ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2017 What Next for Skills and Training in Scotland?

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ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2017 What next for skills and training in Scotland?

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On behalf of the Directors of the Scottish Training Federation (STF) and our sponsors, may I ofer you a warm welcome to the STF Annual Conference, Dinner and Awards Ceremony at Crief Hydro.

I am pleased that the STF Conference has grown to become one of the key events on the training and skills development calendar. We have a valuable opportunity ahead of us to hear about new developments, to engage in discussion, and to catch up with industry friends and colleagues.

I hope that you will make full use of the opportunity to visit the exhibitor stands, participate in the seminars and interactive networking sessions, and to network with the other delegates.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our speakers and seminar hosts - their input and time commitment is much appreciated.

On behalf of the STF Directors, I would also like to thank our sponsors and exhibitors: - SQA (Main sponsor), Trainsure, MGT Training, Crief Hydro, Sibbald Training, Remarkable, City & Guilds, ILM, Rathbone, Fife Council, STAG Legacy, Genius People, SCQF Partnership, CogniSoft, OneFile, NUS Extra and Skills Development Scotland for their sponsorship and support. As I am sure everyone will appreciate, without their contribution, an event of this quality would not be possible.

Finally, I would like to thank you for attending, and look forward to meeting you during the course of the Conference.

Stuart G Leitch, Chair of STF

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The Scottish Qualifications In an ever-changing learning of other qualifications and Authority (SQA) is delighted and skills landscape, we value services in meeting a variety to be the Main Conference our strong relationships with of educational and workforce Sponsor of the Scottish Training STF members. Working together development challenges, Federation Annual Conference, we can deliver the right skills including customised awards – Dinner and Awards Ceremony for Scotland and change lives bespoke qualifications tailored 2017 at Crief Hydro. through learning. to your needs.

SQA, Scotland’s national Our network of education We take great pride in ofering awarding and accreditation professionals and industry exceptional customer service body, works throughout the UK specialists support SQA which is acknowledged by and internationally. We help awarding operations, ensuring government organisations, individuals realise their potential our qualifications accurately businesses and individuals and achieve their ambitions reflect learners’ knowledge across the world. Speak to our by providing a wide range of and skills. And as leaders in team today! high quality, internationally assessment, we are determining recognised qualifications and the role we can play in the future associated services. of assessment through our Assessment Futures project. We are committed to the future of education, skills and training. SQA also awards a wide range www.sqa.org.uk

THE VOICE OF TRAINING PROVIDERS IN SCOTLAND CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS 03 CONFERENCE The paddles are back! HIGHLIGHTS Stephen Jardine is your host! Top television and radio broadcaster, Stephen Jardine, returns to host the STF Conference for a second year – he last facilitated in 2012. Stephen hosts a weekly discussion programme on BBC Radio Scotland and had a prominent role in BBC Scotland’s General Election coverage earlier this year.

As well as introducing the speakers and ensuring the programme runs smoothly, Stephen will be moving amongst the audience to encourage delegates to share their views and opinions Our back to basics voting technology about the current big issues in skills and training. – the voting paddle – is back again this year. No sophisticated software And on a lighter note, he will be asking delegates and speakers to share required for this system – just an what their first paid job was – and the first record they ever bought! So get auctioneer’s paddle with a `Yes’ on ready to confess if you were an Elvis, Elton or Madonna fan in your teens! one side and a `No’ on the other side. And the results are instant! Stephen Stephen will also be hosting the STF Awards Ceremony on Tuesday night has some questions lined-up – so get where seven winners will be announced from the 20 finalists. ready to vote!

Conference welcome for Training Minister STF is delighted to welcome Minister for Employability and Individual Training Training, Jamie Hepburn MSP, back to the conference on Accounts Day 1. Members of the STF Board of Directors have met on several occasions with Mr Hepburn to discuss issues of importance to members, including the phased reduction of MA Contribution Rates , cuts to the Employability Fund and the impact of Brexit on skills and training.

The Minister is expected to provide an update on recent Scottish Government initiatives in relation to skills and training. This is an excellent opportunity for members to quiz the Minister on the direction of travel of Scottish Government policy on skills – and on speciﬁc issues such as the future of the Employability Fund in Scotland and the contracting process for Foundation Apprenticeships and the new Flexible Workforce Development Fund. The Minister has agreed to take questions from the audience, so please make the most of this opportunity.

Award winners to be announced For many, the highlight of the conference Individual Learning Accounts have will be the Awards Ceremony held in the been re-focussed as Individual evening of Day 1. Stephen will be in control Training Accounts (ITAs) to better and will give some background information meet the demands of the job market. about each of the finalists before the winner ITAs will be provided by Skills in each category is revealed. Development Scotland (SDS) and will continue to give people access to And Judith Ralston was such a big hit up to £200 per year for training and last year that we’ve invited her back – she skills development. And for the first will be mingling with the audience and finalists before and during the time each course will now result in ceremony to capture the excitement (and nerves!) of the occasion. an industry recognised qualification. Both SQA and SDS will be running Two of the categories – Apprentice of the Year and Employability Fund workshops with an ITA focus – see Achiever of the Year – will be announced in the late afternoon of Day 1, pages 12 & 13 for more details. with the rest being announced after the evening meal.

