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Path: Home > Conferences > Forthcoming > Feb / Mar 2002 > Prescribing: Regionals

Prescribing Learning

Good Practice in learning and health

Four Regional Conferences

Date	Venue	Ref
Wed 6 February 2002	Middlesbrough	C9-19
Thu 21 February 2002	London	C9-20
Wed 27 February 2002	Bristol	C9-21
Tue 19 March 2002	Manchester	C9-22
Fee: £100 per delegate per event (includes lunch, tea/coffee and copy of "Prescribing Learning: A guide to good practice in learning and health"

[Background & Aims] [Audience] [Programme]

Background & Aims

In this country there is health inequality - people who are poor experience more ill-health and die earlier than those people who are financially better off. There is also a learning divide - people who don’t succeed academically in initial education are more likely to experience unemployment, temporary or poorly paid employment as adults and therefore to experience the disadvantages that can lead to poorer health. Education can lead to greater self-esteem and personal development but it is also a route out of disadvantage for individuals, families and communities.

These conferences make the link between learning about health for health improvement to learning which has a positive impact on health. The conferences will bring to the fore the powerful and innovative work that addresses health inequalities and also seeks to widen participation in learning.

The conference will discuss joint approaches in taking the learning and health agenda forward and highlight good practice in learning and health. All participants will receive a copy of the new NIACE publication "Prescribing Learning: A guide to good practice in learning and health" which was launched on 7 December 2001.

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Audience

The conference is aimed at Community Education Managers in Further Education and Local Education Authorities and staff working in Leisure, Health and Social Services, in Public Health and Health Action Zones

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Programme

10:00	Arrival / Registration (Tea/Coffee available)
10:30	Welcome and Introductions
10:45	Keynote Address Speaker to be confirmed
11:15	"Prescribing Learning" Why practitioners and policy makers in widening participation and health improvement need a joint approach
11:45	Workshops - morning session (please indicate choices on the booking form) i) Working in partnership - how practitioners from one sector can engage practitioners from another sector to ensure effective collaboration and successful outcomes ii) Different approaches to improving health and widening participation in learning (an example of a successful partnership that promotes health through learning) iii)Working with hard-to-reach learners in health settings iv) Evaluating and sustaining projects that promote health and learning
13:00	Lunch
14:00	Workshops - afternoon session (Repeated)
15:15	Building on Success: how we can take the Learning and Health agenda forward
15:30	Conference summary and delegates’ observations
15:45	Close of Conference (Tea/Coffee available)

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Also in February 2002...

	Vocational Education and Access for all - 26/02/02, London
	Prescribing Learning Regional Conferences - various dates/locations

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