The document summarizes feedback from two recent meetings - a Principals' Forum discussing a community scorecard for London and ESOL funding, and an AoC London Region Marketing Committee meeting discussing upcoming marketing events. It also provides updates on opportunities for colleges to get involved with WorldSkills London 2011 through showcasing, exhibitions, volunteering, and more.

1. AoC London Region Members’ Bulletin
25 March 2011 Issue 91
Feedback from Thursday 17 March Principals’ Forum
Another successful Principals’ Forum took place on Thursday 17 March from 12.30-3pm at
Hackney Community College. The Forum covered two main topics: Developing a Community
Scorecard for London and ESOL. For the first topic, Maggie Galliers, Principal of Leicester
College, talked about her College’s experience in developing a Community Scorecard. AoC
Create are working with the LDA to develop the idea of a Community Scorecard for London.
The outcomes of this project will be circulated in the near future.
For the second topic, Julian Gravatt shared an update on ESOL and funding allocations for
London Colleges. The meeting, which included Heads of ESOL as well as Principals, discussed
how London Colleges should respond to the funding changes. In addition, AoC National are
hosting an ESOL Summit today, on Friday 25 March 2011. Principals and Heads of ESOL were
invited to attend. Further information will be circulated after the meeting.
If you require copies of the presentations by Maggie or Julian please contact the office.
Feedback from AoC London Region Marketing Committee meeting
For those of you who don’t know the Marketing Committee is sub-committee of the AoC
London Regional Committee, which meets regularly throughout the year to discuss priorities
for marketing London Colleges. The Committee met on Wednesday 23 March and confirmed
that the next Marketing Managers’ Network meeting will be on Wednesday 25 May 2011 as a
half day morning event. The theme for this event will be: “How to get your message out for
free” and the AoC London team are currently seeking and booking speakers for this event,
more information will be sent out shortly. If you are a Marketing Manager and you would like
to attend this event and join the network please contact the AoC London team.
At the meeting on Wednesday the Committee also discussed the London Colleges website and
it’s current re-vamp, which will be launched prior to the Marketing Managers’ network
meeting in May. The Marketing Committee also received a WorldSkills update from Val
Chiesa, AoC WorldSkills Project Director, a full update can be read in the section below.

2. AoC London Region Members’ Bulletin, 11 March 2011
WorldSkills London 2011
Update on London Colleges’ Involvement in WorldSkills London 2011
Showcasing
London Colleges have responded magnificently to the call for showcasing activities to support
the event and the Opening and Closing Ceremonies on 4 and 9 October. Rachel Malic, the
WSL2011 Events Manager for Showcasing, is delighted. ‘Two days before the closing date, we
had had a very disappointing response, but then the floodgates opened and we now have 182
completed applications for the panels to consider. 41 of these are from London, so many thanks
for all your enthusiasm and support.’
A London showcasing panel will review all the applications and the successful ones will be
submitted to the national panel chaired by Rob Wye from LSIS on 21 April. Organisations will
be notified in early May if they have been chosen to showcase.
Other Opportunities at the Event
‘Have a Go’ : the closing date to apply to run one of the ‘Have a Go’ areas at the Event is 31
March. These are being offered in each of the 46 skills areas by a variety of organisations,
including colleges. If you think your college could provide one of these, please contact Fran
Hubbard to find out more about it: fhubbard@worldskillslondon2011.com
Exhibition Space: following on from the information given in the last bulletin about costs for
exhibiting (from £3285 + VAT for 4 days), the AoC London Marketing Committee discussed
how London Colleges might take a joint approach to exhibiting. 150,000 visitors are expected
over the four days, so this is an ideal opportunity to promote your college offer. The National
Apprenticeships Service, together with Information and Advice services, will also be talking to
visitors and encouraging them to find out about training opportunities.
If you are interested in exhibiting with other colleges, please contact AoC London Region. For
more detailed information about costs or space available at ExCel, please contact Simon, Alice
or Jen from Prospects on 01823 362800.
