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Our programmes

Our programmes support learning providers - their leaders, managers, teachers and trainers, to meet the challenges they face as our sector grows and develops. Funded by the QIA, DCSF and LSC amongst others, each programme is designed to support a particular priority.

Our suite of programmes include:

14-19
From autumn 2008, with partners, the Learning and Skills Network will provide the DSP to help schools plan, develop and implement the most significant educational reforms for many years. LSN’s contribution to the partnership will include high quality bespoke training for the first ten lines of the diplomas and include a Vocational Learning Strand to carry on the work of the VLSP. It will consist of a generic programme, mapped against the six TDA themes, available to all consortia which have been successful in Gateway 2 submissions, consortia who are working towards delivery as well as schools and colleges offering the applied GCSEs and A levels

Disability Discrimination Act
LSN in partnership with Skill and NIACE supports those within the learning and skill sector on the implementation of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) and the new Disability Equality Duty (DED).

E-Learning and Technology
E-learning and technology is at the heart of education workforce development as identified by the Department for Education and Skills. This programme supports learning and skills providers in the sector through raising the quality of professional practice in the teaching and training of e-learning.

Foundation Learning Tier
The Learning and Skills Council and Qualifications and Curriculum Authority are leading the Foundation Learning Tier (FLT) programme of work that will provide an improved learning experience for 14 – 19 year old and adult learners at Entry level and level 1. The FLT will help more people achieve and progress through work and life.

LSDA Northern Ireland
LSDA NI is part of the Learning and Skills Network (LSN), which is an organisation committed to making a difference to education and training. We do this by delivering quality improvement and staff development programmes that support specific government initiatives through research, training and consultancy and by supplying services direct to schools, colleges and training organisations.

LSN Solutions
To complement LSN's wide range of externally funded support programmes, we also deliver a wide range of training and consultancy solutions.

LSRC
This virtual centre conducted strategic research for policymakers and the learning and skills sector as a whole.

Molenet
The MoLeNET support and evaluation programme includes technical and pedagogic advice and support, materials development, continuing professional development, mentoring, facilitation of peer-to-peer support, networking and resource sharing, research and evaluation.

Post-16 Citizenship Support Programme
Citizenship education gives young people the knowledge, skills and understanding to play an effective role in society at local, national and international levels. It helps them to become informed, thoughtful and responsible citizens who are aware of their rights and duties. It encourages young people to play an active part in the life of their learning organisations, neighbourhoods, communities and the wider world. The Post-16 Citizenship Support Programme is run by the Learning and Skills Network on behalf of the Quality Improvement Agency. The support programme offers free advice, materials and training to organisations wishing to deliver post-16 citizenship to their learners.

Professional Development
Professional Development are currently involved in a variety of projects, from supporting SLCs pursuing accreditation through the Teaching and Learning Change Programme, Mobile learning (Molenet) and Improving Teaching and Learning through Coaching and Mentoring. Our ultimate aim is to ensure improvement in teaching and learning in any of the sectors we work with. We have successfully delivered programmes, for example the Subject Learning Coaches Programme which have significantly helped providers improve the quality of Teaching and Learning in and professional development in their organisations.

Qualification Reform Support Programme
LSN has been awarded a contract to deliver support to the UK Vocational Qualifications Reform Programme (UKVQRP). The UKVQRP is a broad-reaching initiative to radically change the landscape of vocational qualifications in the UK. It aims to ensure that the qualifications and other learning programmes available across the UK are more effective in equipping people with the skills that employers want and that learners need to secure and maintain employment. In so doing it will contribute to the UK's business productivity, by ensuring that employers are able to make the most of the skills of their employees.

Skills for Life
Skills for Life include literacy, numeracy and English for speakers of other languages. We are involved in a range of different projects in this area. Our aim is to support the improvement of Skills for Life provision and practice, achieving a positive impact on the learner experience and success rates.

supporting Your success
supporting Your success (sYs) is a new tailored service for providers who want successful quality improvement and employer responsiveness across their organisation.

Triple Science
LSN is delighted to introduce the Triple Science Support Programme which is designed to make Triple Science GCSEs more widely available to pupils in English maintained schools. It will consist of a generic programme available to all schools - supplemented by a more intense offer of support for targeted schools. This approach will help prepare schools for the forthcoming changes as well as allocating bespoke resources to those that can benefit most. We have also joined forces with the Science Learning Centres, Institute of Physics, Institute of Biology and Royal Society of Chemistry to provide a targeted programme of support.

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