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Leaders or followers?
The place of regions in promoting adult learning and skills
| Date: | Thursday 15 March 2007 |
| Venue: | Megacentre, Bernard Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S2 5BQ |
| Ref: | C14-49/03/07 |
| Fee*: | £200 - Statutory/Private Organisations; £175 - Voluntary Organisations; £175 - NIACE Members for the first applicant and £150 - for subsequent Member applicants from the same organisation *(Include lunch tea and coffee) |
[Background & Aims] [Audience] [Programme]
Background & Aims
The English regions share common features. They also differ in significant ways and have diverse geographical, demographic and economic profiles. There are also huge inequalities in wealth and poverty, opportunities and aspirations within and between regions. The government and many national organisations, including the Learning and Skills Council, have established regional offices and agencies charged with overseeing developments to respond to the particular needs of each region.
The past ten years have seen much debate about devolution and decentralisation in the United Kingdom. Powers have already been devolved to Scotland and Wales, and London has an elected mayor. There has been a referendum for a regional assembly in the North East. Conversely, local government powers and autonomy have eroded during the same period. This is now being challenged through debates about city regions, double devolution and local government reform. The recent Leitch report has implications for the role of RDAs and economic advancement and social inclusion in the regions.
 | What does all this mean for lifelong and lifewide learning? |
| Can the regions make a difference to people, economies and the environment? |
| Do they add value to national or local dimensions? |
The conference aims to:
| provide an opportunity to learn about regionalisation and regional value in planning, organising and funding lifewide learning |
| provide a forum to debate the value of the regional approaches to learning for adults |
| showcase effective practice developed in the English regions |
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Audience
The target audience for this conference is all those with responsibility for or an interest in policy, planning, funding, or managing any form of learning for adults, including:
| LSC |
| National, regional and local policy makers |
| Local Authorities |
| Regional Development Agencies |
| Regional Skills Partnerships |
| Government Offices |
| Learning Partnerships |
| Local Strategic Partnerships |
| FE Colleges |
| Higher Education Institutes |
| Awarding bodies |
| JobcentrePlus |
| IAG providers |
| Unionlearn |
| Trades unions |
| Employers |
| Sector Skills Councils |
| Chambers of Commerce |
| Voluntary and Community Sector organisations |
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Programme
| 09:45 | Arrival and Registration (Tea/Coffee available) |
| 10:20 | Welcome and Introduction to the
Day Mark Ravenhall, Associate Director - Europe and Regions, NIACE |
| 10:30 | When two worlds collide Juliet Williams, Chair, South West Development Agency |
| 10:50 | Can public policy-making ever
really be bottom up? Sue Stirling, Director, IPPR North |
| 11:10 | Tea/Coffee Break |
| 11:30 | Workshops: the view from the
ground- morning Session 1) Using scenario planning to develop regional strategy 2) Developing regional and local strategies for supporting adults learning in their communities 3) Regional approaches to listening to adult learners - what people say they want and need 4) Literacy, language and numeracy - the London Strategy 5) Learning Brokerage: regional network approaches to practice 6) Strengthening Participation - a Regional Comparison 7) Working together in the region: the place for adult learning in a multi agency model |
| 12:45 | Lunch |
| 13:35 | Workshops: the view from the ground - afternoon session (repeated) |
| 14:45 | Policy perspectives on Sector
Skill Councils: the learner voice, spatial planning and regionalisation, the
Lyons Inquiry Mark Corney, Director, MC Consultancy Winifred Hignall, Chair, Learners’ forum Barbara Smith, Head of Learning and Skills Strategy and Development, South East England Development Agency Ray Snowdon, Head of Nations and Regions, Proskills UK |
| 15:30 | 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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