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Welcome to Phase II of the West London Lifelong Learning Network Operations
Jun 09, 2010
Phase II operations of the West London Lifelong Learning Network have now begun and I would like to welcome you to the revised network, outline our business plan for the next year and introduce the team.
For the past 3.5 years the West London Lifelong Learning Network has used its HEFCE grant to fulfil its mission to develop additional activities, relationships and provision that increase the number of vocational learners progressing to and through Higher Education.
It is now time to sustain and embed our work to ensure it continues to support new groups of learners and that, in this time of uncertainty, provides continuing and unbiased support.
Working with residual HEFCE funding and financial contributions from our partners Phase II will be very different from its predecessor, with fewer staff and less money to support projects. Our work will concentrate on embedding and sustaining our Phase I work. Working with partners we will provide time, expertise and access to Pan-London and National resources to ensure proper development and support for partners and vocational learners in West London. We will also bid for additional funding from external organisations to support our work.
Additional priorities for Phase II will include:
- Maintenance of Progression Agreements and embedding Pathways
- Supporting and, in some cases, delivering Information, Advice and Guidance and Continuous Professional Development sessions
- Maintaining the roll-out and development of our learner support activities such as the Maths Café suite of interventions
- Keeping abreast of new government policies and initiatives linked to higher levels skills and employability and dissemination of this information to partners
- Sharing information on new qualifications and policy changes
- Seeking wider adoption and recruitment to projects requiring larger critical mass to survive and development
- Maintaining links with London and other regional LLNs and disseminating information about projects, opportunities for collaborative working and bidding opportunities
- Ensuring the existing good relations between network partners are maintained and opportunities for joint working are shared and exploited
- Maintaining a modified website information service.
The Team:
There are three full-time members of the Phase II team:
Digby Ingle
Health & Social Care Sector Manager
T: 020 8209 4243
E: digby.ingle@westlondonlln.org
Kerry Schutz
Sector Manager
Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics and Heathrow
T: 020 8209 4248
E: kerry.schutz@westlondonlln.org
Nicola Prime
Technology Projects Manager
T: 020 8209 4254
E: nicola.prime@westlondonlln.org
Each Manager will have responsibility for a nominated group of our partners but will continue to work across the network supporting their sector specialisms.
The team will be managed by a part-time Director, Graeme Hall (T: 020 8209 4403
E: graeme.hall@westlondonlln.org), who will concentrate on Pan-London and National working and supporting the Network Board. Graeme will also have responsibility for liaison with nominated partners.
Working with us
Please contact us if you have any ideas you would like to discuss, projects you think we might be able to help with, or simply to chat, as ever we welcome your involvement.
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- Action on Access briefing - Changes to the 14-19 Landscape (August 2010)
- Academic writing: WrAssE
- Global issues in the engineering curriculum
- Welcome to Phase II of the West London Lifelong Learning Network Operations
- ESCalate Award Funding
- David Andrews OBE will be speaking at our first workshop
