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Offenders’ Learning, Skills and Employability
14 Apr 2011
7th National Conference. Held at Westminster Studio, London

Supported by:

Prisoners'
Education Trust

This conference brought together senior decision makers including prison governors and officers, probation officers, heads of OLASS, education managers, representatives of LEAs and FE colleges to examine the shape of future provision.

   

 

Programme
09:50
Bob Ashford, Director of Strategy, Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
Welcome and introduction from conference Chair

10:00
Richard Ward, Team Leader, Offender, Skills and Employment, Department for Business Innovation and Skills
The Review of Offender Learning

10:20
Aileen Murphie, Director, Home Affairs & Justice VFM, National Audit Office
Getting the best VFM from offender learning

10:40
Bob Ashford, Director of Strategy, Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
Surveying the changes across the youth justice sector

11:00
Nick Hardwick CBE, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons
Outcomes from inspections

11:20
Questions and discussion: Session 1
11:30
Refreshments, networking and exhibition
12:00
Jen Walters, Managing Inspector, Judicial and Offender Learning, Ofsted
Effective training and education provision; through detention and custody

12:15
Donald Rae, 16-19 Adviser, Local Government Group
Local authority responsibility for custodial education and resettlement

12:30
Pat Jones, Director, Prisoners' Education Trust
Prisoner learning and the rehabilitation revolution: a voluntary agency perspective

13:00
Buffet lunch, networking and exhibition
14:00
Denise White, Chief Executive, Derbyshire Probation Trust
Perspectives on offender learning and employability

14:15
Julian Hosking, Education Manager, Employment and Training, HMP Wandsworth
Securing sustainable employment for offenders

14:30
Peter Lister, Senior Head of Strategic Partnerships, The Prince’s Trust
What is the future role for the third sector?

15:00
Questions and discussion: Session 3
15:10
Refreshments, networking and exhibition
15:30
Seminar 1: Enterprising solutions for offender employment
Julia Stanley, Director of Operations in the North, SOVA David Barlow, Director of Operations in the South, SOVA

15:30
Seminar 2: Management and progression in learning: developing skills for
Marius Frank, Chief Executive, ASDAN

15:45
Seminar 3: Engaging offender learners in the community
Joe Shamash, Policy Advisor, City & Guilds Centre for Skills Development Dr John Vorhaus, Director, National Centre for Research and Development Dr Jane Hurry, Faculty Director for Postgraduate Research, Institute of Education