without this. The College currently estimates that the increase required is £1.7 million on the
allocation received for student support funding in 2014-15.
A curriculum responsive to need
24. The College has completed the curriculum delivery planning process for the 2015-16 academic
session and is now in the process of preparing for implementation. The process began in May
2014 with parallel activity taking place with employers, schools and CPPs on their
requirements. For example, the College participated in five business breakfasts organised by
partners with 150 employers and two evening seminars with 40 employers. In August, 52
employers attended industry sector workshops in the College aimed at identifying future skills
needs and influencing 2015-16 course provision for the key sectors of engineering,
construction, ICT, hospitality and tourism, health and social care, and sport. College-led
Employer Skills Forums for the aerospace, renewables, engineering and science sectors met
on several occasions throughout the year and specific requests from employers will be taken
forward in 2015-16.
25. Evidence from this engagement fed into ten curriculum and ten service team evaluation
workshops towards the end of 2014. In advance of these workshops, teams receive subjectspecific evidence packs, collated by the College’s planning and performance team, which
included 2013-14 performance indicators, student demographics, outputs of the 2013-14
student satisfaction survey, releva