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Blackpool South MP Gordon Marsden dropped in on a seminar showcasing an online careers package that’s been developed to identify and support students who are at risk of dropping out of college.

Blackpool MP views innovative education retention package

18 November 2008


Blackpool South MP Gordon Marsden dropped in on a seminar showcasing an online careers package that’s been developed to identify and support students who are at risk of dropping out of college.


C-xtra was developed in 2007 by CXL to assist class tutors in supporting individuals, groups and classes more swiftly and effectively. The online package provides feedback to tutors by identifying support needs and signposting areas of concern. Totally web-based, it’s the first toolkit of its kind in the UK and last year won the Institute of Careers Guidance Award for Innovation in Research.


Now CXL has been awarded €210,000 of European Commission Leonardo da Vinci funding to develop the software in partnerships with Sweden, Portugal and Austria over the next two years. The partnership aims to develop the tool in line with learning provider needs and support retention of students in further and higher education across Europe.


“As a Member of Parliament’s select committee covering both students and innovation, I am very interested in initiatives designed to boost the completion rate of students in FE and HE as well as ways in which we can share these with our partner companies in Europe” said Gordon Marsden. “I look forward to discussing the potential for this initiative with CXL in Blackpool”.


“This is a great opportunity to showcase our home-grown expertise in Europe and beyond” said CXL’s Partnership Service Delivery Director Vicki Ramsden. “We hope that the transfer of innovation with our colleagues abroad will open up a raft of exciting new partnership opportunities for CXL”.


C-xtra is available to view at www.c-xtra.co.uk

Gordon Marsden at C-xtra European launch
Gordon Marsden MP (centre) with CXL Managing Director Karen O’Donoghue (5th left) and colleagues from CXL and the European partnership at the C-xtra Goes to Europe seminar at the Barceló Blackpool Imperial Hotel, North Promenade.