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HE in FE Presentation by :

Ian SterlingCity and Islington College

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Our Students

Demographics - Key factsMajority of students are from Islington, Hackney, Haringey, Camden, Tower Hamlets.

of pupils gained 5+ GCSEs including Maths and English which is an improving picture (2009)

44%

is amongst the highest ranked borough in terms of the progress pupils made (“value added”) since leaving primary school.

Islington

of the borough’s children are in families in receipt of means-tested benefits and 40+% are in workless households

47% 45%

is the 4th most deprived London Borough and the 8th most deprived in the country.

and

of those unemployed have been out of work for more than 6 months

Unemployment circa 11%(Greater London 9%)

Those occupying social housing exhibit increasingly severe multiple disadvantages

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Our Students

79%from widening participation postcodes

63%in receipt of EMAs

71%students from BME Communities

young learners studying skills for independent living, work skills and progression courses in craft and woodwork.

60

Students aged 16-19

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Our Students

Sixth Form College

Centre for Applied Sciences

Centre for Business, Arts and Technology

Centre for Health, Social and Child Care

Centre for Lifelong Learning

432

262

341

102104

Number of Learners Progressing to HE (2010)

TOTAL 1,241

Widening Participation

81%of learners aged 16-18 progressing to HE from widening participation postcodes.

72%of all learners progressing to HE from widening participation postcodes.

Progression

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Our Mission

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Our purposeto deliver world-class education and training.

Our visionto be the first choice college in all of our areas of specialism.

Our valuesto champion

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Our Achievements

to be judged by Ofsted as 'Outstanding' on every measure

The only college in London

Effectiveness of provision01 Outstanding: Grade 1

Capacity to improve02 Outstanding: Grade 1

Achievement and standards03 Outstanding: Grade 1

Quality of provision04 Outstanding: Grade 1

Leadership and management05 Outstanding: Grade 1

Equality of opportunity06 Outstanding: Contributory Grade 1

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IQER 2007

• Confidence on the College’s management of its responsibilities, as set out in its partnership agreements, for the standards of awards it offers on behalf of its awarding bodies.

• Confidence in the College’s management of its responsibilities, as set out in its partnership agreements, for the quality of learning opportunities it offers.

• Reliance can be placed on the accuracy and/or completeness of the information that the College is responsible for publishing about itself and the programmes it delivers.

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History of HE at the College

• Early 1990s HNC and HNDs. Small number of students indirectly funded through the University of North London and directly funded from FEFC.

• End of 1990s. Successful bids for a number of HNC/D programmes directly funded from HEFCE. FEFC funding transferred to HEFCE.

• 1999. Funding moved to indirect funding through the University of North London and London Guildhall University. Supported by City University London.

• 2001. Foundation Degree Pilot awarded by City University London, supported by Queen Mary, University of London.

• Increase in the number of FDs through successful ASN bids and use of HNC/D numbers for FDs.

• PGCEs funded through, and awarded by, the Institute of Education, University of London

• 2010/11. Three HNC/D programmes. Part time. and an OU FD.

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HE Strategy

• Expand the HE portfolio.• Meet the requirements of employers• Build up the FD offer.• Provide an escalator of opportunity from entry level to level

4/5.• Continue to develop partnerships with our university partners.• Informed by our teaching and learning objectives of providing

successful outcomes for all our learners.

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2011/12 on.

• Develop portfolio of courses in partnership with existing partners. Enter the present bidding round for both FDs and HNDs.

• Develop staff to enable students to continue to get the best possible educational experience.

• Develop governance of HE to enable expansion and FDAP. Seconded post from University College London to support this.

• Work with partner universities and other FE college’s to encourage students to complete NSS and linked to this KIS.

• Financial viability. • Keep a close interest in developments at regional and national

level.

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Thanks

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