Functional Skills Newsletter Sept 21st

Our bi-weekly look at the world of Functional Skills.

In this issue we have news about the Governments review of vocational education, booking for the first regional functional skills conference is now open, fully updated links to all accredited awarding organisations and an intriguing story about 3D Functional Skills!

Vocational review underway. Michael Gove has announced a major independent review of 14-19 vocational education will be led by Prof Alison Wolf. The review will cover organisation, funding, progression and the roles of key stake holders such as employers, AOs and training providers. Click here for a direct link to the statement.

Making Sense of Functional Skills conference open for bookings today. The first in a series of regional conferences exclusively about Functional Skills will be held at Mary Ward House, Bloomsbury, London on Tuesday 16th November from 9.30 to 3.30. With a great range of speakers including employer representatives, Ofqual, expert practitioners in Foundation Learning and Apprenticeships and representatives of Awarding Organisations, these are must go to events for everyone involved in Functional Skills. More on booking information next time along with special offers for newsletter readers.

Now there's 111 to choose from! We've updated the ever popular link to all the exam bodies and all 111 accredited Functional Skills qualifications here.

3D Functional Skills! We picked this up last week. The Functional Skills Network Programme visited Fusedworks last week to see how 3D technology can be used to deliver Functional Skills. We don't know much more, other than Fusedworks is a commercial arm of Doncaster College but we'd like to know more so if you've been involved in this, get in touch and we'll feature you in the future. The news report is here.

Functional Skills resources from Guroo

Next issue! The next issue of the Functional Skills newsletter will be sent on Tuesday 5th October. If you have a story, a question or a suggestion - please contact jwells@guroo.co.uk Please also feel free to forward this newsletter to your Functional Skills friends, it's free, informative and occasionally just a little bit of fun!