Sold out call or email BACH to go on a waitlist or for a cancellation 07539143187 03 ia***@ba**.uk
We were allocated an extra 7 rooms on Friday late afternoon and sold four from waitlist. 3 rooms available.
BACH Conference Sunday 26 to Tuesday 28 March 2023
Holiday Inn City Centre Manchester
Conference Overview
Many presenters are confirmed, but at this time of change and challenges, some of the key speakers are in the process of confirming. Updated programme to follow.
Ofsted update and insight from Paul Joyce, Deputy Director Ofsted,
IfATE update and listening to Member’s concerns – Jane Pierce
CITB working with BACH and others to provide the construction workforce for 2023
Skills for Greening – Ian Heptonstall, Supply Chain Sustainability School
Skills for Modern Methods of Construction – Mark Southgate
Ene House 2 – Roofing Project Prof Peter McDermott, Salford University
Skills for Retrofit – Nigel Donohue, IAA
Conference timetable
Sunday 26 March 2023
Afternoon check-in at our hotel and collect your delegate’s pack
18.30 meet for networking event, with evening meal at 20:00 Meet up with your colleagues from across the BACH network for a relaxing informal evening.
Monday 27 March
07.00 (from) Breakfast at our hotel
08.30 Please arrive promptly for the conference registration
09.00 to 12.30 Morning session
12.30 Hot buffet lunch
13.30 to 17.00 Afternoon session
19.00 Pre dinner drink
19.30 Gala Dinner
Tuesday 28 March
07:00 (from) Breakfast at our hotel.
08.20 Please arrive promptly for the conference.
08.40 to 12.30 Morning session
12.30 Hot buffet lunch
13.30 to 15.00 Afternoon session
15.00 Depart – tea and coffee available until 15.45 for networking
Full conference programme for £450 BACH Members Includes any appropriate staff from Member’s College group or Organisation
Price includes
Two full days of quality Conference
Two nights accommodation – sole occupancy
Dinner Sunday and Gala Dinner Monday
Breakfast and Lunch Monday and Tuesday
Networking Sunday evening
£700 Non-members – Not a member, call 07539 143184 or ia***@ba**.uk
25 Aytoun Street, Manchester, M1 3DT, United Kingdom
Description:
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NEC Meeting only
05/01/2023 - 24/01/2023 09:30 - 15:30
Meeting with accommodation
05/01/2023 - 24/01/2023 21:30 - 15:30
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Meeting of the BACH National Executive Committee
To be held at 09.00 on Wednesday 25 January 2023
Ramada Hotel Butts, Earlsdon, Coventry CV1 3GG
We are at the Ramada Coventry for both the overnight accommodation on Tuesday 24 January 2023 and the meeting on Wednesday 25 January 2023. The hotel has free parking and is 15 minutes walk from the station.
The Butts Earlsdon, Coventry, West Midlands, CV1 3GG, United Kingdom
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The Built Environment Campus, Anglian Lane, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 6SR, United Kingdom
Description:
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Meeting with accommodation
17/10/2022 - 18/10/2022 16:30 - 15:30
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Meeting of the BACH National Executive Committee
To be held at 09.30 on Tuesday 18 October 2022
Ramada Hotel Butts, Earlsdon, Coventry CV1 3GG
We are at the Ramada Coventry for both the overnight accommodation on Monday 17 October 2022 and the meeting on Tuesday 18 October 2022. The hotel has free parking and is 15 minutes walk from the station.
The Butts Earlsdon, Coventry, West Midlands, CV1 3GG, United Kingdom
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BACH Conference 19 May 2022
Central Hall, Coventry
Funding the Training for Construction’s SMART Green Future
Aim of the Conference
SMART Digital methods and technology as well as green skills with also the move to a larger proportion of construction projects being delivered by off-site manufacturing techniques is driving a fundamental change in the skills needed in the industry.
To support this BACH’s members will need investment in resources and equipment so they are able to support the training needs of the sector. Crucially they will also need to be able to recruit tutors and assessors with the updated knowledge and skill to train our learners at competitive pay rates.
BACH’s survey report published in February this year clearly found that overall, there is insufficient investment funding available to FE Colleges to achieve the industry’s needs. There is also a shortage of tutors and assessors and a major gap between when Colleges are able to pay and competitive rates in the sector.
