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Vocational Education and Access for all
What is the core mission for adult learning in colleges.
| Date: | Tuesday 26 February 2002 |
| Venue: | Woburn House, Tavistock square, London |
| Ref: | C9-24 |
| Fee: | £100 per delegate (includes tea/coffee/lunch) |
[Background & Aims] [Audience] [Programme]
Background & Aims
Government policy is placing different demands on the sector. For some time colleges have been encouraged to participate in widening participation and adopt an approach to lifelong learning that is inclusive to all learners.
There is also a clear encouragement for colleges to develop specialist vocational provision and to play a significant part in developing the essential skills for a 21st century economy. FE colleges have become all things to all people, and in doing so are in danger of revealing a lack of clarity of mission and caught between competing demands.
This conference will aim to consider the competing roles and traditions in the sector and to identify if there is a core mission for adult learning in colleges.
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Audience
The conference will be of interest to Senior Managers and others concerned with strategic planning and development in colleges, higher education and from the local Learning and Skills Councils.
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Programme
| Chair: Alan Tuckett, Director, NIACE | |
| 10:00 | Arrival and Registration
(Tea/Coffee available) |
| 10:30 | Colleges and diversity of
mission Chris Hughes, Chief Executive, Learning and Skills Development Agency |
| 11:00 | A perspective on the role of
colleges from Central Government Janice Shiner, Director General - Lifelong Learning, Department for Education and Skills (invited) |
| 11:30 | Meeting the Skills Deficit National Skills Task Force |
| 12:00 | Social Inclusion in Colleges A College Principal |
| 12:30 | Questions to Speakers |
| 12:45 | Lunch |
| Chair: Sue Dutton, Deputy Chief Executive, Association of Colleges | |
| 13:45 | The role of colleges in their
local communities Ruth Silver, Principal, Lewisham College (invited) |
| 14:15 | Developing a Centre of
Vocational Excellence and the impact on adult learners Ioan Morgan, Principal, Warwickshire College |
| 14:45 | How has the audit culture
impacted on the quality of the learning experience for adult learners? Alan Tuckett, Director, NIACE |
| 15:15 | Conflict, confusion or
comprehensive: A complex mission for colleges Association of Colleges |
| 15:45 | Questions to Speakers |
| 16:00 |
Close of Conference (Tea/Coffee available) |
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