Posts Tagged ‘Local Authority Education Group’

Report on session: Accessing funding for NEETs e-Inclusion Projects

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

There was a large turn-out for this session in Sheffield on Wednesday June 9th. Kath Fitzpatrick from Doncaster Council gave details of many sources of funding – European, national and local, as well as tips on how to make a successful application. You can access her presentation on our NEETs page. Dee Desgranges from Sheffield [...]

Session on FITS May 20th 2010

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

Steve Butler, Margaret Wharton and Alex Jones spoke about the Framework for ICT Technical Support (FITS) Steve Butler Operations Director for national delivery of the FITS programme Margaret Wharton FITS training provider for Yorkshire & Humberside Alex Jones Manager, Sheffield West CLC Anyone who has worked in a school, college or university will be familiar [...]

CMALT workshops

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

The 5th Digital 20/20 workshop on CMALT (Certified Member of the Association for Learning Technology)  took place at the University of York on April 27th.  It was well attended – 20 in total.  There was strong interest in the accreditation process as well as the need for training opportunities to get staff up to a [...]

Funding Digital Inclusion projects

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

Following February’s Digital 20/20 session on NEETs projects, it was clear that there were plenty of ideas for tackling the issue, but a lack of funding to sustain these ideas and turn pilot projects into mainstream practice. That’s why we’re holding a follow-up session on Accessing Funding for NEETs eInclusion Projects. Details here: http://www.digital2020.org.uk/skills/events/access_neets Meanwhile, [...]

NEETS E-inclusion

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

Digital Technology has the potential to engage disaffected learners through motivational learning content in games and through the chance to access learning without having to attend institutions.  Digital 20/20 seeks to develop this potential by encouraging innovative projects, helping them to find the funding to sustain them and providing opportunities to share best practice. Since [...]