The survey report stated that a wide range of urgently needed changes must happen for BACH members to tackle the challenges and be able to support the industry so that employers get the people with the skills it needs, including:
Funding rates to be set to adequate levels to fully cover the additional costs for resources, materials and staffing;
Capital investment is increased so that all areas of the country have proper access to adequate funds;
CITB levy is leveraged wherever practical to address the challenges and provide support to the training providers and the employers; and
Employers and the Colleges work together at the local level to share resources such as seconding or guesting people from industry to contribute to teaching, particularly in the new digital, off-site and green skills part of the curriculum.
This Conference will bring together BACH members with key employers from the Construction Leadership Council’s People & Skills Group, together with representatives from CITB, to discuss these challenges and agree on what practical action is needed to address them.
NDA
09:30-10:00
Registration
10:00-10:05
Welcome and Introduction
Lee Mills, BACH Chair
10:05-10:15
Background to the Challenges
Workforce trends and results from the BACH Survey
Graham Hasting-Evans, BACH President
10:15-10:40
Industry’s Requirements
Outlining the industry’s changing methods of work and the implications for skills in the future
Mark Reynolds, CEO Mace Group and Chair of CLC People & Skills Group
10:40-11:00
CITB’s Plan
CITB’s plans to support the industry and make Levy grants availabl
Tim Balcon, CEO CITB
11:10-11:30
Break
11:30-12:30
Workshop 1: Investment in Resources and Equipment
Working groups of members with a CITB or CLC representative
Facilitation by an NEC member
Questions
Groups are asked to select a spokesperson to feedback on:
· Identify precisely what are the types of equipment, materials and resources they need and what typically this might cost.
· Identify where investment must come from and what are the blockages to obtaining adequate levels of investment.
· Identify solutions to the gaps in investment funding.
12:30-13:00
Feedback and discussion
Graham Hasting-Evans, BACH President
13:00-13:30
Lunch
13:30-14:30
Workshop 2: Staffing Shortages
Working groups of members with a CITB or CLC representative
Facilitation by an NEC member
Groups are asked to select a spokesperson to feedback on:
· Identify what gaps they have in staff skills, including knowledge of SMART methods, green skills etc.
· Identify all the current approaches being used by Colleges to fill skill gaps.
· Identify a wide range of flexible models to close the skills gaps.
Description:
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Join us at the first Face to Face Regional CPD for two years.
East of England Regional CPD 10.00 – 13.00 on 15 October 2021 at Bedford College.
Dave Wilkins has resumed his role as East Regional Chair. He will be showing his new MMC centre that opened in September this year.
Agenda
Post-Covid LTA (all members to contribute)
Enrolment trends (all members to contribute)
Election of Chair and Vice-Chair
NOCN update
City & Guilds update including T-Level progress.
Talentview – Construction introduction
Lunch and Tour, including a talk from the Project Manager and Dave on the new centre.
With an increase in Members to over 100 and nearly 300 Named Members, we are getting emails and messages asking questions long-term Members know.
Our existing Members have questions about funding, staff, T Levels etc that some can raise with their Region. However, others are looking for support in the wider BACH Community. This Drop-in session may not be able to answer every question but we are likely to know someone who can.
It is a chance to request webinars and other CPD. Tell us your suggestions for events and presenters. Perhaps, you are looking to get move involved with BACH – do remember BACH is run for its Members by its Members.
Please drop by between 10.30 and 11.30. It is up to you if you stay 5 minutes or the whole hour. No need to book, but if you do you will receive a timely reminder.
If you want us to ask Members to attend to discuss a topic, please let us know.
With an increase in Members to over 100 and nearly 300 Named Members, we are getting emails and messages asking questions long-term Members know.
Our existing Members have questions about funding, staff, T Levels etc that some can raise with their Region. However, others are looking for support in the wider BACH Community. This Drop-in session may not be able to answer every question but we are likely to know someone who can.
It is a chance to request webinars and other CPD. Tell us your suggestions for events and presenters. Perhaps, you are looking to get move involved with BACH – do remember BACH is run for its Members by its Members.
Please drop by between 10.30 and 11.30. It is up to you if you stay 5 minutes or the whole hour. No need to book, but if you do you will receive a timely reminder.
If you want us to ask Members to attend to discuss a topic, please let us know.
With an increase in Members to over 100 and nearly 300 Named Members, we are getting emails and messages asking questions long-term Members know.
Our existing Members have questions about funding, staff, T Levels etc that some can raise with their Region. However, others are looking for support in the wider BACH Community. This Drop-in session may not be able to answer every question but we are likely to know someone who can.
