Asylum Seeker and Refugees Completed Projects

'Counting Up: A study to estimate the existing and future numbers of refugees in the East Midlands region'

Integrating refugee skills into the workforce – a strategy for refugee nurses

Refugees who have qualified as nurses in their home countries have skills that this country needs. However, too often their skills are being wasted. At a time of skills shortages in the nursing workforce represent a significant but largely untapped pool of talent. The Refugee Nurses Task Force, of which NIACE was a member met 5 times between May 2003 and March 2004 to develop a strategy for integrating refugee nurses into the workforce

The access, learning and employment needs of newcomers from abroad and the capacity of existing provision to meet those needs, 2003

A programme of work commissioned by Birmingham & Solihull LSC and undertaken in partnership with Birmingham University, to help identify the size, skills and needs of the newcomer population in Birmingham & Solihull, the issues they face and how best to support them in relation to those issues. Parallel projects have also been undertaken in Coventry & Warwickshire and the Black Country.

Asylum seekers and refugees: education, training, employment, skills and services in Coventry and Warwickshire, 2002-03

A programme of work commissioned by Coventry & Warwickshire LSC and undertaken in partnership with Birmingham University, to help identify the size, skills and needs of the asylum seeker and refugee population in Coventry & Warwickshire, the issues they face and how best to support them in relation to those issues. Parallel projects have also been undertaken in Birmingham & Solihull and the Black Country.

Asylum Seekers Skills and Qualifications Audit , 2001

Skills audit, involving questionnaires and in-depth interviews with over 70 asylum seekers, to discover the skills and qualifications of asylum seekers in Leicester, to present these in a positive way; and to provide referrals for advice and opportunities necessary for recognizing these skills for employment, and education.