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Jim Metcalfe introduces this month's CDN Update in short video opposite:

Welcome to session 2020-21! I hope you had a great summer and are refreshed and looking forward to the year ahead.

We are so excited to have published our new and ambitious Strategic Framework in recent days, setting out CDN’s objectives for the coming three years. Hopefully you will see projects of real value and impact for you in the Framework, too.

We’re also delighted to announce that Grant Ritchie, former Principal of Dundee and Angus College, has been appointed a CDN Fellow and Associate Director. Grant’s incredible knowledge and experience of the college sector will be invaluable to our innovative future plans, particularly as we grow CDN practical research and thought leadership initiatives in the coming years. Our Board and staff team are excited to be working with him.

As we continue to navigate through these difficult times, we are here to support you. With the help of colleagues in the sector we have now built and published an online hub of resources to support online and blended delivery. Discover more about the new resource bank below – it’s designed to be a one stop shop of tools to support learning and teaching as we return to college.

As ever, please don’t hesitate to contact me if you’d like to talk about any aspect of our work, if you'd like to suggest new ways that we can support you, or share experiences and great practice that colleagues in the sector would find useful. You can email me at: jim.metcalfe@cdn.ac.uk

Jim Metcalfe, Chief Executive, CDN

CDN Welcomes Former Principal of Dundee and Angus College as Fellow and Associate Director

CDN’s Fellows support the development of key innovations that benefit the whole college sector. They bring an ambitious perspective to the work of CDN and to the wider college sector.

Now, CDN has achieved a major new development in its Programme with the appointment of former Principal of Dundee and Angus College, Grant Ritchie.

Highly regarded within the sector and beyond, Grant was responsible for the growth of creative and cultural industries in Dundee College, the development of the award-winning Space Dance Centre, and the £50m redevelopment of the Gardyne campus. CDN warmly welcomes Grant to the Fellowship Programme.

View full news story here

CDN launches new three-year Strategic Framework

We are excited to publish our new and ambitious Strategic Framework, setting out the organisation’s aims and objectives for the coming three years.

This framework is the product of many months of consultation with college staff and partners, and we would like to thank all those involved in the consultation.

The framework sets out five key outcomes, through which we will realise our mission to support the college and skills system in driving success for learners, their wider communities and regional economies.

View full news story here

NEW: Resource Bank for Online/Blended Delivery

We are delighted to launch a new Resource Bank of guides for Online/Blended Delivery.

CDN has worked closely with the sector to create a core set of useful guides in the following five areas to support delivery for the upcoming academic year:

1. Designing for Online/Blended Delivery

2. Preparing Materials

3. Education for All

4. Managing the Online Space

5. Formative Assessment and Feedback

Check out the new Resource bank for Online/Blended Delivery here

We Are Hiring

We have an exciting opportunity to join the CDN team.

We're looking for a National Research and Improvement Manager who will champion and support national research and performance enhancement activities across a range of different disciplines in Scotland’s colleges.

Closing date for applications is 1700 on Tuesday 25 August 2020

View the full advert here

Step up with CDN's leadership courses

CDN leadership courses offer college staff the opportunity to build on their skills and to take the next step of their career. We are currently recruiting for our Emerging and Strategic Leadership Programmes which lead to CMI qualifications.

Applications are also open for the Preparing for Executive Leadership Programme (PEL), designed for experienced senior leaders looking to take the next step to Executive level.

Find out more and apply here

Proud Sponsors of Festival of Innovation Challenges

We are proud sponsors of SIE’s Festival of Innovation Challenges.

The competition is open to students studying at college, university or attending a community based learning centre. Participants are challenged to create a short video imagining a day in the life of a learner five years from now.

Deadline date for entries is 31 August, click here for more information.

CDN partners with Young Scot for money advice webinars

CDN has partnered with Young Scot and Fast Forward for ‘CashChats’, a new series of online discussions for young people about money and finance.

The next webinar will take place on Wednesday 30 September. The Talking Money, Savings & Your Rights at Work webinar is for college students who want to understand more about money, budgeting, saving and their rights at work.

CashChat will be hosted on Young Scot's Facebook and YouTube channels.

Find out more here

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