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Henshaws College http://www.henshaws.org.uk/college , located in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, offers high quality further education for residential and day students with learning difficulties and disabilities. They have a specialism in visual impairment.
Henshaw’s Innovation 3 project is entitled, ‘The development of novel uses for PenFriend: Enabling and Empowering Visually Impaired learners with Learning Difficulties’.
The [...]
Continue reading: Innovation 3 Funding at HenshawsThe Fortune Centre of Riding Therapy (FCRT) http://www.fortunecentre.org/ received Innovation 3 funding for their project to enable technology to be accessed in yard and field-based activities.
FCRT is based in Avon Tyrell in Dorset and is an Independent Specialist College (ISC) with a mission to enable horse-motivated students with special needs to relate more successfully [...]
Continue reading: Innovation 3 Funding – The Fortune Centre of Riding TherapyDavid Lewis is an Independent Specialist College (ISC) based in Alderley Edge, Cheshire. David Lewis provides care, education, assessment, treatment and life skill development for people with complex epilepsy, physical and learning difficulties and other neurological conditions.
Their Innovation 3 funding is for improving and promoting independence through the use of GPS technology. The main [...]
Continue reading: Innovation 3 at David LewisNorthern Counties College http://www.percyhedley.org.uk/ncc/ provides specialist education for young people aged 18 – 25 with complex disabilities and is part of the Percy Hedley Foundation. It is located close to the centre of Newcastle.
This year, under the Innovation 3 scheme for Independent Specialist Colleges, Northern Counties College was awarded funding to develop their own [...]
Continue reading: Innovation 3 Project at Northern Counties CollegeThis is my third post about Innovation 3 projects. This relates to funding for technology innovation in Independent Specialist Colleges (ISCs). Further updates on all the projects will be provided on the website shortly but in the meantime I feel it is important to start to share some of this innovation across the sectors.
St [...]
Continue reading: Innovation 3 Funding at St Elizabeth’s CollegeThis is the second of my blogs on LSC funded projects for Independent Specialist Colleges (ISCs). Another successful bidder this year is Pengwern College. The College is one of three Mencap colleges and is a residential further education college providing for students with a range of learning disabilities. Pengwern’s project is entitled, ‘The efficacy of [...]
Continue reading: Innovation 3 Funding at Pengwern CollegeInnovation 3 Funding at Beaumont College
The LSC funded a third series of small projects designed to encourage the innovative use of ILT and e-learning within Independent Specialist Colleges http://www.techdis.ac.uk/index.php?p=2_3_13. The projects are due for completion at the end of November 2010.
The Innovation Fund projects have served to highlight that relatively small amounts [...]
Continue reading: Innovation 3 Funding – updates
