Supporting the provision of training for unemployed adult learners

This project will research training provision for unemployed adults, with a view to publishing illustrative case studies and undertaking further activities that will inform and support increased involvement in this area of work.

To date, the products of our research are:

A series of ten provider case studies illustrating their delivery of training for unemployed adults:

Case study for City of Bristol College
Case study for Care Training East Midlands (CTEM)
Case study for Chichester College
Case study for Communties into Training and Employment (CITE)
Case study for Leicester College
Case study for Liverpool Community College
Case study for Solihull College
Case study for Swindon College
Case study for Trafford College
Case study for West Nottinghamshire College

A report on the common themes illustrated within the series of case studies:
Common themes within the case studies illustrating the provision of training for unemployed adults

A report on our survey of providers delivering skills provision through the Adult Skills Budget for unemployed adults including young people aged 19 to 24, not in education, employment or training (NEET).

Having identified the major challenges for providers through our survey of providers delivering skills provision for unemployed adults, we are now researching effective practice that can help providers to overcome some of these challenges. Please contact robert.gray@niace.org.uk or call him on 0116 2042780, if you deliver provision for unemployed adults and/or young people NEET aged 19 to 24 through the Adult Skills Budget and you have effective practice that you would like to share with us in relation to:

• micro-business employer engagement
• building and maintaining learner commitment, motivation and aspirations as a means of supporting and managing unemployed adult and young people NEET learners exhibiting challenging behavior

You may also with to join us at a forthcoming seminar on 1st February on 'Skills provision for unemployed adults - its delivery and impact'.

This project will benefit unemployed adults and learning providers by identifying helpful strategies and approaches through which training for unemployed adults may be provided in the future.

The project will help learning providers to design and deliver vocational training for adults by:

• disseminating helpful practice developed during recent skills programmes offering flexible, short focused courses
• describing how providers can utilise their new flexibilities to more effectively align provision to provide learners with labour market relevant skills
• identifying how funding from a single adult skills budget might allow a more joined up service for the learner both before and following employment 

If you have provided training to unemployed adults and you would like to share your experience, please contact robert.gray@niace.org.uk or call 0116 2042780.