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New Futures, New Funding
Changes to Funding Adult Learning
This event is now FULL.
Due to the popularity of this event, NIACE will be organising
another conference on 1 November. If you wish to receive details of this extra
conference, e-mail your name and
address to
conferences@niace.org.uk.
| Date: | Thursday 27 October 2005 |
| Venue: | Abbey Community Centre, London |
| Ref: | C12-92/10/2005 |
| Fee*: | £270 – Statutory/Private Organisations £200 – NIACE Members for the first applicant and £175 – for subsequent applicants from the same organisation (*includes lunch, tea/coffee): |
[Background] [Audience] [Programme]
Background
These are challenging times for adult learning providers dependent on government funding to support learning and skills for those aged 19 to 90.
The government wants to stand by its commitments not just to the economic future of the country but to support lifelong learning in challenging times as funding pressures start to pinch.
This conference aims to set out the implications for funding for adult learning from 2006 and beyond; put them in context and explore the potential for retaining and improving a broad curriculum for adults against a backcloth of tightening resources and the drive to achieve high quality.
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Audience
The conference is aimed at FE colleges and local authority providers; voluntary and community sector organisations with an interest in government funding and lifelong learning; work based learning suppliers working with adults; organisations and individuals considering future prospects for supplying adult learning or skills; employers; practitioners; policy makers.
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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 |
| 10:25 | Adult Learning – the Future,
Perspective Across Sectors Richard Bolsin, Chief Executive, WEA |
| 10:50 | The future of adult learning -
an FE perspective Martin Tolhurst, Principal and Chief Executive, Newham College of Further Education |
| 11:10 | Tea/Coffee Break |
| 11:25 | The LEA Perspective Richard Hooper, County Manager – Adult and Continuing Education Services, Lancashire County Council |
| 11:55 | Round Table Discussions ‘What are the prospects given the pressures?’ for major funding sectors Please indicate your sector on the application form 1) Workplace learning 2) Local Authorities 3) Colleges 4) Voluntary and Community Sector |
| 12:30 | Summary and Feedback |
| 12:45 | Lunch |
| 13:45 | Keynote Address: Adult
Learning, An Agenda for Change Phil Hope, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Skills |
| 14:15 | Response from the LSC Rob Wye, Director – Strategy and Communication, National LSC |
| 15:15 | Panel Discussion Sue Meyer, Richard Bolsin and Jennifer Adshead, Head of Denman Education and Training, Women’s Institute |
| 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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