A busy week last week. Our proposed event was postponed in favour of an extended Advisory Group meeting, which proved to be a very productive and motivational session. It was great to have the time to spend discussing strategic issues and planning potential ways forward to co-inside with the new academic session. I was very pleased to be able to report massive steps forward in the recognition of our HN Health & Fitness courses by SkillsActive, that will enable all graduates to enter the REPs register at level 2. Following the results of Practitioners Plus survey sent out to everyone across the network, we discussed how best to re-vamp or replace it with a more user-friendly, up-dated version that would encourage ownership across the whole network. This included the best ways of raising awareness of a number of other issues across the network, such as implementing and extending good practice and opportunities to access funding to support delivery of units/courses/NGB awards.
If you have been following the blog, you will be aware that the Advisory Group has been developing resources using Elite Sports Analysis' Focus software, and it's very much the intention to organise an event to share that knowledge and experience across the Network. The Network is the ideal forum to support and extend the ideas and work that you may already be involved in as individuals and we are looking to re-scedule the postponed Network Event for the second week in August - a time when most Colleges organise staff CPD events. Hopefully this will be a favourable time for all to attend - keep a look out for emails to confirm the date. We are also lucky enough to have been selected to 'show-case' the work at the Scottish Festival of Learning on 23 September as it comes within the criteria of promoting 'Excellence' and Assessment for Learning. Although there is still some work to be done, this is an exciting opportunity and I hope to see as many of you as possible there. Again, keep a look out for emails giving further details.
In the meantime, as well as overseeing the above, I'll be visiting some of you to find out what you're doing and share the developments of the Advisory Group in more detail. If I haven't yet managed to make a date with you, feel free to contact me (jackie.clinch@scotlandscolleges.ac.uk). Don't forget that College People's week is fast approaching, you can always catch me there on Friday 5 June (www.sfeu.ac.uk/events for more details).
Catch up again soon!
