Training Federation Conference Held in A Climate Of Change

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Work based learning providers from across Wales will be heading to Cardiff for a major conference in November with Welsh Assembly Government plans to transform education and training provision fresh in their minds.

The ‘Skills Working for Wales’ conference, organised by the National Training Federation Wales (NTFW) at the Copthorne Hotel, Cardiff on November 6, follows the recent publication of the Assembly Government’s statement of intent document ‘Transforming the Education and Training Provision in Wales’.

This important document contains a series of radical proposals to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and responsiveness of education and training delivery by changing the ways in which providers collaborate and reducing the number of providers. Education and training providers across Wales are now being asked for their responses on how they are going to deliver the changes.

The ‘Skills Working for Wales’ conference, which is being chaired by NTFW president Lord Ted Rowlands, is therefore very timely. Topics to be covered include from quality to excellence, sustainability, the transformation agenda and managing change through partnership, workforce development and employer engagement, work-based learning and e-learning developments.

Deputy Minister for Skills John Griffiths, Professor David Hawker, Director of the Welsh Assembly Government’s Department of Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills (DCELLS), Dr William Maxwell, Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales and head of Estyn and Professor Dylan Jones-Evans are among the speakers lined up.

There will also be a series of workshops for delegates during the day related to the NTFW’s future strategy.

The NTFW has a network of 80 members nationwide involved in the delivery of post 16 learning. They comprise private sector training providers, local authorities, further education institutions, charities and the voluntary sector.

New NTFW chairman Arwyn Watkins, said his main objective was to establish the strategic direction of the federation to ensure that it was fit for purpose to deliver the Welsh Assembly Government’s Skills that Work for Wales Strategy and Action Plan.

“I want to get learning providers working together more collaboratively and to firmly establish the federation as the leading voice for the delivery of skills for and in the workplace,” he added.

“As our network of providers is engaged with about 30,000 businesses in Wales daily, we are well placed to understand the changing needs of employers.

“It has taken the federation a long time to get where it is today and there is still a lot of work to be done to deliver on the priorities in the Welsh Assembly Government’s Skills that Work for Wales Strategy and Action Plan.”

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