It is a chance to request webinars and other CPD. Tell us your suggestions for events and presenters. Perhaps, you are looking to get move involved with BACH – do remember BACH is run for its Members by its Members.
Please drop by between 10.30 and 11.30. It is up to you if you stay 5 minutes or the whole hour. No need to book, but if you do you will receive a timely reminder.
If you want us to ask Members to attend to discuss a topic, please let us know.
NEC 13 Oct 2021 (plus 12 Oct overnight)
13/10/2021 09:00 - 15:30
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BACH NEC Meeting Wednesday 13 October 2021 in central Birmingham
As we are returning to Face to Face meetings, we are considering the safety of those attending at each stage of our planning. See details below.
Would you please bring a mask for the public areas of the hotel, pub and meeting venue?
Main NEC Meeting Wednesday 13 October 09.30 to 15.00 The Warehouse, 54-57 Allison St, Birmingham B5 5TH. This is less than 10-minute walk from New Street Station (it is very closed to Moor Street Station). Please book trains after 15.30 as we have a full agenda after 18 months!
Details for Tuesday 12 October
The Adagio Birmingham City Centre, 131 Digbeth, Birmingham B5 6DR It is only 500 metres from the New Street Station and 300 metres from the meeting. Overnight accommodation has been booked and paid for by BACH. Any issue call Ian on 07539143184.
BACH National Officer meeting is at the hotel ideally at 18.00
Those joining for an evening meal, please meet at the hotel Reception at 19.30. We have not booked dinner but will visit a local pub outside if the weather is reasonable.
COVID considerations.
We have spoken to several places about a meeting room for Wednesday. We have looked for approximately 1.5 metre spacing. We are paying for a meeting room as Bob has retired. The larger the room, the more it generally costs.
I have held the Friends of the Earths Boardroom, which had a Pre-COVID capacity of 25 and now is set at 15. Their café is due to re-open on 1 October, but if not, we will arrange for lunch to be brought in.
The meeting of BACH National Officers is at a suite with a separate lounge/dining area.
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BACH and Access ConQuest invite you to a Member’s webinar 14.00 on 20 October 2021
Free for anyone working for Member colleges and other organisations. Not a member email ia***@ba**.uk for a free place.
MS Teams link will be sent to those that reserve a place.
Learn about Access ConQuest partnership with BACH Member, Derby College Group
Understand the benefits of the partnership and why Access ConQuest will usually give BACH Members a 90% discount on the software which can help with teaching Bill Production in SMM7 / NRM 1 & 2 / CESMM along with first principles estimating and Surveying Valuation & Variations.
BACH National Conference 2021 Lincoln
14/11/2021 - 16/11/2021 16:00 - 15:30
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Lincoln-DoubleTree Hotel
We will check if you joined BACH by 28 February 2021 and apply the £75 discount if appropriate.
BACH Annual National Conference 14 Nov 2021 – 3 days
The programme is complete although changes might be made.
BACH National Annual Conference
CONSTRUCTION TRAINING POST-PANDEMIC
Sunday 14 to Tuesday 16 November 2021
DoubleTree Hilton, in the heart of Lincoln See the hotel’s photo gallery
Our plan is for this conference to be in-person only.
Programme
Sunday evening Networking and Dinner
So much to catch up on after two years
Monday
Theme: Off-site manufacturing and digital construction
MMC and DFMA K, Mark Farmer, Key Note Presenter
Mark Southgate, MOBIE, and Gaynor Tennant, Offsite Alliance
Theme: Attracting and retaining learners in construction
Talent View – Construction, How can BACH Members benefit from this project
Theme: T Levels
Progression and Occupational Maps Jane Pierce, Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education
On-site, T Level, Jason Howe, City & Guilds
Theme: Hybrid teaching
Software solutions to manage, update real-time information, Sarah Randall, Reference Point
Plus three workshops, discussions and questions
Gala Dinner
Tuesday
Theme: Government Policy and Traineeships
Traineeships Programme, Steve Latus, ESFA
Brick Pilot Traineeship, John Cartwright, Hartlepool College
Construction Training, Gillian Keegan, Skills Minister Key Note Presenter
Local Skill Improvement Plans and Funding, DfE
Theme: Teaching, CPD, assessment
DfE Assessment of Brick Pilot Traineeship, Destiny Bernard
Ofsted Construction update, Paul Joyce, Ofstead Deputy Director for Further Education & Skills Key Note Presenter
Plus two workshops, discussions and questions
Quality CPD you can’t afford to miss
Two days of full conference programme with
Skills Minister (Gillian Keegan
Ofsted, Paul Joyce (Deputy Director for Further Education & Skills
Two nights accommodation – sole occupancy
Dinner Sunday and Gala Dinner Monday
Breakfast and lunch Monday and Tuesday
Networking Sunday evening
Quality CPD you can’t afford to miss
Full conference programme for
£450 BACH Members
Includes any appropriate staff in the college or group
£375 Members who joined by 28 February 2021
This saving is mainly funded by the hotel
£650 Non-members
Not a member call 07539 143184 or ia***@ba**.uk for a very special membership deal until 31 Dec 2022.
