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10.15am-3.15pmMonday 18th June, 2012Room 9228,Cantor Building, Sheffield Hallam University

Working in Partnership

Conducting Research

Sharing Best Practice

Promoting Staff Development

Working with Employers: Co-developing or accrediting skills-based programmes

‘Working with Employers: Co-developing or accrediting skills-based programmes’

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Working with Employers: Co-developing or accrediting skills-based programmes

Date: Thursday 16th February 2012

Time: 10.15am-3.15pm

Venue: Room 9228, Cantor Building, SheffieldHallamUniversity

About the workshopAsUKHEIsfacetheprospectof anincreasinglydiverseandcrowdedmarketplace,theneedtodevelopnewcollaborationsandrevenuestreamsishighoneveryone’sagenda.Manybusinessorganisationshaveinvestedsubstantiallyintrainingtoservicetheiremploymentneedsbutthereisalsoanincreasingappetite among both employers and employees for academic qualificationsthatembodyhigher-levelskillsandanincreasedemphasison‘graduateness’.Highereducationinstitutionshaveengageddirectlywithemployers,eithertoco-developnewprogrammesof studyoraccreditemployers’owntrainingprogrammes.However,bothapproachesrequirealevelof understandingof HEcurriculumdesign,approachestoassessmentandprogrammeapprovalandqualitymonitoringprocesses which many employers naturally lack. This seminar will feature case studies of different types of employer engagementinprogrammedevelopmentandaccreditationandprovideanopportunityforparticipantstodiscussissuesandsharepractice.Weshallalsobejoinedbyarepresentativeof theQualityAssuranceAgency’sEmployerBasedTrainingAccreditation(EBTA)servicewhichhasfacilitatedthedevelopmentof severalaccreditationarrangementsbetweenHEIsandbothsmallandlargeemployers.

Facilitators• Tony Turjansky, Chair,NorthernUniversitiesConsortium

(NUCCAT)• Bop Dhillon, QualityAssuranceAgencyforHigher

Education(QAA)• Celia Moran, Director,ESCALATEProgramme,University

of Bradford• Dr Oscar de Bruijn, ProgrammeDirector,Manchester

BusinessSchool(Universityof Manchester)• Bob Clift, Directorof HEProgrammes,e-skillsUK• Kathryn Lowe, Headof Enterprise&ProfessionalStudies,

Facultyof Health&SocialCare,EdgeHillUniversity

Booking details & Fees:TobookaplacepleasevisittheNUCCATwebsite(nuc.ac.uk)orcomplete&returnthebookingformtotheaddress on page 3.

-£70forstaff of NUCCAT(andSEEC)Member Institutions- £95 for other attendees.

Monday 18th June, 2012

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Programme10.15am Registration

10.45am Welcomeandintroduction:‘Employerengagement incurriculumdevelopmentandtheaccreditation of employer-basedtraining’

Tony Turjansky, Northern Universities Consortium (NUCCAT)

11.00am ‘EBTA: Employer-Based Training Accreditation service’

Bop Dhillon, Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education

11.25am CaseStudy(1)‘In-companydegreewithMorrisons Supermarkets(ESCALATEprogramme)’

Celia Moran, University of Bradford

11.50pm Case Study (2) ‘BSc Information TechnologyManagementforBusiness’

Dr Oscar de Bruijn, Manchester Business School (University of Manchester),

Bob Clift, e-skills UK

12.15pm Paneldiscussion&Q&A

12.45pm LUNCH

1.30pm CaseStudy(3)‘AccreditingNHSin-housetraining’Kathryn Lowe, Edge Hill University

1.55pm CaseStudy(4)

Speaker TBA

2.20pm Tablediscussion(insmallgroups):“Workingwith Employers: Co-developing or accrediting skills- basedprogrammes:EnablersandBarriers.”

2.50pm PaneldiscussionandQ&A

3.15pm CLOSE

To register an interest in joining the Consortium, and for details of annual

subscription rates please contact:Ms.LauraChambers,NUCCAT Secretary, c/o AcademicQuality&DevelopmentUnit,EdgeHillUniversity,Ormskirk,Lancashire,L394QP.

email: chamberl@edgehill.ac.uktel: 01695 650 885 web: nuc.ac.uk

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Northern Universities ConsortiumThe Northern Universities Consortium (NUCCAT) is a federation of HigherEducation Institutions andHE-relatedbodiesinnorthernandcentralEnglandandNorthernIreland.Working through our membership and in collaboration with other bodies, we aim to:

• Sharebestpracticeinthedevelopmentof modularity,credit frameworks and academic frameworks, including assessment.

• Promotestaff developmentintheseareas.

• Workwithotherconsortiatoresolveissuesof commoninterest.

• Undertakespecificprojectsoncreditandotherissuesof common interest.

In addition to quarterlymeetings and an annual conferenceourprogrammeof regionalworkshopsisdesignedtoprovidememberswith staff development inareasof activityalignedwiththeConsortium’smission.

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