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Human Capital, Adult Skills and Lifelong Learning
Where’s the strategy to realise the self-sustaining learning society?
| Date: | Wednesday 15 March 2006 |
| Venue: | Marriott Hotel Swiss Cottage (Regents Park North), |
| Ref: | C13-05/03/06 |
| Fee*: | £270 Statutory/Private Organisations £225 NIACE Members for the first applicant and £150 for subsequent Member applicants from the same organisation *Includes Tea/coffee and lunch |
[Background & Aims] [Audience] [Programme]
Background & Aims
There has perhaps never been such focus on the importance of skills and qualifications in the UK workforce. In recent months, we have had the:
 | Treasury-sponsored interim report from Lord Leitch on skills needs for 2020; |
| DfES/LSC commissioned review of the future role of further education colleges conducted by Sir Andrew Foster, and the; |
| NIACE report 'Eight in Ten' on the state of adult learning in FE. |
There are record levels of investment in further education, ambitious
programmes aimed at those lacking basic skills, the Level 2 entitlement, and
Train to Gain, the national roll-out of the Employer Training Pilots. Yet it is
estimated that one million learners will be lost to structured learning over the
next three years, as the
Government's priorities continue to shape the use of allocated funding.
Are we still serious about lifelong learning?
Do we have a strategy to realise the self-sustaining learning society?
Are we taking sufficient regard of demographic shifts, and the structural
changes that are inevitable in the workforce?
Has the Government got it right?
Speakers at this conference will include:
| Sir Andrew Foster; |
| Chris Hughes, Former Chief Executive of LSDA; |
| Nick Isles, The Work Foundation; |
| Susan Pember, DfES; |
| Liz Smith, National Officer, The Union Academy; |
| Alan Tuckett, Director of NIACE. |
This will be a participative conference, with round table discussion and an Open Forum. It's your chance to make your voice heard. Please take it.
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Audience
This conference is aimed at colleges, local authorities, voluntary and community organisations, and all those with an interest in the future of adult learning.
| Business Support Organisations |
| Businesses and Employers |
| CBI Offices |
| Chambers of Commerce |
| Community Groups |
| Education Business Links |
| Education Consultants |
| Employment Service |
| FE Colleges |
| Government Departments with responsibilities for education, skills and economic development |
| Learning and Skills Councils |
| Learning Partnerships |
| Local Educational Authorities |
| Organisations supporting equality of opportunity and social inclusion |
| Probation Service |
| Professional Associations |
| QCA and Awarding Bodies |
| Regional Development Agencies |
| Sector Skills Councils |
| Trade Unions |
| Training Organisations |
| Training Providers |
| Ufi/Learndirect |
| Voluntary Groups |
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Programme
| 09:30 | Arrival and Registration (Tea/Coffee available) |
| 10:00 | Welcome and Introduction to the
Day Chair: Colin Flint, Associate Director – Further Education, NIACE |
| 10:15 | The Art of the Possible Sir Andrew Foster |
| 10:45 | The Case for Adult Learning Alan Tuckett, Director, NIACE |
| 11:15 | Policies, Priorities and
Responsibilities Susan Pember, Director – FE and the Learning and Skills Performance Group, Department for Education and Skills |
| 11:45 | Tea/Coffee Break |
| 12:15 | Round Table Discussions |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:45 | The Workforce of the Future
(and how to achieve it) Nick Isles, Director of Advocacy and Marketing, The Work Foundation |
| 14:15 | Well Trained Workforce Liz Smith, National Officer, The Union Academy |
| 14:45 | Panel Discussion Chaired by Chris Hughes, Former Chief Executive of the Learning and Skills Development Agency and Chairman of the FE Committee of Enquiry |
| 15:30 | Plenary Session – Drawing it
all together Chris Hughes |
| 15:45 | Close of Conference (Tea/Coffee available) |
This programme is correct at the time of going to press. The organisers reserve the right to make changes to the published programme in the event of one or more of the advertised speakers being unable to attend. Delegates will have no claim against NIACE in respect of such changes.
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