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Offender Learning, Skills and Employment
30 Mar 2010
High standards for adult and youth offenders. 6th annual conference. Held at Grand Connaught Rooms, London
This conference addressed the challenges facing prison governors and education providers in the midst of public spending cuts.
Programme
09:50
Mike Thomas, Chair, Association of Youth Offending Team Managers
Welcome and introduction from Conference Chair
10:00
Sue O’Hara, National Director for OLASS , Learning and Skills Council
OLASS 3 and integrated employment and skills through the gate
10:20
Merron Mitchell, Senior Vice Principal - Offender Learning, The Manchester College
More for less: a practitioner’s view on retaining quality
10:40
Pat Jones, Director, Prisoners' Education Trust
Prisoners as learners; voice and potential
11:00
Bob Ashford, Head of Youth Justice Strategy, Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
Providing post-sentence support for offenders
11:20
Questions and discussion: Session 1
11:30
Refreshments, networking and exhibition
12:00
Donald Rae, Assistant Director, Children and Younger Adults Department, Derbyshire County Council and REACT programme
Machinery of government changes and educating young people in custody
12:15
Phil Farrell, Development Manager, OCNER
Curriculum delivery and keeping abreast of changes
12:30
12:45
Panel discussion: Coherency and a seamless education service across prisons
Ross Hoar, Development Co-ordinator, Learning and Skills Service, Southampton City Council
Merron Mitchell, Senior Vice Principal - Offender Learning, The Manchester College
13:15
Buffet lunch, networking and exhibition
What's on now:
14:05
Does business have the appetite to support the employability of people with convictions during a recession?
Edwina Hughes, Social Regeneration Manager, Business in the Community
Geoff Smith, Operations Performance Leader, Defence Police and Prisons, Compass Group
14:25
Lorna Hadley, Head of Vulnerable Young People and Youth Offending in Newham, Deputy Chair, AYM
Information flows: YOTs, secure estates and local authorities
14:40
Shan Nicholas, Development Director, Criminal Justice, Transition to Adulthood Alliance
18-24: the forgotten age group
14:55
Questions and discussion: Session 3
15:10
Refreshments, networking and exhibition
15:30
Vocational Learners Key Issues Seminar 1: Links between substance misuse and ETE
Clive Emmet, Essex Service Manager, Westminster Drugs Project
15:30
Vocational Learners Key Issues Seminar 2: The Qualifications and Credit Framework
Angela Joyce, Senior Policy Manager, Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency
15:30
Vocational Learners Key Issues Seminar 3: IAG delivery in prisons
Ross Hoar, Development Co-ordinator, Learning and Skills Service, Southampton City Council
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