Education & training

Updated DfE Covid guidance for further education

07/07/21

The Department for Education has published updated Covid-19 operational guidance for further education providers.

It has been confirmed that supported interns who were not able to meet the core aim of their internship in the 2020 to 2021 academic year may continue their internship into the 2021 to 2022 academic year. Where necessary and appropriate, priority for accessing work placements in the 2021 to 2022 academic year should be given to supported interns who were enrolled on a supported internship in 2020 to 2021.

New DfE guidance for Further Education providers

08/01/21

The Department for Education has published revised guidance for Further Education providers. The guidance sets out what further education and skills providers in England need to know so that students of all ages can benefit from their education and training in full. It explains the actions to take to stay as safe as possible in response to the challenges of coronavirus.

BASE links up with Skills Builder Partnership

07/12/20

BASE has joined the Skills Builder Partnership as a strategic membership body partner.

Skills Builder is a free resource used in schools, colleges, and workplaces to assess and chart progress on developing the soft skills needed in the workplace. The framework is now used by 700 organisations and covers achievement of the following soft skills:

Listening
Speaking
Problem solving
Creativity
Staying positive
Aiming high
Leadership
Teamwork

Skills Builder

Publisher:

Other organisations

Topics:

Education & training, Understanding needs

Year of Publication:

2020

Type:

Framework

Skills Builder is a free resource used in schools, colleges, and workplaces to assess and chart progress on developing the soft skills needed in the workplace. The framework covers the following soft skills:

Listening
Speaking
Problem solving
Creativity
Staying positive
Aiming high
Leadership
Teamwork

The framework is now used with 700 organisations. An overview is attached to this page.

Extra support and activities are available at a cost.

Through Learning to Earning - employer-led report on transitions

Publisher:

Other organisations

Topics:

Transition, Education & training, Traineeships

Year of Publication:

2016

Type:

Report

An employer-led group has recommended action to help young people with SEND make the transition from education to employment. Action includes employers offering more supported internships, opening up apprenticeships to more young people with SEND, and better careers advice.

Employment is Everyone's Business

Publisher:

BASE

Topics:

Education & training, Commissioning, Supported Internships

Year of Publication:

2016

Type:

Best practice

As part of the Department for Education (DfE) funded project, Employment is Everyone's Business, the National Development Team for inclusion (NDTi) and the British Association for Supported Employment (BASE) have published three guides that demonstrate best practice in the transition of young people with disabilities from education to employment. The three guides comprise;

Closing the Disability Skills Gap report

Publisher:

Policy & research organisations

Topics:

Disability, Education & training

Year of Publication:

2015

Type:

Report, Research

Disability Rights UK has published a summary of the Closing the Skills Gap reports. The report highlights their findings on the skills young disabled people need to get into employment; and on skills for people who acquire impairments or conditions during working life. Their findings, based on the two reports, stress: * the importance of peer to peer support * a need for disabled people to be able to exercise choice and control There are critical success factors from the 2 reports:

Ofsted report on implementation of study programmes

Publisher:

Commissions & Regulatory Organisations

Topics:

Education & training, Transition

Year of Publication:

2016

Type:

Research

Ofsted has published a report looking at the early implementation of 16 to 19yrs study programmes. The purpose of the survey was to evaluate how effectively further education and skills providers and schools and academies with sixth forms have implemented the 16 to 19 study programmes introduced in August 2013 and made the best use of the changed funding arrangements for 16–19-year-olds. The fieldwork for this survey was carried out between September 2013 to April 2014.

Evaluation of supported internships

Publisher:

Central Government

Topics:

Learning disabilities, Education & training, Supported Internships

Year of Publication:

2013

Type:

Report, Research

Supported internships were one of a number of initiatives proposed in the 2011 special educational needs (SEN) green paper ‘Support and aspiration: a new approach to special educational needs and disability’. A supported internship programme provides a structured study programme for students between 16 and 24 with a learning difficulty assessment (LDA). The programme includes on-the-job training, backed by expert job coaches and complementary college-based learning including access to relevant qualifications, where appropriate.

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