NIACE policy seminar on 16 October 2012: ESOL for Life and Employment

A NIACE Good Practice Seminar
Tuesday 16 October 2012
London

Event fees (includes tea/coffee and sandwich lunch):
£110 (NIACE members)
£125 (non-members)

NB: NIACE does not charge VAT on conference or course fees
 
Reserve a place on this event 

Background
Job seekers who Jobcentre Plus (JCP) advisors consider to be in need of English language development are referred to Agency-funded providers for locally-designed periods of employability training. Those referred include recent arrivals into the UK as well as long-term settled claimants.

ESOL providers have to respond to two apparently contradictory messages on how to measure and evaluate the quality of their provision. The tension is between existing measures of success based on exam outcomes and a more recent emphasis on employability and assisting learners, particularly those referred by JCP, into employment.

How do we square this circle? This seminar will explore this tension and hear from ESOL providers who believe they have found a way forward.

NIACE has invited representatives from the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) to participate in this good practice seminar.

Aim
At the seminar, participants will increase their knowledge and understanding of Skills Funding Agency and JCP expectations, explore the tensions that may exist and hear examples of good practice.

The seminar aims to:

• examine the current regulations pertaining to funding, learner eligibility and learner attendance;
• critically examine the tension between the expectations of the Skills Funding Agency and JCP;
• share insights and learn from good practice.

Audience

• All ESOL providers
• ESOL curriculum managers
• ESOL teachers

To reserve a place, please click here

For all enquiries, please contact NIACE Events:
Email: events@niace.org.uk
Tel: 0116 285 9661 or 0116 204 2883