delivering global higher technical skills for tomorrow's productive economies
Creating the skills of tomorrow... today.
www.bsdc.ac.uk
Dawn Ward CBE, Chief Executive and Principal
burton and south derbyshire college
Burton and South Derbyshire College (BSDC) is a Further and Higher Education College, located at the heart of the UK, with easy access to Scotland, Wales and the major English cities.
Creating the skills of tomorrow... today.
Scotland
BSDC
Birmingham
London
Wales
The College boasts an extensive range of range of full and part-time Further and Higher Education courses with its technical and vocational provision offering career pathways and stepping stones to employment through pre and post graduate qualifications.
burton and south derbyshire college:
AT THE HEART OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY
Creating the skills of tomorrow... today.
burton and south derbyshire college:
CURRICULUM: DELIVERING UP TO POST
GRADUATE STUDY
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1. English, Maths and Foundation Learning
2. Creative and Digital Industries
3. Education, Welfare, Business and Commercial Enterprise
4. Construction and Engineering
Curriculum Delivered through 4 Faculties:
A wide ranging curriculum with a number of study modes to suit individual and business needs.
our approach to developing higher
technical skills
Creating the skills of tomorrow... today.
highly competent
learner
Skills Competition
Technically Expert
Skills Promise
Career Focussed
Global Outlook
Curriculum Aligned to Industry
Experience of Work
Contributors to their Community
ensuring we produce 'technical
experts'
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• Curriculum aligned to industry
• Patronage and fellows
• Dual certified staff
• Skills Competitions
• Investing in facilities to reflect industry standards
• Employees involved in future curriculum developments (Trailblazers)
• Aligned to LEP and LMI (including sustained destinations)
• Dual branded Employer sponsored centres
delivering employability skills
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maximising strategic partnerships
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maximising employer relationships
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• Strategic partnerships NOT transactional relationships
• Impact their business and they will want to impact upon yours
“The training and skills development we have received from Burton and South Derbyshire College has increased our productivity to such an extent that we have reduced the average cost of making a car by £8 per unit. During peak production we make a car every 3 minutes.”
-- Tony Walker, Managing Director of TMUK
maximising employer relationships
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• Seeing the value of employers being more than their spend
• Involving employers in all aspects of College life
• Using employers to shape what you do
• Celebrating employers contributions to skills development
• Having a culture that welcomes employers into your College
learners who are global in their
outlook
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• Ensuring learners are aware of an ever interconnected global world
• Provide them with opportunities to experience new cultures and communities
• Provide them with opportunities to experience new business cultures
• In country projects to enhance their learning
• International learners studying at BSDC to broaden domestic learners mindset
add value to learners experience
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• Skills Competitions
• Volunteering
• Involve learners in democracy
• Charitable fund raising
• Community projects
• Using technical skills to enhance community
in summary
Creating the skills of tomorrow... today.
• Every aspect of what you do needs to focus on preparing learners for a global career
• Strategic partnerships with employers are critical in this
• Technical AND employability skills
• Learners need to develop confidence in a global job market
• Develop the citizen as well as the learner
• Measure learner destinations and use these to enhance what you do