sectors that traditionally include a high percentage of female workers were affected by lockdown closures. As companies contracted, promotion opportunities followed suit. In addition, it became quite apparent that…
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28 February 2022
In the last two years people who have trained on the [re]boot programme say it has made an impact on their working lives. According to a recent survey of participants* by the West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges, half of respondents felt that the course enhanced their job role within six…
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23 February 2022
The a geing workforce is a significant challenge impact in g more than a third of businesses B usinesses are struggling to recruit young people due to a lack of awareness and negative perceptions of the sector Less than a quarter of businesses offer industry placements to attract more young…
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21 February 2022
Newly developed training of West Yorkshire FE colleges' curriculum staff is now underway. This training is being delivered as part of the West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges' FE Catalyst Learning project. The pilot project, funded by the Department for Education, will build capacity and increase expertise through peer-to-peer learning delivered…
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15 February 2022
The West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges has been announced as a partner of the inaugural West Yorkshire Apprenticeship Awards taking place this June. Announced during National Apprenticeships Week and backed by the Yorkshire Evening Post , the awards will celebrate both the apprentices and their employers that are excelling across…
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9 February 2022
Collaboration among local colleges will be key to ensuring West Yorkshire gets the skills it needs to really ‘level up’. That is the message from the West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges following the publication of the levelling up white paper , the government’s action plan to spread prosperity and opportunity…
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7 February 2022
National Apprenticeships Week 2022 A £3.2 million project will give hundreds of apprentices in West Yorkshire the extra skills they need to excel in the workplace. Managed by the West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges and funded by the European Social Fund, ‘ Collaborative Apprenticeships ’ will deliver short, ‘wrap around’…
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