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BBC Judith supports CONFERENCE STF Awards 2017 HIGHLIGHTS Directors are colour-coded! The Directors of STF are keen to talk with members at the conference and hear about the issues that are important to them. The STF Awards 2017 were ofcially So please do not launched in Glasgow on 12 June 2017 hesitate to engage them by STF Chair, Stuart Leitch, and BBC in conversation and let weather presenter, Judith Ralston. them know your views. Joining them were members of the Judging Panel and STF Chief And to make it easier Executive, Stuart McKenna. to identify them, they will all be sporting a And three Modern Apprentices in green lanyard with Creative and Digital Media – from `STF Director’ written on it; all delegate lanyards are in blue. Pictures of all L&G Learning in Glasgow – produced Directors are printed on page 17 of this brochure. a short promo video to mark the occasion! The video can be viewed via the link on the STF web site at www. Dealing with disability in the workplace stf.org.uk With training providers being asked to think more about equalities issues, a seminar Awards on Day 1 – Dealing with disability in the Judging Panel workplace – is very timely. Hosted by Sarah Gilzean from Morton Fraser Lawyers, the session will look at employer’s legal responsibilities towards disabled employees and candidates, including: (1) How to decide if an employee is disabled; (2) When to make adjustments for a disabled person; (3) What qualiﬁes as a reasonable adjustment; and (4) Dealing with disability related absence and those The Judging Panel for this year’s STF difcult conversations. Awards met in August to review the entries received. The panel comprised: • Denise Monteith, Scottish Welcome for Liz Smith MSP Qualiﬁcations Authority STF is delighted to welcome Liz Smith MSP • Denise Smith, ILM to speak to members on • Kevin McShane, Day 1 of the conference. SCQF Partnership With the Conservative’s now the second largest The panel is pictured above with party in the Scottish Stuart Leitch and Judith Ralston (L-R) Parliament, members Denise Monteith, SQA; Stuart Leitch, will be keen to hear STF; Judith Ralston; Kevin McShane, about the party’s vision SCQF Partnership; Denise Smith, ILM. for skills and training in Scotland.

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Jeni Adamson Lantra Michelle Gibson Skills Development Scotland David Aitken Competence Matters Katy Gibson YouTrain Lex Anderson Forth Valley College Margaret Gilmour Glasgow City Council Janice Anderson SQA Sarah Gilzean Morton Fraser LLP Anneliese Archibald Xtra-Mile.com Claire Glen West Lothian College James Arkley Systal Technology Solutions Jane Gotts GenAnalytics Catriona Bateman Training for Care William Grant Marion Beattie Skills Development Scotland Julie Gray Skills Development Scotland Lynn Bell Fife Council Alison Gray Training for Care Sandra Berwick learndirect Sophie Gray Skills Development Scotland Baljinder Birdi Pearson Jane Greenshields Skills Development Scotland Stephen Birnie ScotRail Callum Grigor Scottish Government Monica Black Limelight Careers Sharita Guy Skills Development Scotland Mary-Clare Bradshaw Ingeus Lucy Hankinson Systal Technology Solutions Bruce Broadie Scottish Borders Council David Hanley Competence Matters Heather Brown Fife Council David Hannah QA Ltd Iain Brown Skills Development Scotland Dawn Harper West Highland College UHI Margaret Bryson Rathbone Christian Harrison CogniSoft Sheila Buntin Sibbald Training Linda Healy Qualitas International Liz Byrne Skills Development Scotland Ian Henry West Lothian Leisure Ltd Fraser Cameron Fraser Cameron Photography Jamie Hepburn MSP John Campbell Ingeus Brian Hermiston Skills Development Scotland Graham Campbell SQA Lindsay Hewitt Skills Development Scotland Tracey Campbell SQA Cathy Hewitt Trainsure Antonia Carboni Skills Development Scotland Ruth Higgs Skills Development Scotland Brian Carmichael TIGERS Rossana Houston Qualitas International Jordan Charters Derek Houston SQA Sandra Cheyne Skills Development Scotland Tricia Hunter DYW Dumfries & Galloway Anne Clark Lowland Training Services Caroline Hunter SQA Garry Clark ScotRail Katie Hutton Skills Development Scotland Graeme Clark SQA Andrew Hyslop BPP Professional Apprenticeship Elaine Connor TIGERS Judith Jackson Genius People Marc Cooper TIGERS Denise Jackson Skills Development Scotland Naomi Davey NUS Apprentice Extra Stephen Jardine Taste Communications Laura Devennie TIGERS Tracy Johnston Lowland Training Services Julie Dey TIGERS Irene Joss Skills Development Scotland John Docherty YouTrain Kevin Keenan ScotRail Christine Doherty The Tell Organisation Angie Kerr YouTrain Stuart Don Fife Council Lorraine Kerr Forth Valley College Marie Donnelly Skills Development Scotland Laura Kerr Skills Development Scotland Emma Douglas YouTrain Jacqueline Kerr Skills Development Scotland Jane Dufy Skills Development Scotland Louise Kirkpatrick Rewards Training Evelyn Duncan IDTC Ltd Evelyn Kozicki JB Management Michelle Edgar Aberdeen Foyer Miles Lagan Forth Valley College Susie Evans Babcock Training Chris Lange Screentown Angela Evans JB Management Robert Lapsey Alexander Dennis Ltd Derek Farrell learndirect Dee Law Paisley & Johnstone Training Group Ltd Heather Ferguson Athena Learning Stuart Leitch MI Technologies Natasha Ferguson ScotRail Peter Leitch Remit Louise Findlay YouTrain Pamela Lockhart Skills Development Scotland Shirley Forbes YouTrain Mark Longwill ScotRail Stewart Forrest Skills Development Scotland Lesley Lowrie GOSTA Training Alexandra Fullerton TIGERS Dale Lyon Concrete Scotland Anne Galbraith SECTT Lesley Lyon Concrete Scotland Sean Gartland SQA Debbie MacGregor GOSTA Training Alan Gebbie Remarkable Claire MacIsaac Skills Development Scotland Daniel Gemmell TIGERS Calum MacLean Skills Development Scotland

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Duncan Macleod YouTrain Susan Ross Lifetime Training Alasdair MacRae SQA David Ross SQA William Marshall Alexander Dennis Ltd Maria Roushias College Development Network Johnny Mathieson OneFile Peter Russian Remarkable Lucinda McAllister Fife Council Deborah Sands Building Engineering Services Maureen McCann The Tell Organisation Association Iain McCaskey Building Engineering Services Josie Scholey Babcock Training Association Carol Scott Experiential Play Scott McCrae McCrae Training Alasdair Scott Scottish Borders Council Ian McCulloch ITC Academy Douglas Scott Scottish Meat Training Gail McEneny YouTrain Pauline Scott TIGERS Jennifer McEwan Genius People Marion Shanto YouTrain Liz McEwan Skills Development Scotland Cameron Shaw ScotRail John McFarlane Fife Council John Sibbald Sibbald Training Caroline McFarlane Limelight Careers David Sibbald Sibbald Training Sue McFarlane West Highland College UHI Jaymie Smith CogniSoft Lynda McGivern Ambition Centre for Training Alison Smith Genius People John McGlinchey Sibbald Training Denise Smith ILM Lisa McGovern MGT Training Owen Smith YouTraiin Shona McGrath Competence Matters Pamela Smith MGT Training Paul McGuiness Skills Development Scotland Lisa Smith Tennent’s Training Academy Lynn McGurk Skills Development Scotland Liz Smith MSP Ann McInnes BEMIS Michael Sneddon Babcock Training Tracy McIntosh The Knowledge Business Jack Speirs Sibbald Training Steven McIvar McCrae Training Jackie Steven Rathbone Pat McKay Intraining Gordon Stewardson West College Scotland Alistair McKay SQA Fiona Stewart Skills Development Scotland Stuart McKenna STF Ltd Kate Still Rathbone Isabel McKeown Ambition Centre for Training Sarah Summers Crief Hydro Lyndsay McLelland learndirect John Sutherland WGM Engineering Douglas McMillan SQA Margaret Sutor Scottish Government Margaret McNaughton ScotRail Nicola Swan Skills Development Scotland Christine McPherson Alexander Dennis Ltd William Sweeney Safety Training Solutions Kevin McShane SCQF Partnership Kim Tannock YouTrain Margaret Mellon ScotRail Paloma Tattershall-Dodd City & Guilds Richard Meredith OneFile Norma Taylor Rathbone Patricia Middleton MGT Training Emmanuel Terry learndirect Stefano Miotti Dr Ken Thomson Forth Valley College Denise Monteith SQA William Thompson WGM Engineering David Moroney Skills Development Scotland Frances Thoms FMT Consulting Heather Munro TIGERS Grant Thoms Ingeus Paul Murphy Skills Development Scotland Lorna Trainer L&G Learning Ian Murray Fife Council Jake Tween ILM Michelle Murray ScotRail Samantha Upton City & Guilds Craig Neilson YouTrain Karen Walker Skills Development Scotland Mike O’Donnell Skills Development Scotland Martyn Ware SQA Jim Oag Remarkable Adam Warsop City & Guilds Markus Ofer Ingeus Becky Watt The Knowledge Business Raymond O’Hare OC Solutions/ SQA Board of Emma Webber Rathbone Management Bethany Welsh Balfour Beatty Aimee Parker Gillian White Rathbone Nigel Patterson West Highland College UHI Grant Whyte ScotRail James Prentice Skills Development Scotland Colin Williams TIGERS Judith Ralston BBC Scotland Nikki Wilson MGT Training Ryan Robinson MGT Training Gillian Wilson Safety Training Solutions Alison Rogers West Lothian College Jason Wood Screentown Sarah Rooney WGM Engineering Kellie Zdanowicz JB Management

www.stf.org.uk 08 STF ANNUAL CONFERENCE • WHAT NEXT FOR SKILLS AND TRAINING IN SCOTLAND? SPEAKERS Stephen Jardine Stephen Jardine is one of Scotland’s best known journalists and broadcasters. He started his career as a radio reporter before joining STV as a trainee reporter. He then moved to GMTV as Scotland Correspondent becoming Europe Correspondent based in Paris the following year covering stories ranging from the Cannes Film Festival to the death of the Princess of Wales. After that Stephen returned to the UK with GMTV as a London based correspondent and presenter. In 2000 Stephen re-joined STV and went on to present a wide range of programmes including documentaries, politics programmes and the ﬂagship news show Scotland Today. Latterly he fronted the live daily programmes The Five Thirty Show and The Hour. In 2011 left STV to launch his own communications company. He also broadcasts on BBC radio and television and writes for The Scotsman and the Daily Record.

Jamie Hepburn MSP, Minister for Employability and Training Jamie Hepburn was educated at Hyndland Secondary and the University of Glasgow, graduating with a degree in Politics and History. He served as National Convener of the SNP’s student and youth wings. Jamie Hepburn was MSP for Central Scotland between 2007 and 2011 and has been MSP for Cumbernauld & Kilsyth since 2011. Jamie was appointed as Minister for Sport, Health Improvement & Mental Health in November 2014 and appointed as Minister for Employability and Training in May 2016. Jamie lives in his constituency with his wife, Julie, and two children.

Liz Smith MSP, Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education Liz Smith was ﬁrst elected to the Scottish Parliament in 2007 and was re-elected in both 2011 and 2016. She is one of four Conservative Regional Members for Mid Scotland and Fife. She is Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education and she also chairs two cross party committees; those on Colleges and Universities, and Sport. She was educated at George Watson’s College and holds an Honours Degree in Economics and Politics and a Diploma in Education from the University of Edinburgh. She returned to George Watson’s College in 1983 to teach Economics and Modern Studies. In 1998 she left teaching to work as Political Advisor to Sir Malcolm Rifkind and between autumn 2001 and autumn 2003 she was Head of the Chairman’s Ofce in Scottish Conservative Central Ofce.

Dr Ken Thomson, Principal and Chief Executive, Forth Valley College Dr Ken Thomson has been Principal and Chief Executive of Forth Valley College since August 2013.He has a degree in Zoology from Nottingham University and a PhD from Edinburgh University. He was a Senior Countryside Ranger before moving to Falkirk College in 1994 as a Lecturer before becoming Senior Lecturer in Life Sciences. He became Head of Science (2001), then Director of Learning Services (2003) before becoming Associate Principal (2005) at the newly merged Forth Valley College and Depute Principal from 2007. Ken sits on various Board and committees in Scotland and the UK including on the Board of Historic Environment Scotland. He is a member of the Scottish Funding Council’s Skills Committee and the Chemical Sciences Scotland Skills Committee. He is a Stirling City Commissioner and is a member of Falkirk’s Economic Partnership. Ken is a fellow of the Institute of Directors.

Jane Gotts, Director, GenAnalytics Ltd Jane Gotts is a founding partner and Director at GenAnalytics Ltd – a specialist data and insights consultancy focused on diversity and equality in the workplace. Prior to this, she was Director of International Business Development at Glasgow Caledonian University with responsibility for driving the university’s international business development strategy in key overseas markets including the USA, South Africa and Brazil. Before joining GCU, she spent 10 years at the Scottish Council for Development and Industry, where she had responsibility for developing and delivering the organisation’s international and commercial strategy. At SCDI she led over 50 trade visits to overseas markets in Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia, including high proﬁle delegations with the First Minister of Scotland and senior UK Cabinet Ministers. She has a degree in Politics from the University of Glasgow.

Judith Ralston, BBC Scotland Originally from Edinburgh, Judith trained as a musician and studied singing at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and the Royal Northern College of Music. Her operatic singing career ended prematurely when her voice collapsed. In 1999 she returned to Scotland for a new career as a travel reporter at BBC Scotland, then moved into weather presenting. Judith has presented programmes/features in the classical music ﬁeld and other BBC radio/television shows. She is now one of the main weather presenters at BBC Scotland and involved with charity work in the Glasgow area.

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Katie Hutton, Director of National Training Programmes, Skills Development Scotland Katie’s current role covers contracting and contract management for national training programmes which attract a public funding contribution – principally Modern Apprenticeships and the Employability Fund, amongst other incentives. In addition, it also covers various Skills Development Scotland (SDS) actions in support of the Scottish Government’s Youth Employment Strategy and the recommendations of the Developing the Young Workforce Commission. Katie’s team at SDS works closely with contracted learning providers (including private, public and third sector organisations) who deliver training programmes for employers and individuals across Scotland. Katie is also the SDS lead on equalities-related issues. Previously, Katie worked in various roles relating to skills policy and planning for Scottish and Renfrewshire Enterprise and, prior to that, in industrial liaison and part-time lecturing for Paisley College (now University of the West of Scotland).

Martyn Ware, Head of Assessment Futures, Scottish Qualifications Authority Martyn is currently leading SQA’s work to develop a vision of how assessment will change over the medium to long term future and of how, in this changed environment, SQA can ensure that its qualifications and assessments continue to meet the needs of learners and its wider stakeholders. Previously Martyn had responsibility for overseeing SQA’s use of e-assessment including Solar, SQA’s core on-screen assessment product, its work to support the use of e-portfolios and more innovative applications of technology including the use of computer games and social software to support assessment of SQA’s qualifications. In earlier roles Martyn managed a wide-ranging portfolio of qualifications and international development projects on SQA’s behalf. Before joining SQA, Martyn worked as a Project Manager for the Ministry of Defence.

Raymond O’Hare, Independent Non Exec Director/Advisor Raymond is an experienced leader and independent non-executive director/advisor. Currently working with ambitious companies at board level, advising on business strategy, investment, acquisitions, partnerships and exits by providing coaching for CEOs, Executives and emerging talent. Previously Raymond was Director of Microsoft in Scotland for over ﬁve years, and Chairman of the Institute of Directors in Scotland for four years. He spent over twelve years at the Microsoft Corporation, working with Product, R&D and industry teams, as well as many of the Corporation’s senior executives. Raymond has held many high proﬁle board positions in Scotland including, Chairman of the Institute of Directors, Board member of SQA and Young Scot, member of Government’s Post 16 Education Reform Board and Skills Utilisation Leadership Group. He also served on the board of Scotland IS and is also Chairman of the charity, ProjectScotland.

Peter Russian, Chief Executive, Remarkable Peter is the Chief Executive of Remarkable (formerly Investors in People Scotland) where he has been in post since 2003. Since his appointment, Peter has led a major programme of change which has impacted on how Investors in People (IIP) is used to support change and employee engagement. In 2014, he led the development and introduction of Investors in Young People (IIYP) which has now been adopted by more than 600 organisations. This has been followed by work to establish and standardise good practice in developing Boards. In 2017, Peter led the rebrand of the organisation to its new name Re:markable which responds to the changing business environment across Scotland and reﬂects an increasingly diverse product and service portfolio. A Public Administration graduate from Shefeld Polytechnic, Peter has also worked for Westminster City Council and London Underground.

