Notice Board
| Date Submitted | Notices |
| Thursday 25th February 2010 | IMPORTANT NOTICE: If your centre has to change their address you should send notification on HEADED PAPER to: National Centre Number Register OCR Centre Services Cambridge CB1 2EU and they will notify AQA on your behalf. You will receive confirmation from AQA in due course. Here at Partnership Team we would ask, respectivley, to be kept in the loop and for you to email us notice of any changes of address to the usual email address (nickie@partnershipteam.co.uk) |
| Wednesday 17th February 2010 | HALF TERM UPDATES: Please note that the next CVC meeting will be on 5th May 2010 and will be our annual Celebration Event. More details to follow. Also our bi-annual invoicing periods have altered by approximately two weeks. You will receive two invoices - one in March and one in September for the following periods: March: Invoice to cover September to February September: Invoice to cover March to August Finally, please remember to check the appropriate pages of the website for new training dates and for the date of the next Preparation For Working Life Seminar |
| Monday 18th January 2010 | We now have a conveniently located, fully accessible training room available for hire for small conferences, training sessions and meetings. Our training room can comfortably hold between 12 and 15 delegates and seating and tables are provided. Please see the downloadable pdf (ROOM HIRE ADVERT) or contact us for more details and prices. |
| Tuesday 12th January 2010 | More feedback from a school in Lancashire who have been using the AQA Unit Award Scheme in their Withdrawal Unit: The units are tailored to individual students' needs and are so flexible and easy to teach. They give a solid platform to allow staff to be creative Wendy Storrie Darwen Aldridge Community Academhy |
| Tuesday 24th November 2009 | The next Consortium Validation Committee (CVC) meeting will be held on the following dates: Thursday 10th December 2pm Friday 11th December 10am in our new training suite - Room 1 of Leyland House (You only need to attend one of these meetings) Please could you contact us either by replying directly to this email or by phoning the office on the number below to confirm your attendance on the most appropriate date. As usual, the meeting is open to all members of the Lancashire Consortium and we will cover updates from AQA, Harrogate and Partnership Team. This is also your chance to raise any queries and to bring any new units to be considered. There is no charge for this meeting. |
| Wednesday 23rd September 2009 | We've recently had a lovely email from Liz Whittle at St Thomas' Centre in Blackburn detailing the success of the AQA Unit Award Scheme in their centre: Just to say thanks to the staff at the Partnership Team for all your help in enabling our students to continue to gain success through the AQA Unit Award Scheme. We have underpinned the Certificate in Preparation for Working Life course (L1 & L2) and the GCSE Religious Studies course with AQA Units. The units cover all the syllabus content so, as well as motivating students thorugh gaining the individual certificates, they are also left with targetted revision notes when the get their assessed work back. The units are used in other subject areas too but these two areas in particular have seen improvements in GCSE successes which are clearly down to the use of the Units. |
| Thursday 17th September 2009 | AQA UNIT AWARD SCHEME : APPROPRIATE USE All Centre Co-ordinators will have recieved a letter from Graham Kendall, Senior Subject Manager of the Unit Award Scheme, following the recent adverse publicity in the press to bring to your attention the appropriate use of the scheme within your centre. If you have any questions regarding this matter please do not hestate to contact us. |
| Thursday 17th September 2009 | NEW UNITS & MINOR AMENDS All Centre Co-ordinators will have recently received instructions from AQA regarding sumbitting units (new or minor amends) for validation via a web link. If you are writing a new unit or want to submit a minor amend please continue to send these to us at Partnership Team (as in the past) for us to cast a professional eye over and upload on your behalf. You may send units either by email, post or bring them to the next CVC meeting. All email addresses and our office address are on the "Contact Us" page of the website. |
| Thursday 17th September 2009 | TRAINING - UNIT WRITING During the year, AQA hold a number of training session at various venues around the country. Their Unit Writing course costs £80.00 per delegate. As part of your annual subscription to Partnership Team, ALL training sessions (including Unit Writing) held by us are free and we can usually accommodate more than one place per centre. Our next Unit Writing training session is booked for 29th September 2009. Please contact us if you would like to book yourself or a colleague on the course. |
| Wednesday 16th September 2009 | TRAINING SESSIONS Dates for all training sessions are now available via the "Training Courses" link in the navigation bar on the left hand side of the screen (Members Section). Please contact the office on 01772 433311 to book a place for yourself or a colleague. Many thanks |
| Tuesday 1st September 2009 | Dear Colleague, Please may we remind you that your website access and password should not be given out to any other centre or organisation. We have recently received a large number of requests for Summary Sheets and Checklists from agencies who do not directly pay a subscription to us. If you are in partnership with other agencies please feel free to Ùspread the wordÎ but we stress that we cannot provide administrative support to external parties with whom we have no service level agreement. We appreciate your co-operation with this matter. As usual, if you have any questions or queries please do not hesitate to contact us. |
| Tuesday 1st September 2009 | NEW CENTRES When your first assessment is complete you must submit your Unit Advice Form to AQA, Harrogate. This process will trigger the nomination of your external assessor. Once you have the contact details for your external assessor you should make contact and arrange for their visit to your centre. PLEASE DO NOT SEND YOUR ASSESSMENT TO AQA, HARROGATE After the external assessor has visited your centre he will take the assessment paperwork with him, write his report and forward everything to AQA, Harrogate. Once AQA have registered the students they will forward the assessment to Partnership Team for the certification process. We would like to advise you that AQA have a set charge for the external assessor to come out and visit your centre. This charge is not regulated by Partnership Team Ltd. If you require a complimentary "health check" on your first assessment please contact our offices to arrange a meeting. |
| Thursday 23rd April 2009 | Current newsletters, the training database and general information will be uploaded to the website on a regular basis for reference purposes. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any queries regarding the information provided by Partnership Team Ltd. |