Volunteering: Julia Bowditch is leading on volunteering for WSL2011. There is a range of
volunteering activity for both staff and students that can offer different types of work
experience over the period 5-8 October. Applications should be made by the end of April and
there is information available on: worldskillslondon2011.com/volunteer
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Workshop Supervisors: we put out a call to college staff in the last bulletin to supervise at the
Competition. There has been some response to this but there are still gaps in the following
areas:
Creative Modelling
Offset Printing
Car Painting
CNC Milling
If you are interested and think this might contribute to your personal and professional
development (as well as giving you experience of competitions at the highest international
level) please contact Andy Murfitt at WSL2011 for an application pack and Technical
Description. (AMurfitt@worldskillslondon2011.com or 0207 429 2818).
Have a Go: in your college outside the event
‘Have a Go’ activities should give people a bite-size taster of a new skill, trade or profession to
inspire them to learn and enrol on courses or take up an Apprenticeship. Why not badge
activities you have planned for recruitment or parents’ evenings with the WorldSkills logo to
link it to the Event? These can be in any skills area relevant to the courses you offer, not just
those covered by skills competitions. Information about resources and a pack are available on:
www.worldskillslondon2011.com/haveago
The Skills Funding Agency will be supporting these local activities with some additional
funding. We will include details about this funding and how to access it as soon as they are
available. In the meantime, start thinking about how your college might link into the ‘Have a
Go’ campaign.
Evaluation of the functional skills pilot summative report
We are very pleased to be able to inform you that the summative report from the functional
skills pilot has been approved by ministers for publication. The report presents an interesting
and informative account of the many years of trialing and piloting that have taken place and
pays tribute to those who took part.
The report is available on the QCDA website via the following link
http://www.qcda.gov.uk/qualifications/functional-skills/7585.aspx
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Learn London– the Adult Learners’ Week Special
Precision Press is currently putting together the latest edition of Learn London– the Adult
Learners’ Week Special within Time Out London magazine, due out on the 4 May.
Please find attached a pdf of the media pack which outlines the editorial direction. If you would
like to advertise in this great publication, which has a very wide circulation across London, or if
you have any stories concerning Adult Learners' Week, or are part of large events which will
run during the week, please contact James Elland at Precision Press. Alternatively you can
contact James on 02079249196.
Student Success Story of the Fortnight
Kingston College Students Selected for the British College Sport National Championships
A group of Kingston College students have been selected to represent the South East Region at
the British College Sport National Championships next month.
The championships are a prestigious event and
being selected to represent the region is a huge
achievement. The event will be held at Bath
University from April 8 until April 10 and
Kingston College will be representing the South
East region at men’s and ladies’ football, mixed
doubles tennis and men’s and women’s elite
trampoline.
College Principal, Peter Mayhew-Smith, says: “Kingston College’s sport provision goes from
strength to strength and we are intensely proud of our brilliant students and the great staff
behind them. We can’t wait to hear the results and hope there’ll be much to celebrate when the
competition happens.”
The team includes Kyle Merson, Ben Nicholson, Bradley Murray, Sam Bates, Dominic OGun,
Arron Western, Liam Devine, Chan Quan who all play for the men’s football team; Stephanie
Anes, Chloe Burr, Zoe Fisher, Chloe Howe, Victoria Petrova, Emily Sleeman, Hayley Williams
and Louise Cheng for women’s football; Beth Anne Lumb, Jenise Huxtable Perrin, Melissa
Soden, Emma Britton for women’s trampoline; Ashley Noble, men’s trampoline, and Tom Miles
and Christa Gecheva in mixed doubles tennis.
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Recent meetings
Date Event/Meeting Attendees Outcome
17 March Mary Vine-Morris, KA Regular one to one meeting
London Councils:
Young People’s
Education and
Skills (formerly
RPG)
17 March Principals' Forum KA, JS See headline.
18 March Operational Sub- JS Agenda included: feedback from RPG
Group of London Board on 14 February; YPLA 2011/12
Councils: Young Allocation Update; discussion on the
People’s Education Wolf Report; Terms of Reference for the
and Skills group; RPG work plan monitoring;
(formerly known Update on WorldSkills London 2011;
as Regional 14-19 Leads Conference 8 April 2011.
