[NIFL-WORKPLACE:627] FW: Workplace Basic Skills Network Annual Residential Conference,

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*** 13th/14th November 2002
Workplace Basic Skills Network Annual Residential Conference and AGM
Birmingham Hilton Metropole, Birmingham
The Stakeholder in Workplace Basic Skills

This conference will focus on 'The Stakeholder in Workplace Basic Skills'.  The
conference will look at all stakeholders involved in workplace language,
literacy and numeracy programmes.  This includes the learner as well as the
training provider, employer, unions and others. There will be a broad spectrum
of workshops ranging from 'Initial Assessment in the Workplace' and
'Employer/Provider Partnerships' to 'Developing an ESOL Curriculum for the
Workplace'. Over both days there will be useful workshops for those relatively
new to workplace basic skills, as well as sessions on 'Moving On in Workplace
Basic Skills' for those wanting to find out how they can develop their current
practice.  There will also be ample opportunities available for networking and
resources to view at different stalls.

The conference is aimed at all stakeholders involved in workplace basic skills
programmes - from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and from
further afield.  This includes training providers, practitioners, employers,
unions, the Sector Skills Councils and local, regional and national funders and
policy makers.

Speakers will include:
- Barry Brooks
Head of Standards, Quality and Curriculum, Adult Basic Skills Strategy Unit -
Promoting workplace basic skills through 'Skills for Life'.  (Day One)  
- Christine Mills, Learning and Development Advisor, BAA Heathrow Airport - An
employer focus on workplace basic skills: The Key Skills Development Programme
at Heathrow Airport  (Day One)
- Professor John Burgoyne
Professor of Management Learning, Lancaster University Management School - A
'Learning Organisation' perspective on workplace literacy and numeracy
programmes.  (Day Two)
- TUC Learning Services - Taking the Threat out of Assessment:
The TUC and Workplace Basic Skills  (Day Two)


Please download a copy of the invitation from our website
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/wbsnet

Otherwise contact Vijayanti Chauhan at the Network, tel: 01524 593405/ email:
v.chauhan@lancaster.ac.uk. The closing date for registration has now been
extended to 28th October 2002.



For information on other workplace basic skills network events and professional
development activity, see our website or email Sally Lewis,
Membership/Marketing Assistant on sally.lewis@lancaster.ac.uk, to receive a
monthly copy of our Email update which includes links to items and sites of
interest to workplace basic skills providers as well as diary dates.  


Fiona Frank

Director
Workplace Basic Skills Network
CSET
Lancaster University
Lancaster
LA1 4YL
f.frank@lancaster.ac.uk
01524 593405
fax 01524 844788



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