Thank you for attending our Information Days
Posted: November 7, 2011 Filed under: Centralised projects, Grundtvig, Leonardo, Transversal | Tags: Brian Holmes, Executive Agency, grundtvig, information days, leonardo, lifelong learning, llp, llpinfoday, llpukecorys, presentations, transversal Leave a comment »We’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who attended our Information Days. We’ve been to six different locations and hundreds of you came along and listened to our workshops and participated in our fact-finding sessions.
At our final Information Day in Manchester on the 20th October, Brian Holmes, Head of Department at the Executive Agency for Education, Audiovisual and Culture spoke about the Lifelong Learning Programme Centralised Actions 2012.
I caught up with him after his presentation to find out why he felt our Information Days were so useful. Read the rest of this entry »
Youth on the Move
Posted: August 18, 2011 Filed under: Centralised projects, