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Autumn 2010 News and Information for Members and Interested Parties Landex Update Autumn 2010 News and information for members and interested parties CONTENTS Landex is a member funded company that seeks to provide services to colleges with a specialism in land based provision. The membership currently comprises 35 LANDEX NEWS colleges of further and/or higher education in England, plus one in Wales. It has associate members in Scotland Landex appoints a new Chief Executive (2), Wales (3), and Northern Ireland (1). Quality Improvement News While members vary in the range of their curriculum, the o Two new members clear aim is for all colleges which display the Landex logo o Landex Validation Visits to provide at least good quality provision. The current o Continuing Professional Development membership list can be found at the end of this update. o REEDNet For more information, and a link to each college website, o Benchmarking Data see www.landex.org.uk o Keeping in Touch o Learning and Skills Improvement Service Landex seeks to provide effective: NEWS FROM LANDEX MEMBERS Communication, to ensure effective dialogue with Landex Colleges under the Spotlight government, funding bodies, and other agencies and organisations. Outcomes Galore Representation, to help others understand the unique Enjoying and Achieving set of issues that impact on the ability of members to Inspiring Staff work effectively. Winning Teams Quality, to ensure member colleges meet defined quality criteria and receive support, if need be, to Responsive and Innovative Solutions help them achieve this. Enhanced Student Experience Reputation and Credibility, to promote the work of Feeling Safe, Being Healthy both individual colleges and the collective membership, to help others recognise the value of Making a Positive Contribution their work and support members towards success. Promoting Equality and Diversity Higher Education Research Activity The Environment and Sustainability Matters LANDEX MEMBERS LIST AND CONTACTS LANDEX UPDATE AUTUMN 2010 LANDEX NEWS From the Chief Executive and Director of Quality Improvement Landex appoints new Chief Executive... The Board of Directors of Landex is pleased to confirm that Chris Moody OBE, currently Principal of Moulton College, Northamptonshire will become the next Chief Executive of Landex from the 1st January 2011. Commenting on the appointment, Landex Chairman Meredydd David OBE (Principal of Reaseheath College, Cheshire) said: “The Board is delighted to have been able to engage Chris as its next Chief Executive. The tremendous achievements that have been the hallmark of his Principalship at Moulton College will enable him to bring a wealth of experience to the benefit of Landex and its member colleges.” Retiring Landex Chief Executive, Vic Croxson DL said: “It has been a privilege to provide Chief Executive services to Landex for the past three and a half years. During that time, membership has grown by 20% and turnover has increased by 100% as a result of project funding and greater numbers of staff from member colleges participating in CPD events. But even more importantly, there is now tangible evidence that the Landex Quality Improvement Strategy is helping colleges improve what they do; thanks in no small measure to Graham Patrick, the Landex Director of Quality Improvement and those who work with him. I’m very confident that Landex will continue to serve its member colleges well under Chris Moody’s leadership” Quality Improvement News... Warm welcome to two new members! East Durham College (with a dedicated land based campus at Houghall), and Deeside College in Wales (Coleg Glannau Dyfrdwy, incorporating the Welsh College of Horticulture, and Llysfasi College), became full members of Landex in the summer of 2010. This suggests that the Landex approach to quality improvement is deemed useful across both geographical and regulatory boundaries, and we look forward to working with colleagues in both colleges to share ideas and best practice. Landex Validation and Quality Improvement Visits. The proposed programme of visits for the coming year has now been shared with Landex contacts in each college. All members have the opportunity to visit another member, and to receive a visit from another member. This helps with self assessment, quality improvement planning and other issues identified by member colleges. During 2009, the team of Landex Quality Advisors has been expanded. Alastair Taylor (you may have seen him on inspection!) is conducting some visits, and Liz Warr has a specific focus to support development and improvement in Higher Education. Continuing Professional Development. The 2010-11 CPD programme is now available. It includes events for front line teaching staff as well as for middle and senior managers, and aims to get us sharing ideas and practice as much as possible. The first event, for those staff planning and delivering curriculum, is in October. This is followed in November by a new event for Course Managers either new to the role or wanting an opportunity to glean more ideas on how to effect improvement. If you haven’t received the programme, please e-mail Graham