Curriculum Review

Sessions
Guernsey College
14 January 2015

WEDNESDAY
9.00-10.00
STATES OF GUERNSEY

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Is college
positioning for
competitive
position, or in
partnership with
other providers?
(probably a
combination)
G too small for
everyone to do
everything
We do want to
know who is doing
what, where but
some competition
is helpful as a
check on price
(and quality)

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Maybe choice
around how the
learning is being
delivered horses
for courses
2 egs that
struggling with
not clear where to
goin some
places market not
provided for on
island at all
Post grad level 7
had to wait for
numbers to be big
enough
We cant service
internal demand

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Alternative
personal dev
programme at
level 7 would
consider it
More learners at
level 7 than you
think.
Level 3 is bang on

Level 5 80% there

Level 7 50% there

tutor led (1 day
per module, plus
support)

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Level 7 is lliked
cos gives tools and
techniques and
strategic
leadership
Tim led on
people survey, and
has people brief
Lots of non-plus
need to turn into
positive (open
minded or
indifferent?)
Moved from tick
list options to
business need and
people saying
what they want

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Try to get a coodinated corporate

approach tech
left to depts in the
main
TNA skills; College
not thought of as
external provider
but a cousin so
part of USP
Finance
opportunity
Foundation skills,
ESOL, literacy and
numeracy
Basic IT skills

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Identifying
baseline skills (eg
SS)
Differentiated offer
could be important
RAG system

Digitisation of
services of key
interest fewer
employers will
affect delivery (5
years)
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Tiny steps
strategy
Sustainability/
Embedding
Want mix of
methods Digitisation of
service
16-18 group
uniformed services
(create a pipeline)
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Healthcare

Talent pools SAP

MIS opportunity
Coaching,
mentoring and
counselling skills
No one offering
business coaching
on island l2 and
l3 for 1st line
managers
ACAS only for
mediation

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Is accreditation
important tends
to be more so for
individual than
organisation
Apprenticeship
College support
this to be more coordinated and
extended?
Greater know how
of States context
creates credibility
eg can ask the
right questions
contextualised
learning
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Competency
framework needs
to be internalised
College USP
(underpinning all
courses and
modelling)
Change
management skills
leading and
managing
How can College
use States more to
increase access,
opening doors,
addressing
blockages do the
legwork to get to
the outcomes we

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Given we are
family, we are not
close enough
Be proactive esp
on loss leaders
Respond outside
an academic year
SML on the
agenda
Visit.sit in

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design, delivery,
demandlag
plus credibility
College emphasise
USP that resonates
to Statesand
become more
embedded in
organisation
Consider where we
are like the rest
(no advantage)
and were we are
added value
(advantage)
Bandwith
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Understand the
business, close to
the business, hit
the ground
running,
embedded within
the organisation
build and develop
closer working
relationship
Trust/control.

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WEDNESDAY
13.00-14.30
ACCESS

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Should be a
seamless
transition from
school eg info
about students,
and build on
whats gone
before
Shouldnt be age
restriction (18+)
should be
employment age
Harder and harder
to get people into
employment big
hospitality area, so
could we skill our
people to work in
that sector

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Same goes for

retail and other
services
Develop
employment and
social skills
Students will only
be work ready if
out on placement
and this is
difficult
For work
experience they
need support
College is not
resourced enough
for this
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Students should
only do relevant
and realistic work
experience can
set unrealistic
expectations
Evidencing skills is
important esp if
no
exam/certificate
We need to help
young people
make good use of
their leisure time
key role for
enrichment
Employers arent
that concerned
about certificate

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Push for work

trials, rather than
interviews and
qualifications
Continuous
development
essential doesnt
end with the end
of the course
Access focuses on
skill sets for jobs
in hospitality and
catering may be
too limiting
Maybe keep them
til older, and build
an access course
for Hospitality -

