Student Perceptions

I have, during January and early February 2007, met many groups of FD students. As a college issue, all of them are not receiving any kind of support from our VLE services (from either the existing Tribal Le or the Moodle trial we are running). This is pertinent as many of the students request portal development of services and support that staff could be providing via VLE's (even if this is only basic communication tools or advice or collaborative features). This is a teaching culture issue.

Early indications are that WBL placement providers are not fulfilling any FD requirements. This is particularly true in Care FD's where the students themselves are often the most highly qualified employees on site. Therefore they struggle to obtain mentors or Work Based assessment guidance.

Early (Jan 07) reports to Fleur are included in her review of scoping for Burton/Shrewsbury/Stoke in Google Docs.