Annual Report 2012 - Highbury College

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Priority 2 Growth The College’s framework for growth takes full account of the needs and priorities identified by key stakeholders and those of policy makers at local, regional and national level. In 2012: • We opened our own in-house Telemarketing Academy, staffed by apprentices. • Two mobile apps were launched - iProspectus, which enables anyone in the world to search and apply for full-time and part-time courses from a smart phone; and iHighbury, for mobile access to Highbury’s Virtual Learning Environment, Media Portal (iVideo), student news and the College’s Twitter feed. • We signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with That's Solent Ltd and as partners were successful in our application for one of the UK’s first digital local television licences. Highbury students and staff will work with That's Solent to develop a community channel with a schedule of news, current affairs, information and entertainment. • The number of full-time and part-time students at the College increased by 8.4% compared to 2010/11. • The number of Apprenticeship frameworks available through the College increased from 43 to 51. • There was an increase of 70% compared to 2011 in the College’s facilities for hire initiative, enabling local businesses, community groups and organisations to hire College facilities at competitive rates during nonteaching times. • As part of a consortium of colleges (GFE South), we secured a three-year contract from the European Social Fund through the Skills Funding Agency for Training Works, a new initiative to support employers to up-skill and develop their workforce. • In October Highbury was selected to partner the Federal Government of Nigeria to establish 10 new vocational skills centres that will provide training and employment opportunities to young unemployed people in Nigeria. • We signed an MoU with the Government of Cross River State, Nigeria to help develop a world-class polytechnic, improve vocational education and training and support the development of a science park. • An MoU was also signed with the Sani Bello Foundation, Niger State, Nigeria in November for the development of vocational skills training centres including site design and train the trainer capacity building. 10
Stella Mbubaegbu CBE speaking at MADE: The Entrepreneur Festival Priority 3 Innovation and enterprise We have an exciting vision of a world-class learning enterprise. We will embed innovation, enterprise and entrepreneurship as core skills and activities for students and staff. All staff will be actively involved in challenging current practice and, through interaction with external and internal stakeholders, identifying new opportunities to improve the experience of students, employers and staff, as well as making our working practices and processes more efficient. In 2012: • Highbury became a founder member of the Gazelle Colleges Group, which combines the experience of entrepreneurs with educators and aims to transform the further education sector, using entrepreneurship as a strategic driver for change. • We became an active member of NACUE (National Association of College and University Entrepreneurs), which seeks to stimulate enterprise by supporting, connecting and representing enterprise societies, enterprising students and student entrepreneurs in colleges and universities across the UK. • We supported Live Unlimited, a National Lottery funded initiative that provides support and start-up cash of up to £5,000 for young people who want to launch their own social enterprise. • Highbury’s Principal, Stella Mbubaegbu CBE, spoke at MADE: The Entrepreneur Festival, which attracted more than 3,000 visitors and 50 high-profile speakers, including Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills. • The College purchased an empty property in Portsmouth to give Construction & Building Services students valuable hands-on experience of working on a live restoration project. • The use of ePortfolios for NVQs was trialled, enabling students to log all evidence of their experience, competences and courses for their entire training period. • We introduced a ‘lesson capture’ system in the 6th Form Academy to record lessons and enable playback for students via the College’s iVideo portal. • Microsoft Lync was installed, encouraging staff collaboration and communication, with the ultimate aim of reducing our carbon footprint. • We installed Citrix virtual desktop and remote access software, enabling staff to work more effectively from home and students to access College software off Campus. • Business lecturer Graham Carter won a Hi5 Award for his innovative use of the collaborative and communicative possibilities of our virtual learning environment to engage all his students, irrespective of their physical location. • Nadim Bakhshov, Head of the Centre for Excellence in Teaching & Learning, was awarded a Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) Research Development Fellowship to create an open access online research journal for practitioners aimed at directly engaging, challenging and developing innovative teaching, learning and assessment practices in further education. • We secured LSIS funding to work with individuals, community groups and media professionals on a series of short documentary films and radio features that tackle stereotypes. • With funding from LSIS, we developed several eBooks for use in the community. 11
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