Think About It, Project dissemination event invitation

Date:	22 Jun 2009
Venue:	London, Barking: London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Town Hall 1 Town Hall Square, Barking IG11 7LU
Ref:	C1912/0609
Fee:	Free (includes lunch, tea/coffee)
Contact:	Gurjit Kaur (gurjit.kaur@niace.org.uk) Tel: 0116 204 2833
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Background

Think About It (TIA)

Project dissemination event invitation

With global events shaping local economies, it can feel as though people and communities have no control. The purpose of the TAI project is to develop learning materials and approaches that can play a part in the important process of creating ways in which young people are helped to take that control back and to shape their lives. This has been done through seven pilot projects across England in Barking, Hastings, Bradford, Islington, Rugby, Gosport and Camden.

There are several drivers informing TAI: the cohesion, empowerment, informal learning and active citizenship agendas. Current policy asserts that a shift in power will create challenge and debate and claims empowerment as a solution to disengagement. An increasing number of organisations are working under an ‘active citizenship’ banner which involves an active learning approach that supports learners to take part in public life at any level, from the very local to global. The project has also explored how informal learning can be a trigger to the formal.

The event will allow for interactive dissemination of the pilots and will capture learner voice and enable debate around the policy and practice implications of the work.

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Programme

09:45 Arrival and registration
(tea/coffee available)

10:30 Welcome and introduction to the day
Chair: Mark Ravenhall, Operational Director, NIACE

10:45 Active Citizenship Approaches
Helen Wiles, Development Advisor Post-16 Citizenship Support Programme, Learning and Skills Network (LSN)

11:10 Keynote address: Young Learners and Identity
Jon Cruddas, Labour MP for Dagenham, East London

11:30 Think About It Pilot: Warwickshire College

11:50 Learner Empowerment/ Involvement – Barking
Chris O’Connor, Group Manager Engagement, Barking and Dagenham

12:10 Question & Answer panel

12:30 Lunch

13:30 Workshops

1) Practitioner workshop
John Preston, LLAKES Centre, Institute of Education, University of London

2) Young Adult Learners Panel
Jim Mowatt, Director of Education, Unite
Jon Cruddas, Labour MP for Dagenham, East London
National Union of Students (NUS VP), (to be confirmed)

15:00 Close (tea/coffee available)

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