Nursing, Midwifery & Social Work: Progressing the Vocational Learner

Date:Monday 23 June 2008

Time:10.00 - 16.00

Venue: Kings College London, Waterloo Campus

Organised by:
The Linking London, South East, South and West London Lifelong Learning Networks.

Supported by:
HEFCE, NAEGA, ICG, UnionLearn.

Agenda

10.00 Registration, refreshments and networking

10.30 Welcome & introduction
Brian Salter, Deputy College Secretary & Academic Registrar, King’s College London, and Chair, Planning and Resources Committee, SELLLN

10.45 Keynote speaker
Janet Graham, Director, SPA
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11.15 Keynote speaker
Annette Clark, IAG Manager, Skills for Health
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11.45 Networking coffee break

12.15 Workshops

Workshop 1
Higher Education application process overview
Stephanie Holliday, UCAS
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Workshop 2
Personal statements – social work
Elizabeth Hunter, Programme Leader and Admissions tutor BA Social Work, University of Greenwich
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Alison Higgs, Senior Lecturer and Admissions tutor BA Social Work, London South Bank University
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Dr Nigel Elliott, Principal Lecturer BA Social Work, Kingston University with St George’s University of London

Workshop 3
Personal statements – nursing and midwifery
Julie Attenborough, Senior Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing, City Community and Health Sciences, City University
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Workshop 4
References
Keith Burn, Head of Access, Croydon College
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Click here to download the notes from Workshop 4: References.

Workshop 5
Assessments and Interviews
Beattie Dray, Principal Lecturer at Kingston University with St George’s University of London
Tony Cicco, Head of School Care, Kingston College
Awaiting presentation.

13.15 Lunch

14.15 Workshops repeated

15.15 Panel session
Elizabeth Hunter, Programme Leader and Admissions tutor BA Social Work, University of Greenwich
Dr Nigel Elliott, Principal Lecturer BA Social Work, Kingston University with St George’s University of London
Beattie Dray, Principal Lecturer at Kingston University with St George’s University of London
Tony Cicco, Head of School Care, Kingston College
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15.45 Closing remarks
Brian Salter, Deputy College Secretary & Academic Registrar, King’s College London, and Chair, Planning and Resources Committee, SELLLN

16.00 End of conference

Evaluation

Key: 1 = very satisfied, 4 = Not satisfied at all.

How satisfied were you:

• With the organisation of the session? 1
• With the venue and facilities? 1
• With the relevance of topic areas? 1
• That the presentations and activities met your needs? 2
• That the pace of the event? 1
• What is your overall assessment of today’s session? 2

What were the main strengths of the session?

• The session on personal statements was very informative and useful
• Session was friendly and met all the target areas
• Networking and open structure of sessions created an environment for facilitated discussion and questioning
• Informal and informative with a good opportunity to discuss and question
• Opportunity to hear from a wide range of experts
• The topic was very interesting and provided enough information to enable staff to support students in accessing and gaining entry to Higher Education
• Helps with planning for the next year
• Very good sessions on interviews, assessments and Social work personal statements
• Good to hear comments from other institutions and their experience in terms of admissions
• Transparency of information and honesty of answers
• Group work was very helpful in better understanding the issue.

Do you have any suggestions for possible future development sessions?

• BTEC
• Progression Agreements
• Having Health Care Professionals as representatives to aid with contextualization
• The day could be repeated to allow people to attend the other workshops on offer out of the five
• Allied Health care professionals should be included in future events
• Same again every two years
• A session on common pathways (with flow charts) through qualifications in this area which would be helpful for teachers/course advisors
• Information on University retention, attrition and success rates, especially ‘non-traditional’ higher educational candidates
• Impact of Foundation Degrees and vocational students applying for this
• Session on HE progression with knowledgeable HE staff
• Similar sessions on degree courses for BTEC students for Media, Performing Arts etc
• Tariff and grading systems
• More focus on BTEC entry route
• Getting into teaching.

Additional comments

• More helpful workshops like this would be helpful
• An enjoyable and informative day
• Well organised and useful day
• Please forward notes/presentation from workshops
• Would be keen to attend finding once more info regarding part-time courses via UCAS
• An excellent day.