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Adult Learning - winning for business
Working together to maximise potential
| Date: | Friday 10 November 2006 |
| Venue: | Marriott Hotel, Manchester Airport, Hale Road, Hale Barns, Altrincham, Cheshire WA15 8XW |
| Ref: | C1425/11/06 |
| Fee*: | £200 - Statutory/Private Organisations £150 - NIACE Members and Voluntary Organisations *(includes lunch, tea/coffee) |
[Background] [Audience] [Programme]
Background
The wider context of workplace learning in the 21 century?
“A skilled and adaptable workforce is essential for the competitiveness of UK business. More employers are developing higher value strategies in order to be competitive in a more global economy” Confederation of British Industry
The focus of this conference is on Workplace Learning and how engaging with
learning at the workplace can benefit businesses,
as well as employees. Participants attending the conference will gain an
understanding of the key success factors for:·
 | Engaging in adult learning and training |
| In-company skills acquisition |
| Engaging employees in the successful operation of a business |
The conference will:
| Showcase the best workplace learning that is currently taking place across the UK |
| Demonstrate how adult learning can contribute to building a better and more effective business |
| Look at ways of extending that work into other businesses and employing organisations to improve the impact of that work. |
The conference is being held in the context of a resurgence of public and independent interest in learning at the workplace. Increasing business and individual prosperity and maintaining and developing national competitiveness is a key priority for the UK government.
Increasing skill levels is a cornerstone of this activity and has driven successive governments’ skills strategies and white
papers and ushered in initiatives such as sectoral approaches to skills development and tailored business support solutions such as Train to Gain.
The perceived ability of learning providers to meet the needs of business has become a burning question. The conference will celebrate thriving initiatives and highlight key success factors for the field.
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Audience
The managers of public services, education providers – including further and higher education, community learning, development and workbased learning providers - guidance organisations, trade unions, employers and policy managers, will all find this event relevant and useful.
It will also be relevant to practitioners working with Adults in:
| 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 |
| 10:30 | Keynote Address Why Adult Learning Matters to the Economy Steven Broomhead, Chief Executive, Northwest Development Agency |
| 11:00 | Questions and Discussion |
| 11:10 | Key Success Factors for the
Field Maria Hughes, Education Consultant |
| 11:30 | Questions and Discussion |
| 11:40 | Tea/Coffee Break |
| 12:00 | Workshops: morning session 1) Adult learning and retirement planning: case study from the printing industry Successful Retirement Project 2) Learning representatives and learning champions – how they work with businesses Trades Union Congress and Business in the Community 3) Workplace Learning – case studies from employers GKN Driveline, Innovia Films and The Retail Academy 4) Providers working in partnership with employers |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:50 | How adult learning is winning
for business Martin Hughes, HR Manager, Pirelli UK |
| 14:10 | Colleges, Adult Learners and
Business Success Ioan Morgan, Principal, Warwickshire College Nancy Cookson, Principal, Accrington and Rossendale College |
| 14:40 | Questions and Discussion |
| 14:50 | Workshops: afternoon session (repeated) |
| 15:50 | Closing Comments |
| 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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