Education

Post Compulsory Education and Training (PCET)

Summary: Advice and services for professionals who work with blind and partially sighted people in Post-Compulsory Education and Training.

• PCET at Sight Village, Birmingham, 15-17 July
• Your feedback - tell us what you think
• What's new
• Training and other events
• What we do
• Advice for education professionals
• RNIB for students
• Links
• Feedback from our partners
• RNIB membership
• Contact us
• About this site

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We offer support for providers of Post Compulsory Education and Training (PCET) to blind and partially sighted people. This site provides information and guidance, dates for your diary and details of the consultancy, services and training offered by our specialist Officers.

PCET at Sight Village, Birmingham, 15-17 July

Sight Village is a showcase of technology, support and services for blind and partially sighted people. Come and meet the team, and find out more about the education services we offer. Our information will be on RNIB's External Training Courses stand.

Your feedback - tell us what you think

How useful is our PCET site? Let us know by filling in the short PCET site survey.

What's new

• 4 July 2008: Our assessment centre for London and the South East has been accredited by the DSA-QAG.
• 12 May 2008: Download our student factsheets from our dedicated site for blind and partially sighted students.
• 3 March 2008: Update of our page on College Partnerships.

Training and other events

• Post-compulsory education and training events
• Access Technology Courses

What we do

• RNIB Services for education and training providers
• RNIB College Partnerships - sharing best practice
• Continuous professional development in FE
• Books for Professionals
• RNIB Physiotherapy Support Service

Advice for education professionals

• Legal responsibilities
• Reaching learners with sight problems
• Entry and admissions
• Information, Learning and Technology (ILT)
• Making information accessible
• Assessments

RNIB for students

Check out our student website. It's packed with information, advice and real-life stories aimed at blind and partially sighted students in post-compulsory education and training.

Download our student factsheets

Our factsheets for students provide advice on everything from finding a course to choosing a career. You can download our student factsheets as Word documents or order multiple copies from us.

Links

• Developing and Embedding Inclusive Policy and Practice - a programme offering a framework to enable Higher Education Institutions to develop an aspect of widening participation and/or disability equality.
• Getpaid - a directory of advice for working with disabled people in Further Education, including tips for tutors, examples of reasonable adjustments, teaching strategies, policies and guidelines.
• The Post Compulsory Education and Training Network - a dedicated Further Education website designed to support FE Teachers from all subject disciplines.
• Making your teaching inclusive – website offering lecturers and tutors information and guidance about making reasonable adjustments within the teaching environment.
• Visual Impairment Centre for Teaching And Research (VICTAR)

Stories

Learners with sight problems talk about their experiences in mainstream colleges.

Feedback from our partners

• "From our point of view, the crucial thing about linking with other organisations is to enable our blind and partially sighted clients to be able to access information independently." (RNIB Transcription Centre Manager, Ivybridge).
• "It is good knowing that support is available and is tailored to individual and family needs, particularly for those visually impaired young people with additional complications…this feeds into their action plans which then feed into future programmes with training providers." (Connexions Personal Adviser).

RNIB membership

Join our diverse community of members - support us by becoming a member of RNIB. You don't have to be blind or partially sighted to join.

Contact us

If you have an enquiry about anything relating to PCET or have any comments about the site, please email pcet@rnib.org.uk

About this site

In September 2003 RNIB launched Learning to Include: RNIB's strategy for improving lifelong learning for blind and partially sighted people. One of our priorities is concerned with supporting colleges and other learning centres to facilitate high quality inclusive learning. As part of the service development remit, we are committed to developing this targeted website to provide online support for providers of education and training.

Content author: pcet@rnib.org.uk

Last updated: 07/07/2008 15:54