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Influencing the debate
Priorities for the Autumn
This event is now FULL
| Date: | Friday 5 October 2007 |
| Venue: | NIACE, Renaissance House, 20 Princess Road West, Leicester LE1 6TP |
| Ref: | C15-98/10/07 |
| Fee*: | £50 (includes lunch, tea/coffee) NB: NIACE does not charge VAT on conference and course fees |
[Background & Aims] [Audience] [Programme]
Background
Parliament returns from its summer recess on Monday 8 October 2007 by which time Gordon Brown's ministerial team will have started to really make their mark within their departments. Already the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills has injected a new tone to the public discourse on education and skills whilst the new Prime Minister has signalled those areas where he is setting a new agenda as well as those where he promises continuity.
This briefing follows the UK's three largest political parties' annual conferences during which NIACE staff will have been talking with national politicians and activists to assess the concerns, aspirations and challenges that will shape the education and training agenda for the year ahead.
The briefing will be led by Alastair Thomson, NIACE's Senior Policy Officer, who will offer an informed assessment of priorities for the coming period and other tips to help participants' organisations influence debate. The briefing will focus on post-16 education and training but Alastair will also consider how adult learning can contribute across a range of public policy arenas.
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Audience
The event will seek to help all participants whether learners, teachers, managers, policy shapers or active citizens to better understand how to read and influence public debate.
It will be of special interest to:
 | FE Colleges |
| Local Authority providers |
| Higher Education providers |
| Sector Skills Councils |
| Trades Unions |
| Voluntary and Community Sector organisations |
| Work-based learning suppliers working with adults |
| Employers |
| Organisations and individuals considering future prospects for supplying adult learning or skills. |
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Programme
| Chair: Sue
Waddington, Development Officer (European Policies), NIACE Speaker: Alastair Thomson, Senior Policy Officer, NIACE |
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| 09:45 | Arrival and registration (tea/coffee available) |
| 10:15 | Autumn policy update briefing A snapshot of where Government is, where its going and why. |
| 11:00 | Questions |
| 11:15 | Tea/coffee break |
| 11:30 | How you and your organisation can be active in influencing the public discourse |
| 12:10 | Exercises and Questions |
| 12:30 | Close followed by lunch |
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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