Midlands Enterprise Awards 2021

86 | Midlands Enterprise Awards 2021 This includes gender, ethnicity, and disability or learning difficulty. Formal monitoring of learner groups is carried out at least quarterly in a process that involves an external consultant. Equality and diversity are well integrated into all aspects of the curriculum and the learners’ understanding. This is developed and reinforced at learner reviews on all programmes. Tutors integrate equality and diversity into lessons and take account of any opportunities that may occur to promote equality and diversity. Moreover, the head of quality assurance is responsible for implementing, monitoring, and maintaining quality assurance procedures. Standing quality assurance is established by a sub-committee made up of the head of academics and the company teachers who manage this responsibility. The Company’s Quality Assurance Policies and Procedures have a coherent framework to follow in striving for continued brilliance. Overall, to ensure that Stanfords fulfils its goal of providing education of the highest possible quality, the organisation is dedicated to regularly assessing the quality of its programmes, policies, procedures, services, and facilities by self-evaluation and external review. In doing so, Stanfords and its team of educators are doing their bit to pave the way for students across the West Midlands to achieve their academic and professional ambitions. Company: Stanfords Training Ltd Contact: Mohamed Sowe Address: 2nd Floor, Wolverley House, 18 Digbeth High Street, Birmingham, B5 6BJ Web Address: www.stanfordstraining.com Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0121 633 8100 Stanfords Training Limited is committed to providing education of the highest quality possible through apprenticeships and specialised training programmes accessible across the West Midlands. Stanfords aims to assure learners and staff of the provision and maintenance of the highest standards of education in line with recognised best practices both nationally and internationally. Stanfords Training Ltd, is a West Midlands-based training and learning organisation dedicated to providing both academic and pastoral care to individuals pursuing training programmes or apprenticeships in a myriad of fields. Stanfords is based in Birmingham, just 100 yards away from St Martin’s Church in the Bull Ring and has been in existence since 2013. Mohamed Sowe, Managing Director at Stanfords, explains, “Our mission is to promote and create opportunities for our students to develop personally and professionally in a supportive environment. We are dedicated to delivering a quality service and to achieving the highest standard of teacher education possible. We are committed to the provision of higher and professional education to the utmost level”. Furthermore, Stanfords ensures that relevant information is accessible to all staff. A culture of openness and transparency is to be followed. Therefore, all relevant programme information, such as schedules and assessment requirements, will be made available in hardcopy and electronic format for all. It aims to continue attracting suitably qualified learners to all its programmes whilst still following its company ethos. Stanfords will also retain smaller class numbers where the company can continue to provide individual attention and a friendly learning environment. Stanfords uses group, one-to-one, classroom, and workplace teaching methods with a variety of assessment methods, including essays, reports, presentations, projects, direct observations, professional discussions, onscreen tests, work products, testimonies, Best Business Management Apprenticeships Provider - West Midlands and reflective journals. Mohamed states, “We have up to date standardisation policies and procedures that we follow to standardise planning, delivery and assessment of all programmes. Regular standardisation exercises are held monthly at an individual programme level and centre wide at the beginning of every term. In addition, we provide a small library, four computer rooms, and access to two online libraries (Business Case Studies and CIPD).” Data including success rates and progression of different groups of learners is monitored. Jul21879