Stuart G Leitch, Chair, STF Ltd; Managing Director MI Technologies Stuart Leitch is the Managing Director of MI Technologies, a major independent training organisation based in Glasgow. With over 35 staf, the company covers a wide range of traditional and service sector industries. A Council member of CBI Scotland from 1991 to 1997, Stuart was elected to the position of Chair of STF in 2007. Stuart is a member of the Cross Party Skills Group of the Scottish Parliament. Stuart has given evidence on the subject of apprenticeships to the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee of the Scottish Parliament, and contributed evidence to the British and Irish Parliamentary Assembly.

Stuart McKenna, Chief Executive, Scottish Training Federation Stuart is Chief Executive of the Scottish Training Federation (STF) and was appointed to the role in February 2015. For the last 20 years, he has worked for a range of diferent organisations engaged with skills and training, in roles which have been mainly focussed around promoting Modern Apprenticeships. Prior to joining STF, Stuart was the Director of Skills at GoSkills – the Sector Skills Council for the Passenger Transport sector. He has also worked with Scottish Government, Sector Skills Alliance Scotland and COSLA. From 2003-2007 he was Vice Chair of the Board of Management of Cardonald College in Glasgow. Stuart is currently a member of both the SDS/SFC Joint Skills Committee and Scottish Apprenticeship Advisory Board.

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12.15 Seminar Session 1 AGENDA (See pages 12 and 13 for details of each seminar) DAY 1 TUE 26 SEPTEMBER 2017

Registration and Exhibitor Lunch and Exhibitor Networking 10.00 Networking 1.00

Seminar Session 2 Stephen Jardine, 1.45 10.30 Facilitator (See pages 12 and 13 for details of each seminar) Scene Setting Including welcome Seminar Session 3 address from 2.30 Ian McCulloch, (See pages 12 and 13 for details of Vice Chair, STF each seminar)

Cofee & Networking Stuart McKenna, Chief 3.15 10.45 Executive, STF What next for skills and training in Martyn Ware, Head of Scotland? 3.45 Assessment Futures, SQA Raymond O’Hare, Liz Smith MSP, Shadow Director of OC 11.00 Cabinet Secretary for Solutions, and member Education and Skills of SQA Board of Keynote speech Management Assessing the future learner

Jamie Hepburn Dr Ken Thomson, 11.25 MSP, Minister for 4.05 Principal and Chief Employability and Executive, Forth Valley Training College Keynote speech College Innovations and Collaboration Peter Russian, Chief 4.30 Stephen Jardine 11.50 Executive, Remarkable Day 1 round-up A Remarkable Transformation - building on the foundations of Investors in People STF Awards 2017 4.40 • Employability Fund Achiever 12.00 Stephen Jardine of the Year Award Plenary • Modern Apprentice of the Year Award

5.00 Close

THE VOICE OF TRAINING PROVIDERS IN SCOTLAND AGENDA 11

DAY 1 EVENING DAY 2 WED 27TH SEPTEMBER 2017

Registration and Exhibitor Evening drinks reception 7.00 9.00 Networking

Stephen Jardine Stephen Jardine 9.25 Scene Setting 7.30 Welcome to the Annual Dinner and Awards 2017 Including welcome address from Ian McCulloch, Alasdair MacRae, Head of Business Vice Chair, STF’ 7.35 Development, SQA Welcome from the main sponsor, Jane Gotts, Director, SQA 9.40 GenAnalytics The Power of Diversity Judith Ralston to Drive Economic 7.40 Judith meets the audience! Growth

Dinner 8.00 Speed Networking Session 1 10.00 (See pages 14 and 15 for details of each session) Stephen Jardine & Judith Ralston 9.30 STF Awards Ceremony 2017 11.00 Cofee & Exhibitor Networking Close 10.45 Speed Networking Session 2 11.30 (Repeat of session 1 above. See pages 14 and 15 for details of each session)

Katie Hutton, Director 12.00 of National Training Programmes, Skills Development Scotland What next for National Training Programmes?

Stephen Jardine 12.25 Closing Summary Including closing remarks from Stuart McKenna, Chief Executive, STF

12.30 Networking Lunch

www.stf.org.uk 12 STF ANNUAL CONFERENCE • WHAT NEXT FOR SKILLS AND TRAINING IN SCOTLAND? SEMINARS Skills Development Scotland FIPS – making it work for training providers Funding Information and Processing System – FIPS – was rolled out to Modern Apprenticeship providers late last year. Find out more about FIPS and the SDS training and support available. Hosts: Pamela Lockhart & Lindsay Hewitt

