Welcome taught by Jill Gannon. Jill is also their tutor. Firstly I would like to Changes mean that only wish you a very Happy those students who do 2016 and welcome you not currently have to the first newsletter we functional skills or have had for several equivalent at level 2 or years. above are required to study this, which now NVQ Standards only applies to a couple of students. This does The current NVQ however lead to some standards expired in Dec timetabling difficulties for 2015 but have been the first years which we given an extension until have done our best to Dec 2016 at present. You minimise. will all be aware that the Please remember that National Occupational you can use college work Standards for Pharmacy for Unit 309 and Graham have recently been Lilley can act as a reviewed. This along with witness in of the current GPhC review observations for this unit. of our educational standards will help develop our new initial E-portfolio training standards for the Pharmacy workforce. The Last year we started to proposal is for these to offer NVQ level 2 be implemented in candidates the option of September 2017. using the e-portfolio, with For the present we good uptake. There is an additional cost of £40 continue as normal with associated with this to the existing NVQ 2 and 3 cover the e-portfolio standards for both. license. However this option does remove the Somerset College difficulty of transporting folders for verification Last September saw purposes. some significant changes The induction day and NVQ to the staff involved with 2 Manual have been the BTEC programme. revised to cover this area. Graham Lilley has stepped down from is no requirement for programme lead the SWMIT custom data although he is still the unit to be completed for course lead and teaches NVQ Level 2 candidates. as normal on the course. You will also have noticed The new programme lead many changes to your is Terrie Chaplin. over the last year Sue Porcas, the students which hopefully will make it Human Physiology more user friendly. lecturer has retired and these lectures are now
Welcome Firstly I would like to wish you a very Happy 2016 and welcome you to the first newsletter we have had for several years. NVQ Standards The current NVQ standards expired in Dec 2015 but have been given an extension until Dec 2016 at present. You will all be aware that the National Occupational Standards for Pharmacy have recently been reviewed. This along with the current GPhC review of our educational standards will help develop our new initial training standards for the Pharmacy workforce. The proposal is for these to be implemented in September 2017. For the present we continue as normal with the existing NVQ 2 and 3 standards for both. Somerset College Last September saw some significant changes to the staff involved with the BTEC programme. Graham Lilley has stepped down from programme lead although he is still the course lead and teaches as normal on the course. The new programme lead is Terrie Chaplin. Sue Porcas, the students Human Physiology lecturer has retired and these lectures are now taught by Jill Gannon. Jill is also their tutor. Changes mean that only those students who do not currently have functional skills or equivalent at level 2 or above are required to study this, which now only applies to a couple of students. This does however lead to some timetabling difficulties for the first years which we have done our best to minimise. Please remember that you can use college work for Unit 309 and Graham Lilley can act as a witness in of observations for this unit. E-portfolio Last year we started to offer NVQ level 2 candidates the option of using the e-portfolio, with good uptake. There is an additional cost of £40 associated with this to cover the e-portfolio license. However this option does remove the difficulty of transporting folders for verification purposes. The induction day and NVQ 2 Manual have been revised to cover this area. is no requirement for the SWMIT custom data unit to be completed for NVQ Level 2 candidates. You will also have noticed many changes to your over the last year which hopefully will make it more user friendly.
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