TRIAD OF
CONFERENCES
FE in the 21st
Century: What works for adults
London Chamber of Commerce, 33
Queen Street, London EC4R 1AP
Thursday 8 November 2007:
Learning from the Past (1997 – 2007)
What to adopt and what to avoid
Thursday 29 November 2007: The Present (2007 – 2008)
What to cherish and what to
ditch
Thursday 17 January 2008:
Preparing for the Future (2008 – 2015)
What to work for and what to
resist
The Context
After two years when a million adults have been lost
from public sector funding, there is a new institutional
landscape:
- Will adult education disappear down a crevice
between DIUS and DCSF?
- Can the widening participation agenda for adults be
reconciled with Foster’s clarity of purpose’ for
colleges?
- Will Leitch’s emphasis on economically valuable
skills, demand-led by employers, extinguish the spirit of the Learning
Age?
- Do globalisation, technological change and a
continuing European emphasis on Lifelong Learning presage real opportunities
for innovation?
This triad of conferences sponsored by the TES and FE
Focus aim to:
- Assess how well the FE system works and has worked
for adult students.
- Reach recommendations for future FE
provision
- Strengthen the links between NIACE and college
providers for adult learners.
- Publish conference speeches with forward and
conclusions.
Participants will have the opportunity to listen to
perspectives from:
- Business and Employment
- Equality/Widening Participation
practitioners
- Government
- Learners
- Management and Leadership
- Societal Agents for change
- Staff
These events will be of interest
to:
All those with an interest in the provision for
adults in FE and widening participation generally:
- Councillors
- Policy – makers
- Principals
- Programme Managers
- Trade Unionists
- Tutors and other staff.
Arrival and Registration is at 9.45am. The conference ends at
4.00pm.
Conference Fee:
£200 per person per event (includes lunch,
tea/coffee)
For further details and to reserve a place, look
up:
http://www.niace.org.uk/conferences/Conferences.htm
Enquiries to Gurjit Kaur on
0116 204 2833; e-mail: [log in to unmask]