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Central to co-operation and the
dissemination of good practice is the establishment of a series of
Forums and Networks.
Forums
School Forums
Each school has an Aimhigher co-ordinator. This person may also be the Excellence in Cities Gifted and Talented co-ordinator. If not, these two colleagues will collaborate closely creating and directing the Gifted and Talented/Aimhigher programme. They meet in EiC “cluster groups” to co-ordinate and plan their work. All Birmingham Aimhigher 16 – 18 student co-ordinators also meet termly in a Schools Post 16 Forum.
FE Forum
Each term there is a meeting for co-ordinators from the city's
Further Education and Sixth Form Colleges, to co-ordinate activity
across the largest Sixth Form providers and to address the
particular needs of Colleges.
It also offers an
opportunity for training inputs and for the discussion of
administrative items, as well as sharing good practice.
Forum meeting dates
are available on the Key Events Calendar page.
Networks
Networks, based upon the Excellence in Cities Networks, are
smaller groups of schools, often with a geographical or community
of interest link to which the Colleges have now become members.
These meet on a twice-termly basis, and are convened by the
schools themselves.
Network groups and
dates of meetings are available on the Key Events Calendar page.
Additional
Funding
In addition to the allocation from the LEA, the
following funding is available to Schools:
The
Special Collaboration Fund
This is a small fund specifically designed to enable 11-16 schools to support innovative activities that will, in co-operation with a post 16 provider, encourage students from the ‘widening participation’ group to enter FE and HE.
Application forms are
available on the Documents page.
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