Planning Group.)
18 March 2011.
23 March AoCLR marketing JS, RB See headline.
committee meeting
Future meetings
Date Event/Meeting Attendees Agenda
28 March Meeting with KA, Chris Madeline Hall and Steve Dowbiggin are
Madeline Hall and Walden, attending a briefing with Chris Walden
Steve Dowbiggin Madeline and Kate Anderson prior to a ministerial
Hall, Steve visit.
Dowbiggin
28 March Jane Glanville, KA, JG Regular one to one
London Higher
29 March Stephen Evans, KA Regular one to one
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LDA
29 March Hackney Colleges’ JS Celebrating Hackney Community
Beacon Award College’s Beacon Award for widening
ceremony participation in education.
30 March Business JS Agenda includes policy updates and
Development discussion of:
managers’ network
meeting DWP
Skills Strategy
Other funding
Update on the Wolf review
31 March City & Guilds KA, RB One to one meeting with John Lockwood
from City & Guilds.
5 April London Councils - KA The meeting will look at skills, the recent
Heads of policy changes and their impact on
regeneration London boroughs.
meeting
5 April National JS This AoC National Principals' Policy
Principals’ Policy Forum will take place at Walsall College,
Forum West Midlands from 9am -1pm followed
by lunch. There will also be an induction
session for new Principals after the lunch
break. The session will take place
between 1.45pm and 3pm; you will need
to register a place by emailing:
membership@aoc.co.uk
Further information on the programme
will be on the AoC website shortly.
5 April Student Award JS City and Islington College’s Student
Ceremony at City Awards Ceremony 2011 will be held on
and Islington the evening of Tuesday, 5 April, and will
College this year feature a keynote speech from
Lord Bill Morris (former General
Secretary of the Transport and General
Workers’ Union).
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6 April Head of student AoCLR team The head of student services meeting is to
services meeting discuss some principles for how to apply
Re: new Learner the new Learner Support Funds that will
Support Fund partially replace the EMA.
7 April London First KA, Mark Regular catch up
Hilton
7 April Regional AoCLR team Papers are being finalised
Committee
Events and Dates for the Diary
 Business Development Managers’ network meeting: Wednesday 30 March, Fashion and
Textile Museum, London Bridge. For more details, please contact Judith Smyth.
 Sustainable & Social Procurement: Thursday 31 March, Dexter House, London. For
further information or to book online please visit:
www.aoccreateevents.co.uk/sustainableprocurement
 Embedding Equality & Diversity within Curriculum Planning and Teaching &
Learning: Tuesday 5 April, London. For further information or to book online please
visit: www.aoccreateevents.co.uk/embeddingequality
 Employer Responsive - Improving the Quality of Apprenticeship Provision in Colleges:
Thursday 14 April, London (venue tbc). For further information or to book online
please visit: www.aoccreateevents.co.uk/employerresponsive
 Linking London Annual Conference 2011: Thursday 5 May 2011 9.30am - 3.00pm,
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. For more information
and to register please go to, you will find a draft agenda at the bottom of this page
http://www.linkinglondon.ac.uk/2011conference
 AoC International Conference: Thursday 12 May, 10am-4.30pm, CBI conference centre,
London. For further information or to book online visit the registration website:
www.aoccreateevents.co.uk/international2011
 Vice-Principal Curriculum & Quality network meeting: Monday 16 May, AoC offices,
Stedham Place. For more details, please contact Rebecca Breen.
 Heads of Sport network meeting: Tuesday 24 May, AoC Offices, Stedham Place. For
more details, please contact Rebecca Breen.
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 Innovative approaches to skills: An AoC and ALP collaboration: Tuesday 24 May, 9am-
4pm, London (venue tbc), For further information or to book online please visit the
website www.aoccreateevents.co.uk/skills2011
Policy and other documents
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Kate Anderson Judith Smyth
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