Session 1 Skills Development Scotland Apprenticeships.scot – NEW developments for training providers Scottish Qualifications Authority Find out about some of the developments that we ICT Qualifications & partnership working have planned for training provider information on This session will look at out how SQA and QA – IQ apprenticeships.scot. This includes a new training are working in partnership to develop qualifications provider dashboard, changes to the training provider and training in ICT and digital technology – helping to search and information on the training provider reduce the skills gap in Scotland. Discover how training section. Come along and find out how you can shape providers can work with SQA in the development the development of the site. of new qualifications for their sector. We need your expertise in ensuring our qualifications are fit for Hosts: Laura Kerr and Lynn McGurk, SDS Digital purpose and reflect the skills and training needs of Services Team your sector. Host: Derek Houston Session 2 Scottish Qualifications Authority Scottish Qualifications Authority ICT Qualifications & partnership working Digital assessment and learning solutions This session will look at out how SQA and QA – IQ An opportunity to not only listen, but also inform are working in partnership to develop qualifications what SQA are doing to help to shape the use of and training in ICT and digital technology – helping to digital assessment and learning solutions across reduce the skills gap in Scotland. Discover how training its qualification portfolio through support for providers can work with SQA in the development digital evidence submission, e-testing and ongoing of new qualifications for their sector. We need your development of high quality online CPD for staf expertise in ensuring our qualifications are fit for and appointees. SQA continues to be a flexible purpose and reflect the skills and training needs of and responsive awarding organisation meeting the your sector. increasing demand to support greater and more Host: Derek Houston innovative use of digital solutions in teaching, learning and assessment. Hosts: Graeme Clark & Douglas McMillan Scottish Qualifications Authority SQA – Digital assessment and learning solutions An opportunity to not only listen, but also inform Skills Development Scotland what SQA are doing to help to shape the use of National Training Programmes (NTP) update digital assessment and learning solutions across Reflecting on end to end review of 2017/18 its qualification portfolio through support for commissioning of MA and EF and how SDS will use digital evidence submission, e-testing and ongoing feedback for 2018/19 process, in year management of development of high quality online CPD for staf MA and EF forecasts for volumes and values, increase/ and appointees. SQA continues to be a flexible decrease process for MA and EF. and responsive awarding organisation meeting the Host: Paul McGuiness increasing demand to support greater and more innovative use of digital solutions in teaching, learning and assessment. Hosts: Graeme Clark & Douglas McMillan

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Skills Development Scotland Remarkable National Training Programmes (NTP) update Remarkable Reﬂecting on end to end review of 2017/18 Peter Russian, Chief Executive of Remarkable (formerly commissioning of MA and EF and how SDS will use Investors in People Scotland) will be exploring some feedback for 2018/19 process, in year management of of the everyday challenges facing Scottish businesses MA and EF forecasts for volumes and values, increase/ including developing efective leadership, managing decrease process for MA and EF. employee performance and growing businesses against a backdrop of economic uncertainty. Host: Paul McGuiness Remarkable delivers organisational development and workplace innovation solutions to businesses of Skills Development Scotland all sizes throughout Scotland to help increase their FIPS – making it work for training providers productivity and improve their culture and operating Funding Information and Processing System – FIPS environment. Because by developing and empowering – was rolled out to Modern Apprenticeship providers people to have increased discretion and control in late last year. Find out more about FIPS and the SDS their workplace we can improve performance, increase training and support available. commitment and support innovation for the beneﬁt of the Scottish economy #MakeItRemarkable Hosts: Pamela Lockhart & Lindsay Hewitt Host: Peter Russian

Skills Development Scotland Scottish Apprenticeship Advisory Board Skills Development Scotland This workshop will provide information on the Scottish Apprenticeship Advisory Board (SAAB), including the Individual Training Accounts current consultation on Deﬁning an Apprenticeship. Find out more about the new Individual Training Host: Jane Dufy Accounts including eligibility criteria and the new administrative arrangements for training providers. Host: Stewart Forrest

Session 3 Skills Development Scotland Morton Fraser Apprenticeships.scot – NEW developments for Dealing with disability in the workplace training providers This session will look at employer’s legal Find out about some of the developments that we responsibilities towards disabled employees and have planned for training provider information on candidates, which will include: apprenticeships.scot. This includes a new training provider dashboard, changes to the training provider • How can I decide if an employee is disabled? search and information on the training provider • When do I need to make adjustments for a section. Come along and ﬁnd out how you can shape disabled person? the development of the site. • What is a reasonable adjustment? Hosts: Laura Kerr and Lynn McGurk, SDS Digital • Dealing with disability related absence and those Services Team difcult conversations. Host: Sarah Gilzean

City and Guilds & ILM Making a digital impact City and Guilds and ILM are excited to ofer a workshop that puts digital technology into practice. Delegates who attend this workshop will be able to collect a ‘Digital Credential’ as a record of their CPD, which can be showcased throughout their social media channels. We will explore a range of tools that can help transform great teaching for the digital learner. Host: Samantha Upton

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4 Scottish Qualifications Authority ITA opportunities with SQA qualifications SPEED Following the Scottish Government Individual Learning Accounts (ILA) review, the new Individual Training Accounts (ITAs) scheme comes into efect in October 2017. This session will focus on how SQA qualifications can help you deliver opportunities, in relation to the new SDS ITA requirements. Learners will now choose one NETWORKING course to use their £200 instead of previously multiple courses. Explore how SQA qualifications can help you maximise your opportunities. Host: Tracey Campbell

How it works 5 SCQF Partnership It’s easy! These sessions are designed to ofer delegates the The SCQF – A Pathway, Not a Ladder opportunity to meet with a variety of stakeholders and service The SCQF is often seen as a one dimensional qualiﬁcations providers to exchange information, make new contacts, and framework. This short session will take you on a whistle stop tour engage services etc. of today’s qualiﬁcations landscape and explain the role of the SCQF in guiding learners and learning providers. You’ll hear about There are 24 tables to choose from – you have 15 minutes at each the range of free resources to support this journey. table – when Stephen rings his magic bell, move on the next Host: Kevin McShane table of your choice. You can visit any table in any order.

