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2 10 questions to introduce you to 5 minutes to answer as many questions as you can about City and Guilds & the changes in vocational education ………..can cheat!! 1.What academic skills are required to enter the workforce? 2.What are the soft skills employers want and say are lacking? 3.How many young people aged are currently NEETS? 4.When was City and Guilds founded ? 5.How many learners are currently studying for a City and Guilds qualification? 6.How many countries does City and Guilds operate in ? 7.How many working aged adults currently have low literacy levels? 8.What was the national average for pupils achieving the Ebacc In 2015 what % of students achieved 5+ A*-C GCSEs (or equivalent) including English and maths GCSEs 10.What % of students in Hertfordshire are not secure at level 2 in KS5?

3 Answers 1.What academic skills are required to enter the workforce? English maths & digital literacy 2. What are the soft skills/transferable skills employers want and say are lacking? negotiation & persuade, listening and understanding, self- development, self-analysis, self-motivation, independent learning, using feedback, managing stress, using online resources, communicating digitally, enterprise & commercial awareness, understanding customers, social responsibility, delivering results, planning for success, adapting to change, decision making, team working, innovation, problem analysis, designing solutions, pitch ideas, workplace literacy, professionalism, resilience, financial awareness skills that employers want or say are lacking - very few say want a distinction but all say want behaviours

4 Answers 3 How many young people are currently NEETS? 848,000 people aged are NEETS 4. When was City and Guilds founded ? How many learners are currently studying for a City and Guilds qualification? 2 million 6. How many countries does City and Guilds operate in ? How many working aged adults currently have low literacy levels? There are an estimated nine million working aged adults in England (more than a quarter of adults aged 16-65) with low literacy or numeracy skills or both. – OECD 8. What was the national average for pupils achieving the Ebacc % 9. In 2015 what % of students achieved 5+ A*-C GCSEs (or equivalent) including English and maths GCSEs 53.8% 10. What % of students in Hertfordshire are not secure at level 2 in KS4? 34%

EXTERNAL CHALLENGES A CHANGING LANDSCAPE YOs taking quals of limited value Centres rewarded for encouraging easy to pass quals. Reformed funding to ensure centres offer study programmes. IN RESPONSE THE GOVERNMENT: Introduced new performance measures 1 2 Raise in participation age (RPA) by 2015 Employer interaction required in delivery/assessment Need to meet future industry and global skills needs Greater use of technology and digital (FELTAG) Success measure to include destinations Work placement required at CHANGES: New rules introduced for Technical Qualifications (all awarding organisations): Overall grading Synoptic Assessment External Assessment One resit opportunity Employer endorsement - KS5 only Employer involvement - KS5 only

Taking a holistic approach to unitisation Example of unit 407- interview skills Set a project/ exercise over a number of weeks: setting up mock interview and video clips of good and bad interviews. Discuss as a group and make notes Either provide a number of different job vacancies or issue a local newspaper and ask learners to select a job vacancy they would be interested in 1.Find out about the company, where is it based, how long has it been in business? 2.Think of 5 questions they may want to ask you- think of the responses you may give, what could you say if you didn’t understand the questions? 3.What type of documents would you need to bring to an interview? 4.From the videos you have watched what different techniques have you seen 5.How would you get to the interview? 6. Think about what you could do to give a good impression: 7. How would you prepare that morning ? What would you wear and why?

Taking a holistic approach to unitisation Example of unit 407- interview skills A.Set a project/ exercise over a number of weeks: setting up mock interviews and video clips of good and bad interviews. Discuss as a group and make notes. In groups, students to take part in mock interviews and each say what went well and what could they improve on in a short presentation. (2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5) (3.1,3.2, 3.3) B.Either provide a number of different job vacancies or issue a local newspaper and ask learners to select a job vacancy they would be interested in (1.1) 1.Find out about the company, where is it based, how long has it been in business? (1.1) 2.Think of 5 questions they may want to ask you- think of the responses you may give, what questions do you think you would want to ask? what could you say if you didn’t understand the questions? (1.2,1.3,1.5 ) 3.What type of documents would you need to bring to an interview? (1.6) 4.From the videos you have watched what different interview techniques have you seen/learnt (1.4) 5.How would you get to the interview? (1.7) 6. Think about what you could do to give a good impression: (2.1,2.2) 7.What would you do to prepare for the day ? What would you wear and why? (3.3) 8.Produce a mind map showing what you have learnt and you would plan for an interview (3.3)

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10 OPENS DOORS Clear progression routes to further learning, apprenticeships, into employment or to university with UCAS points at Level 3 ENDORSED BY INDUSTRY Rigorous programme designed with and endorsed by employers to help young people develop the right skills to progress into employment. A NEW DIRECTION An entirely new approach to education that utilises the very best pedagogy and innovative learning technologies to inspire and engage the next generation of high achievers. INSIGHT TO THE WORLD OF WORK Gives learners the motivation, insights and experiences needed to develop and demonstrate the workplace skills to stand out from the competition INTRODUCING THE CITY & GUILDS TECHBAC CONFIDENT MOTIVATED TALENTED READY FOR WORK DEVELOPING YOUNG PEOPLE WHO STAND OUT AS: AN INSPIRING ROUTE TO APPRENTICESHIPS, UNIVERSITY OR A JOB KS4 & KS5 Flexible sizing Employer endorsed DfE recognised