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Learning from the Edge
Engaging and motivating young adults
This event is now FULL
| Date: | Thursday 13 September 2007 |
| Venue: | Thistle Marble Arch Hotel, Bryanston Street, Marble Arch, London W1H 7EH |
| Ref: | C14-92/09/07 |
| Fee*: | £195 (includes lunch, tea/coffee) NB: NIACE does not charge VAT on conference and course fees |
[Background] [Aims] [Audience] [Practice Sessions] [Programme]
Background
Since the election of New Labour in 1997, a wide range of Government policies and initiatives have been introduced to re-engage ‘hard to reach’ young adults with learning. Despite claims of success linked to initiatives such as Education Maintenance Allowances (EMAs), New Deal, Learning Gateway and the Connexions Service, statistics indicate that approximately 10% of 16-18 year olds, and many more young adults in the 19-25 age range, remain not in education, employment or training (NEET).
Evidence suggests that young adults who do not engage in education and training are likely to experience significant disadvantage throughout their lives:
 | They are more likely to be unemployed or in low-skilled employment |
| They are likely to earn around £100,000 less throughout their lifetimes |
| They are more likely to experience poor health |
| They are more likely to experience teenage pregnancy or parenthood |
| They are more likely to be involved in crime or anti-social behaviour. |
Research undertaken by The Young Adults Learning Partnership (YALP) and others has highlighted many examples of excellent practice, across both the formal and the youth and community learning sectors, in engaging marginalised young adults. This conference will explore such approaches and examine the innovation and key success factors that contribute to effective engagement and outcomes for learners.
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Aims
Participants will learn about:
| Government strategy and plans to support and engage marginalised and ‘hard to reach’ young adults in learning |
| The experiences and aspirations of individual young adult learners – what motivates and helps them to achieve |
| Innovative and effective approaches to work with ‘hard to reach’ groups, from successful projects |
| Winners of the YALP national awards. Participants will also have the opportunity to use a range of e-approaches to contribute to the conference, including a video booth, hand-held electronic voting systems and graffiti white boards. |
Participants will leave with:
| A collection of resources, briefings and publications |
| New ideas |
| Examples of good practice |
| Contacts |
| A goodie bag! |
After the conference participants will receive:
| A full e-report of the conference |
| Access to e-resources, such as presentations from all sessions (available for download) to share with colleagues |
| A full participant list, to enable follow-up contact and networking. |
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Audience
This conference will be of interest to:
| Practitioners and managers of projects for ‘hard to reach’ young adults from the voluntary and community sector |
| Local authority staff from Children and Young Peoples Services including youth workers |
| Staff from Connexions, Youth Offending Teams and teenage pregnancy co-ordinators |
| Training providers |
| Policy-makers |
| Researchers. |
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Innovative practice sessions
These interactive workshops will provide an overview of innovative good practice in 6 key areas:
| Raising aspirations in work with young parents |
| Supporting the development of emotional literacy |
| Integrating creativity into work with young offenders |
| Approaches to effective support for young refugees and asylum seekers |
| Innovative practice using youth arts |
| A new approach to Catching Confidence with young adults |
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Programme
| 09:30 | Arrival and registration (tea/coffee available) |
| 10:15 | Welcome from the
Chair Rod Norton - Head of Development Programmes, The National Youth Agency |
| 10:25 | Keynote address Professor Andy Furlong, University of Glasgow |
| 10:40 | Learner voices Jo Balfour, Nottingham Elizabeth Williams - Getting Connected learner, Trothwy Cyf Project, Cardiff |
| 10:50 | Keynote address Alan Tuckett, Director, NIACE |
| 11:05 | Government address (tbc) |
| 11:20 | Question and answer session |
| 11:30 | Tea/coffee break |
| 11:45 | Presentation of YALP Awards for learners, projects, groups of learners and practitioners |
| 12:40 | Performance The VOICES Project, Greenwich and Lewisham Young People’s Theatre |
| 12:55 | Lunch |
| 13:55 | Movement |
| 14:00 | Innovative practice session 1 (please indicate your choices on the application form) |
| 15:00 | Movement |
| 15:05 | Innovative practice session 2 (please indicate your choices on the application form) |
| 16:05 | Closing remarks (followed by drinks, cake and ‘goodies’) |
| 16:30 | Close |
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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