Key Points

AOSEC Business Development Network - 6th July, BCA

• UK Commission for Employment & Skills – The Strategic Prospective
• The skills landscape 2011/12 and Regional Skills Priorities Statement
• Looking at the current landscape - NAS
• Jobcentre Plus update

AOSEC Sports & Leisure Network - 24th June 2010, Brockenhurst College

• UK Coaching Framework and links with FE
  
• Level 2 14-19 Higher Diploma in Sport and Active Leisure and BTEC Sport resources
  
• An Introduction to the Lucozade Sport Science Team – Fitness Testing, Hydration Analysis and Sports Nutrition Seminars
• Apprenticeships - an overview with a sport and leisure focus 
  

AOSEC Finance Directors Network- 18th June 2010, Sparsholt College

• Post-election update on the state of the financial world and how that is likely to affect Colleges
  
• Cash Management and Investment Services
  
• Provider Financial Management update
• AoC update to include pensions
• Machinery of Government changes
  

AOSEC Hairdressing & Beauty Network - 18th June 2010, Fareham College

• Qualifications and Credit Framework, Foundation Learning & the Diploma in relation to 'progress of learners' to date
  
• Update on the resources for the new NVQ/Diplomas
  
• Behavioural Management for staff
  

AOSEC VP Adult Skills Network - 16th June 2010, BCA

• Strategic Planning role of the Regional Development Agency
  
• Update on Apprenticeships
  
• Adult Skills Policies
  

AOSEC Clerks Network - 15th June 2010, Highbury College

• General update on what is happening with the SFA, YPLA, RDA and LAs following the Queens Speech
  
• LSIS/AoC Review of Governance
  
• Experience of Ofsted
• Recruiting and appointing Senior College Posts
  
• Feedback from National Conference
  

AOSEC Adult & Community Learning Network - 11th June 2010, Totton College

• Adult Advancement & Careers Service
  
• Adult Safeguarded Learning (informal learning) Policy
  
• Adult Funding
  

AOSEC Hospitality & Tourism Network - 9th June 2010, Central Sussex College

• The future of BTEC and how BTECs fit within the Diploma framework and which courses are going ahead
  
• An overview of the BTEC publications just being published – and the Edexcel Diploma in Hospitality resources
  
• Feedback on delivering the Diploma from Chichester College, including the technology used for grading and assessment
  

• Qualifications & Credit Framework
• Being clever with assessment
• Curriculum Planning for 2010/11
• High interaction, reflection and peer assessment through online forums

AOSEC 14-19 Curriculum Development Network- 25th May, Basingstoke College of Technology

• Total Place Project
• Curriculum Policy Update and Foundation Learning
• 157 Group Action Research Project
  

• Update on the data service and Data Quality
• The principles of recording data on qualification success- the work of the Data Quality Group
• AoC National MIS Update
• The Information Authority Update
• Joining Up Systems
  

AOSEC Health & Social Care Network - 21st May 2010, Central Sussex College

• Skills for Health Update
  
• National Skills Academies
  
• The role of the Care Quality Commission
• BTEC Health and Social Care resources and progress on the new NVQ/Diploma in Health and Social Care resources
  

AOSEC Learner Support Services Network - 19th May 2010, Brooklands College

• The Matrix Standard
  
• How to quantify the impact of learner support for inspection
  
• Regional News & Update
  

AOSEC LLDD Network - 18th May 2010, Highbury College

• EDI Guide to Foundation Learning
  
• Issues specific to LDD students in terms of funding and QCA 
  
• AccessApps, free downloadable resources
  

AOSEC Human Resource Management & Staff Development Network- 13th May 2010, Highbury College

• Hot Topics in Employment Law
  
• The National Healthy FE Programme 2010/2032
  
• Skills for Life Network - recruitment advertising service for the FE sector
• AoC Update
  

AOSEC Construction & The Built Environment Network- 12th May 2010, Central Sussex College

• Construction & the Built Environment Diploma
  
• Diploma Resources
  
• The E-Construction Consortium
• Regional Update
  

AOSEC Teacher Training Network - 5th May 2010, Sparsholt College

• Institute for Learning (IfL) update
• Student Loans Company - support available to part-time students
• Using REfLECT for CPD and Professional Formation

AOSEC Property Services Network - 30th April 2010, QMC

• E-mandate data for effective self assessment and improvement planning
• Implications of Ofsted Inspection for Estates teams
• Queen Mary's College's new £12.8million project, Life beyond the LSC funding situation and what QMC are now planning for the continuing development of the estates

AOSEC Learning Resource Centres Network - 28th April 2010, Sparsholt College

• Use of Web 2.0 - how they can be used in a Library / LRC environment. Links to YouTube and Blogging.
• Sparsholt College's experience of Twitter
• Using a procurement card at Alton College

AOSEC Media & Marketing Network - 29th April 2010, BCA

• Taking Advantage of Social Media
  
• Prospectus - Digital v Printed
• Most Popular Recruiting Adult Part-Time Courses

AOSEC Skills for Life Network - 23rd April 2010, Alton College

• Developments on Integrated Employment and Skills
• Funding and ESOL Update
• Functional Skills Update

AOSEC Business Development Network - 22nd April 2010, Brooklands College

• International Development in colleges
• QCF and national skills update   
• Marketing to Employers   
• Regional Update