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Measuring Success
The impact of new success measures on adult learners
This event is now FULL
| Date: | Thursday 13 July 2006 |
| Venue: | Novotel, 50 Arundel Gate, Sheffield S1 2PR |
| Ref: | C1327/07/06 |
| Fee*: | £270 - Statutory/Private Organisations £250 - Voluntary Organisations £250 - NIACE Members for the first applicant and £225 - for subsequent Member applicants from the same organisation *(includes lunch, tea/coffee) |
[Background] [Audience] [Programme]
Background
The Success for All strategy has now established eight new Measures of Success that will be applied across the Learning and Skills Sector in the coming years. Most of these measures are at an early stage of development, but nearly all will have some impact on adult learners and the process of implementing some of them across the sector is already under way. More recently the White Paper on Further Education: Raising Skills, Improving Life Chances sets out proposals for a new Framework for Excellence within which these measures will be embedded.
NIACE wishes to ensure that people working across the sector are aware of these measures and the potential impact they may have on provision for adult learners. We also want to help people understand the implications of the measures within the new Framework for Excellence following the FE White Paper. In particular we want to ensure that the latest developments in RARPA and its extension to ‘accredited’ provision are known before all providers begin the implementation of this measure in September 2006. We also want to ensure that people have a chance to contribute to the development of other measures like the adult distance travelled measure and the learner destination and learner satisfaction measures.
This conference is sponsored by the matrix Standard, which is the national quality standard for any organisation that delivers information, advice and/or guidance on learning and work. It will include contributions from keynote speakers from LSC and ALI, as well as the opportunity to hear more about some of the practical work being undertaken to implement the RARPA approach, and to develop practical applications of these New Measures. As the measures will affect all learners on all LSC funded provision in the near future, the conference should be relevant to a wide range of people working in all parts of the Learning and Skills sector.
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Audience
 | Business Support Organisations |
| Businesses and Employers |
| CBI Offices |
| Chambers of Commerce |
| Community Groups |
| Education Business Links |
| Education Consultants |
| Employment Service |
| FE Colleges |
| Government Departments with responsibilities for education, skills and economic development |
| Higher Education Funding Council |
| Jobcentre Plus |
| Learning and Skills Councils |
| Learning Partnerships |
| Local Educational Authorities |
| nextstep |
| Organisations supporting equality of opportunity and social inclusion |
| Probation Service |
| Professional associations |
| QCA and Awarding Bodies |
| Regional Development Agencies |
| School Sixth Forms |
| Sector Skills Councils |
| Small Business Service |
| Trade Unions |
| Training Organisations |
| Training Providers |
| Ufi/Learndirect |
| Universities |
| Voluntary Groups |
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Programme
| 09:45 | Arrival and Registration (Tea/Coffee available) |
| 10:15 | Welcome and Introduction to the
Day Chair: Sue Meyer, Director for Programmes and Policy, NIACE |
| 10:30 | Keynote Speech: Using learner
success to measure provider performance in the Learning and Skills Sector Paul Martinez, Group Manager – New Measures for Success, Learning and Skills Council National Office |
| 11:00 | Keynote Speech: Measuring
learner success – an awarding body perspective Karan Green, Chief Executive, National Open College Network |
| 11:30 | Tea/Coffee Break |
| 11:45 | Workshops: session one 1) Can we really develop a distance-travelled measure for adult learners? Gerald Jones, Mary Ward Centre 2) Using success measures to improve quality Alison Rowland, Quality Improvement Agency 3) Are you ready for RARPA? Charmian Walter, County Durham Learning 4) Developing a learner satisfaction measure Ruth Callahan, New Measures Team, Learning and Skills Council |
| 12:45 | Lunch |
| 13:45 | Keynote Speech: Using success
measures to improve quality Mike Davis, Adult Learning Inspectorate |
| 14:15 | Workshops: session two 1) Using RARPA in work-based learning Caroline Ferguson, Acumen Trust 2) Using the Accreditation of Prior Learning to develop a distance-travelled measure for adult learners Finbar Lillis, Credit Works 3) Using RARPA to recognise and monitor awarding body centres Awarding Body Representative 4) An integrated approach to the implementation of success measures Yvonne Fullwood, New Measures Team, Learning and Skills Council |
| 15:15 | Plenary Discussion: the impact
of success measures on adult learners Peter Wilson, Development Officer (Credit and Qualifications), NIACE |
| 15:45 | Closing Remarks Chair: Sue Meyer, Director for Programmes and Policy, NIACE |
| 16:00 | 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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