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Working Well

This project has now finished. We've left it here for reference.

Working Well promotes staff well being in the post 16 eductaion and training sector.

 1 April 2009 - 31 March 2010

Workforce Equality in FE

This project has now finished. We've left it here for reference.

To create and disseminate a resource for post-16 learning and skills providers to promote recruitment of staff with mental health difficulties.

 1 September 2009 - 31 March 2010

The Enhancement of Learning Support

This project has now finished. We've left it here for reference.

This project, being undertaken by Natspec on behalf of LSIS (Learnign and Skills Improvement Service), is designed to improve the quality and management of learning support for learners with additional needs across the FE sector. The initial phase is to identify sector needs, scope existing work and expertise in this area and produce recommendations for programme of training and development.

 16 February 2010 - 5 March 2010

The Commission for Disabled Staff in Lifelong Learning

The Commission for Disabled Staff in Lifelong Learning, in celebrating equality and diversity, aimed to investigate and report on current practices in the employment of disabled people in the lifelong learning sector, in order to make recommendations that positively influence culture and practice and promote career opportunities for disabled people.

 1 March 2007 - 31 March 2008

Teacher Training

This study considers the impact of the 2007 workforce reforms for the learning and skills sector. Using a mixed method methodology, data was gathered from providers of teacher training programmes, and Skills for Life teacher qualifications across England.

RUBLE

The Really Useful Book of Learning and Earning 2010 (RUBLE) is designed to support people experiencing mental health difficulties who wish to return to or take up work, volunteering or learning.

MHFA in work-based learning

This project has now finished. We've left it here for reference.

The project is funding staff from Work-based Learning (WBL) providers in the South West to undertake Mental Health First Aid Instructor training. On completion of the training these staff will deliver the 2 day MHFA training to staff, learners and employers involved in their provision. In this way mental health awareness will be cascaded and embedded within the organisation.

 1 April 2009 - 31 March 2010

Mental Health Matters for Teachers

This project has now finished. We've left it here for reference.

There are two strands to the project.

  • Strand 1: Mental Health Matters for Teachers Toolkit. Design & production of a resource to support the delivery of new professional standards for teachers in FE with regard to mental health and learning. 
  • Strand 2: The collation of a bank of key resources on mental health and learning to support the FE workforce.
 1 April 2009 - 31 March 2010

Mental Health and Wellbeing for Older People

Promoting lifelong learning for people aged 50+ years and how this can help maintain and improve mental health and wellbeing in later life.

Intercultural Competencies

This work was funded by the Leonardo da Vinci Transfer of Innovation fund and the Local Government Association. It brought together six partners from five European countries to draw on existing resources and knowledge to develop a guide for VET practitioners to enable them to develop their intercultural competenecies.

 1 October 2009 - 30 September 2011

Enabling Declaration

Levels of declaration of mental health difficulties by learners and staff are low. The project explores practice within a range of settings that will enable and support people to declare, knowing that their needs will be met.
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