Time to get networking! 6 Scottish Government Scottish Government Apprenticeship Policy 1 Scottish Qualifications Authority The Scottish Government recently published ‘Seven things School/Employer partnerships and SQA you need to know about Scottish Apprenticeships’. This is an opportunity to hear more about Modern Apprenticeship Policy, Many employers and training providers have formed meaningful Apprenticeship Levy and the newly launched Flexible Workforce partnerships with schools and other education providers. Our Development Fund. Regional Managers are involved in all DYW regional groups and have helped broker school/employer partnerships across Scotland. Host: Callum Grigor These partnerships are bringing real benefits to training providers, schools and, of course, learners. Find out more about how SQA has been actively supporting these partnerships and how you can Erasmus+ get involved. 7 Erasmus+ Opportunities Host: David Ross & Graham Campbell Erasmus+ ofers the opportunity to organisations, including training Providers and employers, to send employees/ trainees on a work placement within Europe, with all the many benefits 2 Scottish Qualifications Authority that come from such an experience. This session will give basic SQA Customised Awards information about Erasmus+ but will also focus on European tools such as ECVET which will help to maximise the benefit of a period If you have specialist skills or your own in house training of mobility for both the organisation and the individual. programmes that would benefit from SQA recognition, then we are here to help. SQA Customised Awards service can develop Host: Frances Thom qualifications that are tailored to your needs, owned by your organisation and SCQF Credit Rated. Find out more about SQA Customised Awards, and how they can provide formal recognition Remarkable for your training programmes. 8 Remarkable Hosts:Janice Anderson & Alistair McKay Remarkable – formerly Investors in People Scotland – are innovators in organisational development and workplace innovation. We work with Scottish, UK and international 3 Scottish Qualifications Authority partners to bring the very latest thinking and expertise on how SQA e-assessment & learner impact organisations can develop and empower their people to have increased direction and control in the workplace. As well as the This session looks at the use of digital approaches which make a internationally recognised Investors in People accreditation, we positive diference to a learner’s experience of assessment within have an existing portfolio of client-led services of our own – SQA qualifications. Whether through the use of online testing including Investors in Young People – which we will be extending through systems like SOLAR (www.sqasolar.org.uk), ePortfolios over the coming months. Come along, meet our experts and find or other digital evidence collection approaches, SQA wants to out more about how, together, we can #MakeItRemarkable engage with and learn from you! Hosts: Jim Oag & Alan Gebbie Host: Graeme Clark

9 City & Guilds How to use a future thinking group to support your strategic goals across Scotland and the UK Join a discussion around overcoming the future challenges facing the skills sector in Scotland, and exploring the impact of true future leading partnerships. Host: Adam Warsop

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10 ILM 17 Skills Development Scotland How does ILM support Scotland’s Skills Strategy? Certificate of Work Readiness & Employability ILM will share with you its range of support for developing skills How can SDS support training providers in delivering the in Scotland. In addition to our workforce development portfolio, Certificate of Work Readiness award? Hear more about the you will hear about our new leadership qualifications for the 14+ benefits of the award and ongoing developments to enhance CWR age group and how these can be embedded into Developing the delivery. Young Workforce strategy. Hosts: Michelle Gibson & Sharita Guy Host: Denise Smith 18 Skills Development Scotland 11 Skills Development Scotland SIPs and RSAs – how to use them efectively Foundation Apprenticeships Find out how SIPs and RSAs can help training providers to better Find out more about these new work-based learning pathways understand the skills needs in their sector. for S5 to S6 pupils across Scotland developed in partnership with Host: Liz Byrne education and industry. Learn about developments and plans for the future. Hosts: Jacqueline Kerr & Jane Greenshields 19 DYW DYW Engagement for Training Providers Skills Development Scotland Are you connected with your local DYW group? If not, find out 12 why it’s important for training providers to get involved. Graduate Level Apprenticeships Host: Tricia Hunter Find out more about Graduate Level Apprenticeships – the frameworks in use, organisations involved and plans for the future. Host: Brian Hermiston 20 PACE PACE and Training Providers Skills Development Scotland PACE (Partnership Action for Continuing Employment) is the 13 Scottish Government’s national strategic partnership framework Marketing Apprenticeships for responding to redundancy situations. Find out how training How can SDS, training providers, employers and partners work providers can get involved with this important initiative. together to promote apprenticeships to young people and Hosts: Margaret Sutor & Calum MacLean industry? Host: James Prentice 21 Skills Development Scotland Skills Development Scotland Career Management Skills 14 CMS – what can it add to National Training Programme Activity? Centre for Work-based Learning Find out more about the Centre, which was founded by Skills Host: Sandra Cheyne Development Scotland and will work in partnership, to influence policy, practice and perception of work-based learning. The Centre will align its work with the Scottish Apprenticeship Advisory Board Skills Development Scotland (SAAB) and lead on policy and research advice to the SAAB. 22 The Compliance Function Host: Sophie Gray Compliance themes and Q & A Hosts: Liz McEwan & Iain Brown 15 Skills Development Scotland Improving equality through contracting SDS is committed to equality and diversity in National Training Programmes, such as Modern Apprenticeships. Learn how we can 23 Skills Development Scotland work with training providers and other partners to ensure greater Quality Standards Review impact in this area. An opportunity for delegates to discuss the new quality assurance Host: Nicola Swan arrangements and approaches to self-assessment and continuous improvement. Host: Julie Gray 16 Skills Development Scotland Employer engagement Find out more about the SDS approach to engaging more than 200 companies as part of a campaign to support employers 24 Skills Development Scotland to make the most of apprenticeships. The SDS Employer Data Protection and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Engagement Team is ofering help to companies to ensure they An overview of the key themes of the General Data Protection are work-based learning ready. Regulation (GDPR). The session will provide an overview of Host: Marion Beattie the key changes and what they mean in practice, outline what is staying broadly the same and help you understand your new obligations. Host: Denise Jackson

www.stf.org.uk 16 STF ANNUAL CONFERENCE • WHAT NEXT FOR SKILLS AND TRAINING IN SCOTLAND? Employment Tribunal Fees - what next? by Sarah Gilzean, Senior Associate, Morton Fraser

