Resources for work related learning and enterprise

Links

Teachernet
Contains information on a wide range of topics to interest teachers and others. The 14 to 19 section contains information on national developments (including The Diploma Gateway), Key Stage 4 (including work related learning and enterprise), a stronger vocational offer,, careers education and guidance, and EMAs.

SSAT (Specialist Schools and Academies Trust
Website dedicated to supporting the people who work in specialist schools and schools affiliated to the Trust. The site includes links to websites and resources on applied GCSEs, Diplomas, vocational specialisms, work experience, etc.

Business Link
A useful information resource for teachers, the site is designed for businesses giving practical advice covering all aspects of business from starting up, finance and grants, tax, health and safety, employing people, marketing, IT and e-commerce to international trade.

Social Enterprise Coalition
UK's national body for social enterprise showcases the benefits of social enterprise and provides information on publications, case studies and events.

Sites covering personal finance

The website for the personal finance education group gives access to teaching resources, guidelines, case studies, linked qualifications and much more on the financial curriculum, part of enterprise education.

Face to Face with Finance (free resource)
This NatWest resource will help teachers teach students personal financial education and provide useful information for young people and adults.

DoughUK (free resource)
A personal finance website designed to help young people aged 14 to 24 develop their knowledge skills and understanding about personal finance.

Publications

Salford Work-Related Learning and Enterprise Handbook
Produced by Salford Children's Services and Salford Business Education Partnership. Handbooks have been issued to all schools.

For further copies contact:

Salford Business Education Partnership
Charles House
Albert Street
Eccles
M30 OPW

Telephone: 0161 787 8500
Email: alanrosser@salfordbep.co.uk

Work Matters in Greater Manchester

Information in hard copy, CD-ROM and website on labour market information for teachers and young people, produced by Better Choices.

Work related learning for all at key stage 4: Guidance for implementing the statutory requirement from 2004
QCA/03/1168

QCA Publications
PO Box 99
Sudbury
Suffolk
CO10 2SN

Telephone: 01787 884444
Fax: 01787 312950

Work-related learning and the law
DfES/0340/2006 Issued September 2006

Work experience: A guide for secondary schools
DfES SPD/WES/01/02(rev)

Work experience: a guide for employers
DfES/1471/2005

Success for Salford is Salford's version of the above document. Protocols and guidance for schools and providers involved in external vocational placements.

Skills Funding Agency is available, supporting both work related learning and careers education. It is designed to equip advisers with the latest data on employment trends and forecasts in the region and an insight into major developments in the area with large employment opportunities.

Young People's Learning Agency (YPLA) The YPLA was established by the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 and launched in April 2010. They are sponsored by the Department for Education and exist to support the delivery of training and education to all 16 to 19 year olds in England.

The Institute for Citizenship has produced 2 publications to support work related learning:

Workmatters: a key stage 4 teacher resource exploring the employment strand of citizenship

Economic Citizenship: a key stage 4 teacher resource. Published by:

Institute for Citizenship
60 Queen Victoria Street
London
EC4N 4TW

Telephone: 0207 844 5444

A to Z of work experience: video, DVD and teachers notes and activities, produced by Better Choices, WAWA, Get a Job, Get a Life.

Further information from Gareth Nixon or Julie Hicklin, Better Choices, Lee House, 90 Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester M1 5JW.

Telephone: 0161 245 4807
Email: julie.hicklin@betterchoices.co.uk

Accreditation

A wide range of accreditation for work related learning and related areas is as follows:

• AQA
  • Level 1 Certificate in Preparation for Working Life
  • Level 2 Certificate in Preparation for Working Life
• ASDAN
  • Level 1 Certificate in Career Planning
  • Level 2 Certificate in Career Planning
  • Level 3 Certificate in Career Planning
  • Certificate of Personal Effectiveness Levels 1 and 2
• City and Guilds
  • Entry level Certificate in Preparing for Employment
• Edexcel
  • Entry level Certificate in Skills for Working Life
• NCFE
  • Level 1 Certificate in Employment Skills
  • Level 2 Certificate in Employment Skills
• NOCN
  • Level 1 Award for Career Education and Preparation for Working Life
  • Level 2 Award for Career Education and Preparation for Working Life
• OCR
  • OCR Entry Level Certificate in Job Seeking Skills
  • OCR Level 1 Certificate in Career Planning
  • OCR Level 2 Certificate in Career Planning
  • OCR Entry Level Certificate in Preparation for Employment (Entry 3)
  • OCR Level 1 Certificate in Preparation for Employment
  • OCR Level 2 Certificate in Preparation for Employment

OCR also has a section of the website dedicated to work related learning.

Resources from employers

The website for BAE Systems' education programme. It will lead you to speakers, visits, placements and classroom materials.

The BAA (owner of seven UK airports) website has information on the business, including airports, linked organisations, management and traffic statistics. Click on Corporate and the About BAA buttons.

Glaxo Smith Klines's Education is packed with science materials for all age groups and links to a wide variety of websites and other resources.

The Times 100
A free educational resource for students, teachers and lecturers of business studies. The Times 100 brings business studies theory to life with case studies on real companies, linked to all exam specifications.

Channel 4 Learning gives the chance to sample priced (but not very expensive) interactive resources to support all secondary National Curriculum subjects, GCSEs in Applied Business, Applied Science, Leisure and Tourism, Health and Social Care, Applied ICT, and PSHE, Citizenship and Careers.

Visit AstraZenca's site for links to resources, case studies and access to education liaison. Choose 'Responsibilities' and then 'Education Liaison'.

This page was last updated on 18 May 2012