Workforce Development Information
Dear Blackburn College,
I am writing to make an open government request for all the information to which I am entitled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
In order to assist you with this request, I am outlining my query as specifically as possible.
Please can you provide information on the following:
1. Does your organisation use a Learning Management System and e-learning provision for employee / staff training?
2. If no, are there ongoing plans to purchase a Learning Management System and e-learning provision for employee training in the near future?
3. What is the name of the Learning Management System (product name) and which company is it purchased from?
4. Provide brief information of the current e-learning courses that are used in employee training.
5. Who provides the e-learning courses that are used in employee training?
6. Provide the development themes of the eLearning courses that are used in employee training (i.e. Compliance, Safeguarding, etc.)
7. Value of the current contract, date of commencement and date of expiry.
8. Who is responsible for ensuring the LMS and e-learning provision meets your training requirements?
9. Can you please provide your current organisational structure for the college.
I would like the above information to be provided to me via email.
If this request is too wide or unclear, I would be grateful if you could contact me as I understand that under the Act, you are required to advise and assist requesters. If any of this information is already in the public domain, please can you direct me to it, with page references and URLs if necessary.
I understand that you are required to respond to my request within the 20 working days after receipt, however I would be grateful if you could confirm that you have received this request.
If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact me via email or phone and I will be happy to clarify what I am asking for, my details are outlined below.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response.
Yours faithfully,
Chris Sharman
Message sent on behalf of Jennifer Eastham, Vice Principal – Finance and
Corporate Services
Dear Chris
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request which we have received
today. We will respond to you within 20 working days, by 25 July 2018.
Many Thanks
Alison
Alison Alcroft
PA to Jennifer Eastham, Vice Principal - Finance and Corporate Services
PA to Nicola Clayton, Director of Business Development and External
Engagement
Blackburn College
Feilden Street
Blackburn
BB2 1LH
Tel: 01254 292906
Email: [1][email address]
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Message sent on behalf of Jennifer Eastham, Vice Principal - Finance and
Corporate Services
Dear Chris,
Further to your Freedom of Information request submitted to the College on
27 June, please note our response to your questions below:
1. Does your organisation use a Learning Management
System and e-learning provision for employee / staff training?
The only onsite eLearning system the College uses is Moodle which free and
open source so we do not pay for it.
2. If no, are there ongoing plans to purchase a Learning
Management System and e-learning provision for employee training in the
near future?
N/A
3. What is the name of the Learning Management System
(product name) and which company is it purchased from?
Please note our response to question 1. Our Learning Management System
(LMS) is a system created internally to be fit for purpose and is
available on our internal server.
4. Provide brief information of the current e-learning
courses that are used in employee training.
The courses we offer to staff on eLearning are: Safeguarding; Fire Safety;
WRAP / PREVENT; Child Sexual Exploitation and GDPR
5. Who provides the e-learning courses that are used in
employee training?
They are created internally by experts in key areas i.e. Safeguarding lead
will create the Safeguarding eLearning package.
6. Provide the development themes of the eLearning
courses that are used in employee training (i.e. Compliance, Safeguarding,
etc.)
Compliance with statutory requirements and corporate responsibilities.
7. Value of the current contract, date of commencement
and date of expiry.
N/A
8. Who is responsible for ensuring the LMS and
e-learning provision meets your training requirements?
The Organisational Development team work with internal experts in that
subject specialism i.e. fire safety training is our internal fire safety
lecturer etc. to ensure staff training needs and legal requirements are
adhered to when staff complete the eLearning packages.
9. Can you please provide your current organisational
structure for the college.
Details of the College Structure can be viewed on the website here:
[1]https://www.blackburn.ac.uk/about-us/cor...
Yours sincerely
Alison Alcroft
PA to Jennifer Eastham, Vice Principal - Finance and Corporate Services
PA to Nicola Clayton, Director of Business Development and External
Engagement
Blackburn College
Feilden Street
Blackburn
BB2 1LH
Tel: 01254 292906
Email: [2][email address]
[3]cid:image003.jpg@01D2D301.43AB8D30
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