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Protocol National’s newly-established conferencing service has already delivered many highly successful and very well-received events for the FE sector, boasting ministerial input and international speakers. Our service never fails to exceed customer expectations when it comes to fulfilling the needs of our clients and their delegates. A comprehensive programme of events are planned for the 2008/9 academic year, based mainly at the company’s Nottingham seminar suite. Details available on request.
Buying a Private Training Provider:
What do you need to know? |
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Thursday 9th October 2008
One Day Seminar: Protocol National. Castle Marina Road, Nottingham
Who Should Attend
This one day event is ideal for Principals, Vice Principals and key decision makers in colleges, education providers and others with an interest in purchasing Private Training Providers.
Aims of the day
Recently there has bee a flurry of activity in the Acquisitions market, particularly in relation to College's buying Private Training Providers.
We have acted for a number of College's who have recently purchased Private Training Providers and the process at times is challenging.
The aim of this session is to highlight the process and the challenges you may face as well as providing you with a 'Roadmap' to purchase. The session will cover:
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Why Acquisition, and how to identify the potential targets
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Assessing the Target and Valuation
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Heads of Terms and Due Diligence
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Delivering the deal and the legal process
This will be an interactive session with the opportunity for all to ask questions.
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Speakers
Scott Winter
Director, Education, Training and Skills
Tenon
Raj Sinhal
Director of Corporate Finance
Tenon
Speakers at all events are drawn from FE Colleges, WBL Providers, the LSC and Tenon. All are extremely experienced in the subjects they are discussing and will bring real examples and solutions. | C and Tenon. All are extremely experienced in the subjects they are discussing and will bring real examples and solutions
For further information call Lauren Gage on 0115 911 1227
Preparing for an LSC Audit |
 | Thursday 23rd October 2008
One Day Seminar: Protocol National. Castle Marina Road, Nottingham
Who Should Attend
This one day event is ideal for, Vice Principals, Finance Directors, MIS managers, senior curriculum managers, key decision makers in colleges, education providers and others with an interest in how the College sector works, particularly
those who have an interest in and responsibility for audit.
Aims of the day
With the ever increasing assurance burden, you need to ensure that you are getting it right. We are one of 3 LSC appointed Funding Auditors and one of 2 LSC appointed LEE Auditors – We are the only firm currently engaged by the LSC to undertake both audits and as such we are able to provide you with relevant advice and guidance on how to prepare for an audit.
The aim of the seminar is to
- Outline what the LSC are looking for
- Highlight common mistakes made in preparing for an audit
- Provide you with solutions to common issues identified at audit
This will be an interactive session with the opportunity for all to ask questions.
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Speakers
Vici Cadwallader-Webb
Associate Director, Education, Training and Skills
Tenon
Sharon Yates
Manager, Education, Training and Skills
Tenon
Keith Standing
Funding Eligibility Manager
LSC
Speakers at all events are drawn from FE Colleges, WBL Providers, the LSC and Tenon. All are extremely experienced in the subjects they are discussing and will bring real examples and solutions. |
Measuring Success |
 | Thursday 6th November 2008
One Day Seminar: Protocol National, Castle Marina Road, Nottingham.
Who Should Attend
This one day event is ideal for, Vice Principals, Finance Directors, MIS managers, senior curriculum managers, key decision makers in colleges, education providers and others with an interest in how the College sector works and how the data that you collect is used by the Inspectors.
Overview
With the increasing focus on quality of provision it is important that the underlying data supports the actual performance in the classroom. With the complexity of the ILR it is easy to see why sometimes the data does not support the outcomes of lesson observations. With the introduction of Minimum Levels of Performance by the LSC and the focus on demonstrating improving success rates by Ofsted it is important to ensure accuracy of the data.
Aims of the day
- Outline how Success Rates are calculated and how the data is presented to the LSC and Ofsted
- Highlight common mistakes in the data and how you can overcome these issues
- Provide you with practical solutions on how improve success rates.
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Speakers
Vici Cadwallader-Webb
Associate Director, Education, Training and Skills
Tenon
Mike Atkinson
Manager, Education, Training and Skills
Tenon
CompassCC - Authors of 'ProAchieve', the sectors leading performance analysis software
Speakers at all events are drawn from FE Colleges, WBL Providers, the LSC and Tenon. All are extremely experienced in the subjects they are discussing and will bring real examples and solutions. |
Efficiency and Effectiveness -
Benchmarking and using your Data to make Management Decisions |
 | Thursday 13th November 2008
One Day Seminar: Protocol National, Castle Marina Road, Nottingham.
Who Should Attend
This one day event is ideal for, Vice Principals, Finance Directors, MIS managers, senior curriculum managers, key decision makers in colleges, education providers and others with an interest in how the College sector works and how the data that you collect can be used to better manage the College.
Overview
Affordability is one of the key indicators that the LSC are focussing on and as such it is important that you consider how efficient the provision you are delivering is. The data that is collected by the MIS team can be used to support this calculation. It is too easy in some instances to cut the activity you are offering on the grounds that it is not cost efficient, however other things need to be considered including the impact that the removal will have on the College’s success rates and also whether the provision attracts learners to the College. When you work in isolation this can also be a challenge – The ability to benchmark your performance against others is a valuable tool, and one few Colleges utilise fully.
Aims of the day
- Outline how you can calculate the efficiency and effectiveness of the provisio
Explain how you can use the data to make decisions
- Demonstrate how benchmarks can help you better contextualise your performance
- Provide you with practical solutions on how to improve/ manage both the efficiency and effectiveness of the activity you deliver.
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Speakers
Vici Cadwallader-Webb
Associate Director, Education, Training and Skills
Tenon
Jenny Rudd
Manager, Education, Training and Skills
Tenon
Signe Sutherland
Deputy Principal Business Development
North Herts. College
Speakers at all events are drawn from FE Colleges, WBL Providers, the LSC and Tenon. All are extremely experienced in the subjects they are discussing and will bring real examples and solutions. |
Engaging Employers:
New Tools for FE Success |
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Following the tremendous success of the Socioeconomic Impact study which was launched with the 157 Group Colleges, EMSI is now offering another great new tool for FE success.
Learn how your college can gain a competitive advantage through regional labour market analysis and be among the first to see the system that will revolutionise the way colleges look at their regions.
Further Education's Strategic Advantage
FE colleges improve the skill level of learners and the productivity of employers throughout their communities. To create better linkages among business, employees and learners, EMSI has developed a labour market analysis platform that answers questions vital to the development of effective, productive, and competitive services. EMSI's suite of tools will become the foundation for data-driven decision making and your college's strategic advantage.
Speakers
- Andrew Crapuchettes - CEO, EMSI
- Dr. Kjell Christophersen - Senior Economist and co-founder of EMSI
- Ioan Morgan - Principal, Warwickshire College
New Speaker Added....
John Hayes MP, Shadow Minister for Vocational Education
Dates for your diary...
| DATE |
EVENT |
| 4th December 2008 |
Introduction to LSC Funding |
| 22nd January 2009 |
Business Development - Are you Commercially Aware? |
| 12th February 2009 |
Preparing your Financial Forecasts - Getting it right! |
For further information or to reserve a place, call Lauren Gage on 0115 911 1227
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