8 September 2009
Could you be a Diploma Champion?
Summary
Employers have been at the heart of the new Diplomas for 14-19
year olds, ensuring that Diploma graduates have the knowledge,
skills and attitudes to give them a career head start. Taught in a
new way, with a heavy emphasis on project-based, applied learning,
Diploma teachers work with local employers to bring learning to
life, developing learning materials, arranging work experience,
workplace and classroom visits. Involving employers helps ensure
that young people are motivated to succeed in relevant and exciting
courses of study. Employers are at the heart of the Diploma and
many have come together now in a Network led by Sir Alan Jones of
Toyota to raise awareness of the new opportunities now on
offer.
The Diploma Employer Champions Network is made up of employers
who have volunteered to explain the benefits of Diplomas to fellow
employers. Employers play a vital role in developing and delivering
the Diploma qualifications - the Network encourages and supports
this involvement. By speaking at events and appearing in the media,
Champions help teaching staff to excite local employers about the
opportunities the Diploma provides to work with schools and
colleges. To ensure that we can support as many Diploma schools and
colleges as possible, we are looking for new Employer Champions to
improve our coverage. Champions typically offer half a day a month,
but this is flexible and is based around individual circumstances.
All Champions are supported fully by a dedicated central unit.
Click here for
details about the Network, including a list of Champions
nationally.
Please contact Jo Kelly on 020 7269 9840 (jkelly@semta.org.uk) in the
Diploma Employer Champion Network support unit if you have any
questions, or to register to your interest.
Semta View
Semta is the lead SSC for both the Engineering (first teaching
September 2008) and Science (first teaching September 2011)
Diplomas, and is contributing to the development of the
Manufacturing and Product Design Diploma (first teaching September
2009). We need employer champions to support these key subjects for
the future of our sector – why not volunteer and make your mark on
the education of the future?
For more information on each Diploma, visit their websites
at:
www.engineeringdiploma.com
www.manufacturingdiploma.co.uk
www.sciencediploma.co.uk
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