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#Ofsted have today, 23 august 2016, updated their guidance on how inspectors should inspect #Safeguarding in early years, education and skills under the common inspection framework Read the latest guidance here #fe #furthereducation #edchat #concrewtraining #wbl #apprenticeships #earlyyears #cif #education #schools #teachers

Concrew Training's one-day good practice workshop on Equal Pay Audits brings participants up to speed on the latest requirements for Gender Pay Gap Reporting and how best to meet them.  We can also provide consultancy on and around your systems and procedures find out more here #equalpay #equalpayday #gendergap #equalrights #equalityact #hr #humanresources  #concrewtraining #employment #tribunal #CEO #fe #schools #publicsector #unions

What’s Happening and When The latest indication are that larger UK Employers will have to publish reports on gender gaps in pay and benefits in 2018 and whilst this may seem like a long way off, It is probable that the reporting period will be on the 2017/18 financial year. Which leaves just 9 months for employers to ensure their pay and benefits offer is non-discriminatory.  The Drivers Behind Reporting Despite the Equal Pay Act being introduced some 46 years ago The 2015 Office for National Statistic’s annual survey of hours and earnings showed wide variances in gender pay.  Variances were reported across all industries and services and by location, age, sector, and role.   Many of the variances reported were worryingly high.  For example:           Within education, the average gap was 25.7%           Across all industries and services it was 19.1% The Worry for Business It is probable that any organisation publishing pay disparity data will see a significa

#Ofsted have recently announced that they have copies of Provider self assessment reports that were on the Provider Gateway when it closed in April 2016 but will require Providers to supply their latest version before the end of January 2017. More information If you need help and support with your self assessment report please contact Concrew Training for price quote #sar #fe #furthereducation #edchat #concrewtraining #wbl #apprenticeships

#Ofsted has updated it guidance on how it will inspect, challenge and support provider improvement from September 2016. How it will inspect: The September 2016 inspection hand book for Further Education and Skills How it will help providers that require improvement get to good or better: September 2016 on Support and Challenge for Further Education and Skills Concrew Training offers one-day workshops that explain all the latest changes and give guidance on how to prepare for and succeed at inspection #concrewtraining #fe #furthereducation #edchat

What are the most important data protection issues facing your organisation?  Could any of these common 13 #dataprotection mistakes occur in your organisation? Mistakes relating to: Data sharing agreements Retention schedules Encryption of portable devices Remote working Training Physical security Secure printing   Role based access Password requirements Fair processing information Data protection leadership -governance Fax machines Data protection policies out of date  Secondly are you are aware of and ready for EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which applies to EU member states from 25 May 2018? The #GDPR will affect any area in which personal data is processed, but it is in relation to on-line sales, marketing and employment that businesses are likely to process most data. The decision to leave the EU means the GDPR will not apply directly in the UK, however if #data travels from or through the #EU (web servers ?) UK business will

The Teaching Excellence Framework for HE comes into effect for the 2016/17 academic year.   The higher education student cohort is becoming increasingly diverse and the traditional approaches to teaching, favoured by so many in HE are unlikely to deliver favourable TEF outcomes All those working in Higher Education need to review their teaching practice and ask is it really inclusive? does it engage all students? does it stretch and challenge all students? does it deliver deeper learning? does it encourage original thinking? How will students rate the quality of teaching Most Universities will need to look for ways to revitalise and re-energise their teaching and training delivery. Encouraging lecturers and tutors to consider how they can make their lectures, seminars and tutorials more engaging with a greater levels of differentiation and focus on stretching and challenging all students is a good starting point. Concrew Training's workshops on and around develo

Since 18 September 2015, further education and skills providers have been placed under a legal duty to have ‘due regard’ to the risk of learners being drawn into terrorism. On 12 July 2016, Ofsted issued a report on how well Further Education Learning Providers were meeting theses duties. Key findings included: The quality of staff training was ineffective in a third of the providers visited. Thirteen providers had been slow in putting the duty into practice. Two of the eight independent learning providers visited had not implemented any aspect of the ‘Prevent’ duty. The quality of risk assessments and action plans to reduce the risk of radicalisation and extremism was poor in 11 of the providers. Two independent learning providers had no risk assessments in place at all. Of the other nine providers, most adopted a ‘tick-box’ approach to risk assessment rather than conducting a comprehensive evaluation of risks. Leaders in nearly half the providers visited did not adequat

The Medina suicide attacks, the Dallas police shooting, the grenade attack in Puchong, Malaysia, the rise of the dissident republicans in Northern Ireland  and even the fall out from the "burqa revolution" in Kerala show that radicalisation and terrorism present and ever increasing risk. The recent UK referendum and the political turmoil that has followed dominates the UK news - but the threat from terrorism has not gone away. The UK Government rate the international risk as severe, highly likely and the risk from Northern Ireland as substantial, a strong possibility. A third of the referrals to the "Channel Programme" (an early intervention multi-  agency process designed to  safeguard vulnerable  people  from being drawn into violent  extremist or terrorist behaviour) in 2015 came from the education sector. The Government believes schools, colleges learning providers and those working with vulnerable people are in a strong position to identify, help a

The initial responses to The UK's vote to leave the EU have, was say the least,dramatic. The follow on lack of vision and direction poses a real concern.      The leave campaign team appear to have differing ideas and goals and the Government appears to have put everything on hold for several months until they can work out a way forward. It is easy to say nothing will change for at least the next two to two and a half years and many be much longer BUT in the real world this presents a real problem.    Most businesses and organisations will need to make decisions well before any final exit deal is reached.   Many of these decisions just wont wait!!  Most of Concrew Training's HR related courses contain updates on the latest legislation, good practice and cystral ball visioning for the future.    We will continue this updating over the following months and years to make sure our courses contain the very latest development and guidance on how, where and w