The national online launch of the E-learning CPD Synchronous teaching, learning and assessment tools took place on 25 March. This great event showcased the excellent collaborative learning from the 11 West Midlands colleges who took part in the project led by Walsall College. To watch the event click on the[…]
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CWM Spearheads New Resources to Help Online Teaching
In response to the pandemic, which has forced educational institutions to rapidly get to grips with online teaching, West Midlands colleges have joined forces to produce a suite of brilliant new e-learning tools to help teachers with this new way of working. The tools comprise ten interactive CPD (Continuing Professional[…]
CWM Feature on BBC National News
Great item on BBC News on the coordinated work of colleges across the West Midlands in response to the pandemic – ‘the pandemic has left many at a career crossroads – the hope lies in building confidence & skills for the future’ Lewis Cooper Director Independent Commission on the College[…]
Achieving an ambitious and bold new vision for the future of colleges – a new report from the Independent Commission on the College of the Future
Radical, long-term education and skills reforms and investment is needed to address current and future skills gaps and transform life chances for every adult. The Independent Commission on the College of the Future calls for colleges to be placed front and centre of those reforms across the UK’s four nations[…]
Education Committee’s inquiry, The impact of COVID-19 on education and children’s services.
The Committee has accepted the CWM submission and it is published on the committee’s website https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/203/education-committee/
The UK 2070 Papers
http://uk2070.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-UK2070-Papers-Series-Two.pdf Refer to Section 8 Creating Colleges of the future for a fairer and stronger society by Lewis Cooper, Director of the Independent Commission on the College of the Future which includes a contribution from Colleges West Midlands.
Covid-19 recovery: Devolve authority for FE and skills
To tackle the economic fallout of the coronavirus crisis, regions must be able to design their own recovery, says Lowell Williams Last week, I was discussing the challenge of post-Covid economic recovery with the prime minister at Dudley College of Technology. Now, there’s a sentence I thought I’d never write.[…]
Why FE collaboration is vital for economic recovery
Colleges are more used to competing than working together – but we’re seeing great collaboration, writes David Hughes Read the full article at www.tes.com
West Midlands colleges lead on regional collaboration
The 21 institutions in the West Midlands Combined Authority have collaborated on a road map for capital investment Read the full article at www.tes.com
West Midlands Adult Education Budget (AEB)
On 1 September 2019, West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) formally took responsibility for the West Midlands Adult Education Budget (AEB) covering the WMCA area. The total budget for the area is £125.6m. 22 Colleges secured AEB grant through devolution, securing a total grant of £74m. 7 Colleges secured £1.6m in[…]