PUPIL SUPPORT at DHS: News and Updates
NEWS: Thursday 16 February 2012
Please access below information on 'The Labour Market in Stirling' as regards changes to the way employers recruit and the types of jobs available
The Labour Market in Stirling
NEWS: Tuesday 15 November 2011
November 2011 FORTH VALLEY COLLEGE INFORMATION
Open Day
Forth Valley College Open Day is taking place in the Main Hall Falkirk Campus on 22nd November from 4pm - 7pm.
Check out the website [http://www.forthvalley.ac.uk/events/208]for more details.
New Prospectus Out Now
The new 2012-2013 Prospectus is out now, which is full of valuable information to help with making the right course choice.
Look out for the Course Listing Poster coming soon to DHS, careers offices and job centres near you.
INEOS Recruitment
Application process opens for the opportunities below on 28 November 2011 and close on 31 January 2012.
Engineers of the Future Programme [http://business.forthvalley.ac.uk/apprenticeships_training/engineers_of_the_future]
- information evening 8 December 2011 6pm - 9pm
Modern Apprenticeship Scheme [http://www.forthvalley.ac.uk/events/23] - information evening 10 January 2012 6pm - 9pm.
The events will be held at the INEOS Exhibition Centre, Gate 3 (off Powdrake Road), Grangemouth.
January Start Courses
Are you or do you know someone leaving school at Christmas, if so then the College has a few courses starting in January which can be applied for now online. These are:
Newstart Pathfinder Access to Care & Social Sciences
For more information or apply online at [http://www.forthvalley.ac.uk/study/january_start_courses_2012].
Estates Update
Alloa Campus
Our new Alloa Campus was offically opened by the First Minister the Rt Hon Alex Salmond MSP on 26 October.
Stirling Campus
Forth Valley College new Stirling Campus will be open to new students from September 2012.
Please remember to check the location status when applying for a full-time 2012-2013 course, as the location may have changed from previous years delivery.
Like us on Facebook
To find more information about the College then why not 'like us' on facebook
S5 Work Experience
All S5 pupils have recently been issued with information about work experience, which is scheduled to take place for one week beginning Monday 7th November 2011. The information explains how work experience will be organised by way of an interactive and secure real-time booking system, WorkIT- www.workit.info -where pupils are expected to apply online for work placements. Alternatively pupils can organise their own placements by way of submitting to Mrs Hansom (Work Experience Coordinator) a completed self found placement form, by Friday 21st October 2011. Details of the self-found placement should also be completed online.
In addition to the WorkIT website allowing pupils to search, view and request a placement, there is also an online quiz to discover a suitable type of placement as well as the opportunity to gain the eQuip Work Experience Intermediate 1 Unit.
CEOP Centre Information for Schools
Please find below some advice from the Child Exploitation & Online Protection (CEOP) Centre which has been sent to schools........
Trends and new technologies
Changing Facebook
Facebook have made some changes to privacy and security settings over the last few months. Some of these are fairly fundamental but to help you get to grips with them they’ve released a new
Security Guide and a page with
information for teens on how to protect their account.
Here’s a few of the changes we think are particularly important
New Photo Tagging Features
If someone tags you in a photo you can now be notified before it’s made public. You can then either approve the tag, decline to be tagged or even ask the individual to take the photo down. We feel this is a great new feature and advise all Facebook users, young and old, to turn it on. More information on this here.
Comment tagging
Facebook users now have the option of adding their location and people they’re with whenever they leave a comment. We recommend that under 18 users don’t share their location on social networking sites. Make sure young people you’re working with have turned off the option to share their location in their Facebook privacy settings.
HTTPS
Facebook have introduced the option of accessing your account via a secure webpage. If you’re not familiar with HTTPS it’s a common security feature on most online shopping and banking sites that helps to prevent accounts from being hacked into on open networks. Facebook users will need to manually switch on this feature by going to
Account – Account Settings – Security – Secure Browsing
We recommend that all Facebook users turn this setting on! However, it’s not foolproof. To use some games and apps you have to turn it off again. It’s important for children and young people to be aware of the implications of this.
Phone hacking
As any young person unlucky enough to have been fraped will tell you, the easiest way to become a hacking victim is by leaving your computer or phone unattended. Setting up a screenlock can help stop embarrassing pranks such as this, but astoundingly young people make it even easier to be hacked when they volunteer their details!
At the CEOP Centre we regularly receive reports of young people who’ve been ‘hacked’ on their phones or their social networks. All too often it turns out they shared their password with their friends. It’s worth reminding children to treat your password like your toothbrush–don’t share it with anyone!
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