TRANSFORMING LEARNING, TRANSFORMING LIVES.

Ian Francis

Principal City of Oxford College

Group Director Activate Learning

THE LIFESTYLE CENTRE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O25XjCJb4y8

Activate Learning Group

Activate Colleges

Activate Enterprise

Activate Group

Services

Activate Higher

Education

Activate International

Activate Online Activate Schools

ACTIVATE LEARNING STUDENT NUMBERS:

Total student numbers = 15077

16-18

19+

HE

Apprenticeships

Get that Job

Community

Full cost

14-16

24+ Loan

Overseas

OUR COMMUNITY

56 Languages

101 Nationalities

RANGE OF LEARNERS

OXFORDSHIRE SKILLS STRATEGY 2020

Ambitious growth agenda:

• Create 85,600 new jobs by 2031

• Deliver 93,560 to 106,560 new homes by 2031

• Superfast and Ultrafast broadband

• Increase by 15% the amount of skills funding agency funding that

supports our STEM sectors

• Increase the proportion of the working age population qualified to level

2 and above to 90%

• Provide additional 1150 apprenticeships for young people

OXFORDSHIRE SKILLS STRATEGY 2020

• A workforce that is aligned to employers needs by a skills system that

places employers and well informed individuals at its heart.

• A training and education sector that is more flexible and responsive to

employer needs and produces employment-ready young people

• Ensure young people are successfully transitioned into appropriate

employment opportunities which is appropriate to their abilities,

ambitions and future aspirations.

OXFORDSHIRE SKILLS STRATEGY 2020

Strategic Priorities to 2020

• SP1: To meet the needs of local employers through a more integrated

and responsive approach to education and training:

• SP2: Creating the “skills continuum” to support young people through

their learning journey:

OXFORDSHIRE CENTRE OF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

CAREER COLLEGE IN CONSTRUCTION AND HERITAGE

Professionals in the Construction Industry Contractors / Specialist Trade Packages

Consultants Local Authority Site Management Team Enabling Works Civils / Highways Foundations ( Below Ground) Frame (above ground) Fabric Fit-Out / Interior Statutory Undertakers M&E

Development Manager Planning Officer Construction Managers Specialist Surveyors Heavy Civil Engineering (whole sector here ) Formwork Shuttering and Temp Joinery Structural Steelwork Frames Precast Concrete Walls Suspended Ceilings/Bulkheads HV Electrical Distribution / Sub-Stations Mechanical Services

Project Manager Building Control Programme Manager Asbestos Removal / Specialist Highway Works Piling Structural Concrete Frames

Fire protection (passive boards, spray, paint) Specialist Timber and Joinery LV Electricity Distribution Smoke Ventilation Systems

Leasing Manager Environmental Heath Quantity Surveyor / Estimator Demolition Contractors External Works Waterproofing / Tanking specialists Insitu Concrete floors Blockwork Floor and Wall Tiling Drainage & Sewer Works Entry & Exit Control Systems

Employers Agent Logistics Manager Landscaping Rein Conc Substructures & Ground Slabs Pre-cast structures / frames Tradition Timber, Joinery & Carpentry Timber & Soft Floor Finishes Water Supply Sprinkler Systems

Monitoring & Compliance Design Manager Concrete Sealer & Water proofer Dry line Partitions Carpet laying Gas Supply Specialist Fire Protection Systems

Asset and Operations Managers BIM Manager Drainage & Sewer & Stat Services Brick Blockwork External Specialist Metal work British Telecom Bt Telephone Connection Building Management Systems

Planning & Development Trade Package Managers External Cladding (Precast) Joinery Doors & Ironmongery Cable/Satellite Communications High Voltage Distribution

CDMC Site Managers External Cladding and Glazing systems Specialist Elements (clean rooms etc.,) Low Voltage Distribution

Concept Architect Site Foreman External Cladding Systems Kitchens, Bathrooms Air Conditioning Systems

Design Architect Site Surveyor Doors / Windows Painting/Decorations Ductwork installation

Façade Engineering Consultant H&S Manager Stonework Specialists Plumbing installations (Commercial)

Interior Design Consultant Vertical Trans Manager (Lifts & Escalators) Roller Shutters Plumbing installations (Domestic)

Quantity Surveyor Project Comms & CSR Manager Louvres Life Safety Systems

Building Surveyor Feature / specialist Engineer General Metalwork Fire Detection systems

Structural Engineer Temporary Works Manager (Scaffold / Foundations etc.) Roofing (Traditional) Timber & Tiling Fire Alarms / Voice Evacuation

Services Engineer Nurse Roofing (Metal) CCTV Security Systems

Utilities Engineer Security Team Roofing Flat Data Cabling & Wiring

Lighting Consultant Welfare and Management Team Roof Waterproofing Liquid Applied Foul Drainage Systems

Programme Consultant Tenant Fit out Manager Roof Waterproofing Membrane Rain water drainage systems

DDA Access Compliance Finishing Foreman Roof Plant Screens Lift Engineers / Installers

Fire Engineer Operatives / Labourers Latchway & Fall Areast systems Escalator Engineers / Installers

Acoustic Consultant Window/Cladding Cleaning Equipment Solar & Other Passive systems

Environmental Consultant Lightning Protection Vms/Car Park Controls

Energy Consultant (BREAM / Sust Homes) Specialist Controls (the future the internet of everything)

Geothermal Consultant

Environmental Performance Certificates

Environmental Monitoring / Manager

Highways Engineer

Rights of Light Surveyor

Party Wall Surveyor

Security Consultant

Archaeological Consultant

Landscaping Architect Consultant

Signage & Wayfinding Consultant

Public Art Consultant

Lease / Demise Surveying Consultants

Retail Design

Retail Delivery / Management

Insurance Engineer

Commissioning Manager

Sustainability Manager

Low Carbon Consultant

Mechanical Services

Engineering

Construction Trades / Crafts

HE Route / Professionals

MIND THE GAP

In 2011 the Spending Review required DfE to reduce non-school funding

Since 2011

• Funding for students age 16 in FE has reduced by 12%

• Funding for students age 18 in FE has reduced by 33%

• The funding gap between pre 16 and post 16 education is 22%

FUNDING LEVELS BY AGE

£5,620

School grant plus pupil premium

£4,645

National rate £4,000

Plus weightings

£3,830

£3,300 rate plus weightings

£8,500

Average full-time

covered by fee

loan

17.3% funding dip

17.5% dip

19-21 in HE 11-16 16-17 18

33.9% funding dip

19-21 in HE 11-16 16-17 18

ENGLISH AND MATHS

Any young person who does not achieve GCSE English and maths by the

age of 16 is expected to take an English or maths course until they do

In 2013

3920 students undertook English and/or maths of which……..

…………1214 took one or more GCSEs

In 2014

4659 students are taking English and/or maths of which……..

…………3359 are taking one or more GCSEs

THE POWER OF CO-CREATION

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