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The UK’s only magazine dedicated to the 14-19 Diploma
The 4th National Conference on
Delivering Diplomas:
Engagement and collaboration
Aston Conference Centre, Birmingham Thursday 1st October 2009
Sponsored by
Delivering Diplomas magazine will be supported by a series October 2009 in Birmingham. As well as keynote speakers from
of conferences offering important practical guidance to all
the various Diploma providers, the conference will contain
those involved in the delivery of the 14-19 Diploma.
workshops offering advice from the Sector Skills Councils which
are leading the phase 1 and 2 Diploma Delivery Partnerships.
The 4th National Conference on Delivering Diplomas:
The workshops will also provide gateway guidance, information
Engagement and collaboration, sponsored by Qualifi cations
for exam offi cers and from awarding bodies, a focus on
and Curriculum Development Agency, will take place on 1st secondary and FE collaboration, and a focus on employers.
Chairperson: George Turnbull, Exams Doctor, Ofqual, Coventry
Phase 2 Diploma Delivery
09.00 – 09.25 Registration and refreshments
1: Business, administration and fi nance
2: Hair and beauty studies
09.25 – 09.30 Welcome and address
3: Manufacturing & product design
Pete Henshaw, Editor, SecEd and Delivering Diplomas
4: Environmental and land-based studies
09.30 – 10.00 Diplomas beyond 2011
5: Hospitality
David Turrell, Executive Headteacher, Sir Bernard Lovell School,
14.30 – 15.00 Refreshments and exhibition viewing
and Joint Chair, Kingswood Partnership, Bristol
15.00 – 16.00 Surgeries: Engagement/collaboration
10.00 – 10.30 Teaching and learning together: Focusing on Choose from interactive surgeries offering discussions around Diploma
engagement
innovation across four themes. You will have time to attend more than one.
Teresa Bergin, Head of Diploma, Qualifi cations and Curriculum
A: Secondary and FE collaboration
Development Agency, London
Sharing best practice on how to collaborate effectively between secondary
and FE will be:
10.30 – 11.00 Diplomas the second year: Where are we now
• Phil Bevan, Deputy Head, Hanham High School, Bristol.
with partnership working?
• Mark Blois, Head of Education, Browne Jacobson LLP, Nottingham.
• Martin Howlett, Headteacher, Winsford High School Federation.
Malcolm Trobe, Policy Director, Association of
• Simon Andrews, Vice Principal, Mid-Cheshire College, Cheshire.
School and College Leaders, Leicester
• Malcolm Trobe, Policy Director, ASCL.
11.00 – 11.30 Refreshments and exhibition viewing
• QCDA experts.
11.30 – 12.00 Engagement and collaboration from an FE
B: Employer collaboration
How can schools and colleges best engage with employers and vice versa?
point of view
• Tulay Rashid-Grant, Assistant Director 14 to 19, College of North East London.
John Stone, Chief Executive, Learning and Skills Network, London • Gill Morris, Director, GMT Training, Education and Consultancy, Leicestershire.
• Richard Long, Senior HR Business Partner, Nestle.
12.00 – 12.30 Employer engagement
• Alan Yates, Headteacher, Great Sankey High School, Warrington.
Margaret Gildea, Education and Skills Advisor, Rolls Royce, Derby • Other deliverers and practitioners, including QCDA experts.
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch and exhibition viewing
C: Gateway success
13.30 – 14.30 Ask the experts:
Practical guidance on how to successfully negotiate the Gateway process.
Sector Skills Councils
• Helen Brooks, Head of Delivery Support, DCSF.
• Sally Freeney, Director of Applied Learning Specialism, Gable Hall School, Essex.
Quiz expert representatives from the 10 Sector Skills Councils involved
• Duncan Ainge, Diploma lead, Barking College, Barking.
in Phases 1 and 2 of Diploma Delivery. Split by phase into two surgeries,
• Other deliverers and practitioners, including QCDA experts.
delegates will be free to ask questions regarding any aspect of delivery and
will be able to drop into both surgeries.
D: Ensuring awarding happens
How does assessment fi t into the Diplomas process? What are the practical
requirements of the Diploma when it comes to assessment?
Phase 1 Diploma Delivery
• David Wright, Chief Executive, Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors.
1: Creative and media • Mandy Smith, Lead, Diploma Support Team, AQA and C&G.
2: Society, health and development
• Nic Robinson, Director of Business Development, VTCT.
3: Construction and the built environment
• Other deliverers and practitioners, including QCDA experts.
4: Information technology
16.00 – 16.30 Drawing together and closing remarks
5: Engineering George Turnbull, Exams Doctor, Ofqual, Coventry
To reserve a place: book online at www.deliveringdiplomas.com
or telephone 0207 501 6762
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