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Your Opportunity – New Committee for BACH in the West Midlands
Bob Howlett, the BACH Chair and recent National Chair, retired in July this year. We are now looking for a New Chair plus other Officers. Please put yourself forward or suggest another Member for the roles. Other Officers are Vice-Chair, Recruitment Officer and Events Organiser.
BACH now has over 100 Members. With College Groups that is over 150 Colleges and 260 Named Members. Many of you know that the British Association of Construction Heads (BACH) was established over 30 years ago. Our Members manage the majority of learners studying the construction curriculum across England and Wales. We are expanding Membership across the UK for those leading construction training from pre-apprenticeship to post-graduate level.
We have set up a short MS Teams meeting at 14.30 on 29 September 2021, where West Midlands Members can discuss the way forward for their Region. Book online
Does anyone want to Chair that meeting? You do not have to be a Member to attend, but you will for future BACH and its Regions events – see joining offer below.
Does the Region need a Vice-Chair to represent the Colleges outside the West Midlands Combined Authority?
To get the Region back to full strength, we are offering 16 months Membership for £350 less another £25 paid for by our Supporter Dovetail & Slate. That is £325 for Membership up to 31 December 2022. The offer is valid up to 10 October 2021.
Our National Annual Conference is in Lincoln from 14 to 16 November 2021.
What else can BACH do for its West Midlands Members?
In the meantime, if you what further information regarding BACH then please follow this link https://bach.ac.uk or email ia***@ba**.uk
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BACH has merged London and South East Region, due to logistical concerns of its Members. Naz Lewis-Humphrey, Industry Manager for Construction at City & Guilds has been Co-opted as the Chair and Ian Willitt, Head of Learning – Construction at Chichester College Group is Vice-Chair. We are currently Members to fill the vacant posts of Recruitment Officer and Events Officer. If you are interested in any of these posts or would like more details, please speak to any of the above or Ian Stirling Business Manager, ia***@ba**.uk
Invite from Naz and Ian
As we come to the end of another eventful academic year and look forward to a summer break, we wanted to remind you all, of the first regional training & network event for a few years in London & South East on 12 October 2021 at 10.00.
This will be one of BACH’s first in-person events for 18 months. Please join us at Chichester College, hosted Naz Lewis-Humphrey and Ian Willitt at Chichester College Group, Westgate Fields, Chichester, West Sussex. PO19 1SB
For this event, we have decided to allow those who are not members to attend for free. Once we have re-established the Region these events will return to being Member only. We also invite all those that manage construction training, apprenticeships and in related jobs to attend, particularly those who can help us promote BACH’s work locally.
Programme
Introductions and Welcome from the new Team
Traineeships
T Levels
Green Agenda
Employer Relationships & Support
Open Doors
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The BACH NEC we follow the same format as previous meetings. Note this meeting is at South & City College Birmingham Digbeth Campus – NOT Bordesley Green
Tuesday 28 January Overnight hotel available if booked online by 12 noon Friday 24 January. We then release rooms all un-allocated rooms – we no longer hold two rooms for very late bookings. Hampton by Hilton Birmingham Broad Street, 200 Broad St, Birmingham B15 1SU•0121 329 7450
Finance and Membership committee meeting 18.30 to 19.30 in the bar/lounge, Hampton by Hilton. (President, Chair, Vice-Chair, Treasurer and Secretary and invited members)
Light pub dinner at 19.30 – meet at reception.
Wednesday 9 January 2020
NEC Meeting 09.15 to 15.30 to assist members to avoid the evening rush. Digbeth Campus, High Street Deritend, Birmingham B5 5SU Wednesday 16 October 2019.
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