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Streamed for
sector not just
access students
but other students
who are struggling
at this level
marketing is
essential
Pick up the 20% of
student population
that struggle with
life skills
Journey is similar,
but carriages are
different some
differentiation
within this group
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The earlier this

happens the
better could be
part of 14-16, or
within schools
Mixing foundation
and access would
be brilliant for
access students
Drop in
opportunities
(enrichment) for
access to other
programmes
happens as
transition could
be incorporated
into access more

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Transition is good,
and inclusive for
parents too
Non-joiner parents
often because
their experience of
college is bad so
offer it elsewhere
home visits? Worth
considering
maybe progress
coaches could do
this
Students who
dont progress to
college drop off
the radar
Parent education

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Some students are

in and
out.maybe treat
like we would
other students
with poor
attendance
Supporting
parents who want
to do it
themselves and
done earlier eg
little, reception
Possibility of
opening the
provision up
beyond 16-19
but a separate
provision for over

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Approaching
employers we
need to use
different
approaches
certainly shouldnt
be centralised
Employer survey?
Work has been
done need to see
results
College to offer
opps not just in
September could
be at other times
during year
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Using staff who

are really skilled in
communication
skills eg
performing arts
to work with
access students
will get some key
social and
personal skills eg
interviewing skills
in a powerful and
engaging way

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How do we
prepare those
students who will
not go into work
but into day
centrestransition
partnership may
need a different
curriculum
working with HSSD
So much needs to
be
personalised
cant generalise

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WEDNESDAY
14.30-16.00
CREATIVE &
PERFORMING ARTS

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Gaming world
business: digital
development
animation, 3D
provision; bring in
the gaming
community who
are they, how
many are there,
and what do they
dopool of
resource
Also the College
provide offers to
them that they
can
access.linkage
Too much
emphasis put on

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How can we
support this
experience eg
exposure to opps
and ideas
Linkages and
network really
important
bringing ideas to
technical expertise
Dont divide
technical and
creative
Experiential
method
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College is a
hub/could be a
hub
Attractive
Guernsey USP but
college has to be
supportive to this
Need to develop
grow it here, not
import it in.
Gap is in digital
skills linked with
creative skills
Need to be
conversations and
links with
practitioners
currently too high

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Entrepreneurship
and business skills
Focus on the hard
set skills
Run a learning
company
working in
partnership with
the industry
Creative drop in
centre
Broader scope of
skills
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Skills
list:coding/progra
mming, vis media,
editing, film
making, image
manipulation,
animation, writing
Arts development,
management,
admin, - we could
provide
placements for
this; working
across the States
about use of public
space; community
use; public art
module; (nb island
wide development
plan)

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No good providing
opportunity if no
provision want to
support local
island providers
Public/community
art specialism or
not?
Portfolio more
important than
qualification
Qualification
follows skill
development
Tempo, pace, time
lag

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Cross college
creative/design
hub.
Better use of
students
Educational
recognition
contrubutes to
value it as a
profession
Industry support
built on delivery
and trust

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College providing
promotion and
collaborative
events/profile
Transition from
big fish, small
pool, to big fish,
big pool breaking
borders
Work experience is
invaluable
internships
Apprenticeships
not proved easy
make more use of
Apprenticeship
manager
flexibility of
placement

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College needs to
get to year 8/9 More flexible and
open access to
timetable 20th
century grid gone
release more
independent
management of
time
Summer school maybe for year
8/9/10s (test and
taste)
Drop in facility?
Not a strong
runner

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Informal advisory
group to discover
whats hot and in
demand, and
match it quickly
in blocks (or half
days mixed
provision/method)
Keeping staff up to
date.may have
to move to
brokerage role.
Greater
collaboration
learning
community
Academy model
different locations
different topics

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Linkage again
creative
cohort/pass
maybe not joined
up enough
Any internal
competition thus
defensive
Academy might be
a linkage, more
neutral
Island good at
building silos.
Hub place to
develop personal
project..multidiscip
linary hub

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Provide a location,
the rest follows
Story telling
success stories
narrative
spotlight
Dont celebrate
alumni enough
this now changing
Raise profile
through quick wins
Developing new
industries and
opportunities
how can the
College prepare
students to be

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New, replacement
industries be
more proactive
create locally and
sell globally

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