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All Workforce Development Projects
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RUBLEThe 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. |
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Quality Improvement Agency (QIA) Skills for Life Improvement Programme |
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Enabling DeclarationLevels 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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Teacher TrainingThis 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. |
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East of England Local Authority Adult Learning Curriculum NetworksNIACE convenes four curriculum networks for curriculum managers in local authority adult learning services in the East of England. These are:
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LSIS Skills and Employer Responsiveness ProjectNIACE, working with the 157 Group and Association of Learning Providers, are managing the delivery of this programme across the East Midlands, West Midlands and the East of England. NIACE is focusing particularly on managing the delivery of Strand 3 of the programme - Pre-employment: Getting People into Work, and is working with a range of sector providers to achieve this delivery outcome. |
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The Commission for Disabled Staff in Lifelong LearningThe 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 |
Mental Health Matters for TeachersThis project has now finished. We've left it here for reference. There are two strands to the project.
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1 April 2009 - 31 March 2010 |
MHFA in work-based learningThis 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 |
Working WellThis 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 |
Boosting WBL ProvisionThis project has now finished. We've left it here for reference. This project has worked with a range of work based learning (WBL) providers: colleges, private providers, local authority, voluntary and NHS organisations to find ways of increasing the quantity and quality of the provision that is offered to learners with mental health difficulties. |
1 April 2009 - 31 March 2010 |
Take Ten PeopleThis project has now finished. We've left it here for reference. Take Ten People promotes and supports an integrated approach to employment and learning and skills with adults who have experience of mental health difficulties. It is a collection of resources for use in different ways: As tools to support practitioners in their work with individuals; and to support their personal professional development; as resources to support local cross-sector joint working and as a training pack for organisations and/or partnerships to use for workforce development. |
1 April 2009 - 31 March 2010 |
YPMH Awareness ResourceThis project has now finished. We've left it here for reference. This is a resource of 12 awareness modules that has been developed through the Learning & Skills Council in the North West. |
1 April 2009 - 31 July 2010 |
Workforce Equality in FEThis 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 |
Intercultural CompetenciesThis work is funded by the Leonardo da Vinci Transfer of Innovation fund and the Local Government Association. It brings 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 |
The Enhancement of Learning SupportThis 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 |
Enabling EqualityThe research is funded by the Equality Challenge Unit (ECU) and the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education. NIACE and De Montfort University have been commissioned to carry out the research. The overall aim is to identify effective practice to develop more inclusive working environments for disabled staff to improve career development and equal opportunities. |
19 October 2010 - 31 March 2011 |