t the end of July this year the proportion of cases settled the UK’s highest court - through ACAS was actually lower. Athe Supreme Court - ruled It appeared that employers were that the government’s system waiting to see if the claimant was for charging fees to bring an willing to pay the part of the fee employment tribunal claim was that was due for the hearing before unlawful. This marked the end of a making an attempt to settle. long-running challenge by the trade union Unison who had argued that The Court agreed with Unison’s the fee regime prevented access argument that the statistics showed to justice and was discriminatory. that the fees unfairly restricted So does this mean that there will access to justice, prevented people enforcing their employment rights now have to repay up to £32m. now be a flood of claims against The UK government may try to employers? and discriminated unlawfully against women and other protected bring in a revised fee regime but The fee regime was brought in by groups because they were more the position is likely to be diferent the Coalition government in 2013 likely to bring discrimination claims in Scotland where the Scottish at the height of austerity. The which attracted the highest level of government has already indicated government said that the aim was fee. its intention to abolish tribunal fees. to transfer part of the cost of the So does this mean that employers tribunals to users of the service, to The Court found that the fees did not stop vexatious claims and that will face a wave of new claims? It’s “deter unmeritorious claims”, and early days but anecdotal evidence to encourage disputes to be settled there were other ways of dealing with these types of claims through suggests that employees will now earlier. The level of fee depended be more willing to lodge a tribunal on the type of claim being brought robust case management and which did not involve putting up a claim. Already there are those who and ranged from £390 for a basic are seeking to bring in claims late claim like holiday pay to £1,200 financial barrier. In some cases the court found, it was almost futile to arguing that they were prevented for cases like unfair dismissal or from doing so at the time because discrimination. bring a claim as the level of fee was almost as high as the award being of the fees. The introduction of fees led to sought. We would always recommend a dramatic fall in the number of taking early advice to prevent claims. The ofcial figures for Although the case was an English case, the ruling applies equally employment issues arising and October 2013 to December 2013 developing into tribunal disputes. showed that there had been a in Scotland and from the day the At Morton Fraser we are happy to 79% drop in claims, compared to judgment came out; no-one has help employers to anticipate issues the same months in 2012. April been required to pay a fee. As and nip potential disputes in the to June 2014 saw an 81% drop present the employment tribunal bud and we ofer a free 20 minute from the same period the year service is busy with refunding those consultation for STF members. before. Furthermore, rather than who have paid fees in the past 4 For more information email: sarah. encouraging settlement of disputes, years. Reports suggest that it will [email protected].

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

STUART G JIM MURPHY DUNCAN LEITCH Vice Chair MACLEOD Chair, STF (UK Policy), STF Vice Chair Managing Director, Operations Director, (Events), STF MI Technologies Ltd learndirect Director, YouTrain

LORNA IAN BRYAN TRAINER MCCULLOCH WOODROW Vice Chair Vice Chair Director, STF (Employability), STF (Parliamentary), Director, XL Director, L&G STF Training (Scotland) Learning Chief Executive, Ltd (Scotland) Ltd ITC Academy

CAROLINE KELLIE JENNIFER MCFARLANE ZDANOWICZ MCEWAN Director, STF Director, STF Jt Vice Chair Director, Limelight Head of (Apprenticeships), Careers Operations, JB Director, STF Management Head of Learning & Development, Genius People

PETER LEITCH MARIA LORRAINE Jt Vice Chair ROUSHIAS JAMIESON (Apprenticeships), Director, STF Director, STF Director, STF Chair, Workbased Management Scotland/Wales Learning Academy Director, Director, Remit Group, College Remit Food Training Development Network

SCOTT GRANT DAVID MCCRAE THOMS HANLEY Director, STF Director, STF Director, STF Managing Director, Head of Strategy Director, McCrae Training Ltd & Policy - Scotland, Competence Ingeus Matters Ltd

STUART MCKENNA Chief Executive, STF

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STF AWARDS 2017 The ﬁnalists in each of the categories of the STF Awards 2017 are given below:

Employability Fund Achiever Provider of Quality Training, Employability Provider of the Year, Sponsored by of the Year, Sponsored by Sponsored by

• William Grant: nominated by • Babcock Training • Aberdeen Foyer West Highland College UHI • Sibbald Training • Ingeus Scotland • Stefano Miotti: nominated by • TIGERS • West Highland College UHI learndirect • Aimee Parker: nominated by Rathbone Innovation in Training, STF Provider of the Year, Sponsored by Sponsored by

Apprentice of the Year, Sponsored by

• Concrete Scotland • Babcock Training • Ingeus Scotland • TIGERS • Jordan Charter: nominated by Edinburgh College • TIGERS • YouTrain • Cameron Shaw: nominated by ScotRail Most Innovative & Creative Employability Provider • Bethany Welsh: nominated by CITB of the Year, Sponsored by

Success in Partnership, Sponsored by

• Ingeus Scotland • West Highland College UHI

• Forth Valley College/WGM Engineering Large Employer of the Year, • Rathbone/Jubilee Centre Sponsored by for Character and Values/ Birmingham University • West Lothian College/Xcite West Lothian • Alexander Dennis Ltd • BT • ScotRail

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OUR SPONSORS

Main Conference / Annual Dinner Large Employer of the Year Award

Annual Dinner Wine STF Provider of the Year Award

Delegate Folders and Pens Employability Fund Achiever of the Year Award

Provider of Quality Training Award Most Innovative & Creative Employability Provider of the Year Award

Annual Drinks Reception Apprentice of the Year Award

Success in Partnership Award Exhibitors

CogniSoft part of the Microdec Group

Innovation in Training Award

Employability Provider of the Year Award

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