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Offenders’ Learning, Skills and Employability
14 Apr 2011
7th National Conference. Held at Westminster Studio, London
Supported by:
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Prisoners' |
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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. |
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Programme
09:50
Bob Ashford, Director of Strategy, Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
Welcome and introduction from conference Chair
Biography: Bob Ashford
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
Biography: Aileen Murphie
10:40
Bob Ashford, Director of Strategy, Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
Surveying the changes across the youth justice sector
Biography: Bob Ashford
11:00
Nick Hardwick CBE, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons
Outcomes from inspections
Biography: Nick Hardwick CBE
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
Biography: Jen Walters
12:15
Donald Rae, 16-19 Adviser, Local Government Group
Local authority responsibility for custodial education and resettlement
Biography: Donald Rae
12:30
Pat Jones, Director, Prisoners' Education Trust
Prisoner learning and the rehabilitation revolution: a voluntary agency perspective
Biography: Pat Jones
13:00
Buffet lunch, networking and exhibition
14:00
Denise White, Chief Executive, Derbyshire Probation Trust
Perspectives on offender learning and employability
Biography: Denise White
14:15
Julian Hosking, Education Manager, Employment and Training, HMP Wandsworth
Securing sustainable employment for offenders
Biography: Julian Hosking
14:30
Peter Lister, Senior Head of Strategic Partnerships, The Prince’s Trust
What is the future role for the third sector?
Biography: Peter Lister
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
Biography: David Barlow
Biography: Julia Stanley
15:30
Seminar 2: Management and progression in learning: developing skills for
Marius Frank, Chief Executive, ASDAN
Biography: Marius Frank
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
Biography: Jane Hurry
Biography: Joe Shamash
Biography: John Vorhaus