Patrick for a copy. REEDNet. Landex is working with REEDNet (Rural Employer Engagement Network) and hoping to offer more CPD opportunities at an even more subsidised rate for members. There are further opportunities in this programme for individual colleges to use REEDNet funding to develop training for employers. Liz Warr is the Landex expert on this, and will be very happy to speak to you if you are interested. Alternatively, you can access further information online at www.reednet.org Benchmarking Data. By now, Landex members should have received and made use of the data that Landex has issued comparing success rates, progression rates, and human resources information across members. If not, we hope that you will find this useful in making judgements in your self assessment. If you haven’t seen it and would like a copy sent, see your Landex contact or e-mail Graham Patrick direct. LANDEX UPDATE AUTUMN 2010 Keeping in Touch. Landex maintains a range of different mailing lists for people in specific roles in member colleges. Some are simple lists of e-mails. These are kept up to date and enable Landex to send requests from any member to others with the confidence that the message will reach the right people. However, most lists are underused yet they have potential to help us all network and share practice much more effectively. So if your role is listed below, please contact either Vic Croxson or Graham Patrick and they will make sure you are included. If you request your query to be circulated, we can pass it to others in similar roles across the membership. Simple! Contact Vic Croxson or Graham Patrick to have you name added to the following Landex e-mail lists: FE or HE management College Farm Management Funding and Finance Employer Engagement Sustainability Human Resources Management E-Learning Facilities Management Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS). Landex has been working with LSIS through the last year and a number of members have benefited from additional support to assess their readiness for Ofsted inspection. Future plans include a possible project to support awareness and uptake of LSIS services for improvement. You should know LSIS has a guide to all its services, some of which are free and all of which are designed to help us improve; look for the PDF version on their website, at www.lsis.org.uk. NEWS FROM LANDEX MEMBERS Landex Colleges under the Spotlight... A significant proportion of Landex member colleges were inspected by Ofsted during the 2009/10 academic year. Congratulations are extended to Hartpury College and Hadlow College who were graded as outstanding overall together with Duchy College (part of Cornwall College) who were graded as outstanding for their land-based provision. New this year was the change of focus from Achievement and Standards in the last inspection cycle to Outcomes for Learners which encompasses the five outcomes espoused under the Every Child Matters agenda. This has made for some interesting reading in inspection reports and it is evident that inspectors have a much greater interest in student’s achievements far beyond the successful achievement of qualifications. About Hartpury College, Ofsted said: “Students develop many skills which help them prepare for economic well-being. They frequently contribute to shows, competitions and events. Teamwork, budgeting, problem solving, social and leadership skills receive strong focus in these activities. Undertaking group assignments and developing presentation skills build students’ self-confidence well ... they make informed choices about healthy lifestyles and have good awareness of healthy eating. There are many opportunities to be active and to eat healthily, and take-up is high. Students make a positive contribution to the community. Students support sustainable development effectively through planting trees, practising conservation and recycling” The message was much the same at Hadlow College: “Learners are safe, and feel very safe, within the college. They have outstanding opportunities to help them make informed decisions about their health and well-being. These include: excellent use of the tutorial programme to promote health; the proactive role of the college welfare service; and, the college’s participation in the ‘Healthy College’ initiative. Learners make an outstanding contribution to both the college and local communities. Within the college, the ‘learner voice’ is a powerful contributor to shaping the work and development of the college” Copies of inspection reports can be downloaded at www.ofsted.gov.uk/Ofsted-home/Inspection-reports and anyone with an interest in quality and quality improvement should use reports as a useful source of information and ideas. Don’t forget the Excellence Gateway where specific examples of best practices gleaned through the inspection process are available for scrutiny and adaption for use at your college. Visit www.excellencegateway.org.uk for more details. During the past year or so, fifteen Landex members have received a review of their Higher education provision, fourteen as part of the IQER (Integrated Quality Evaluation and Review).
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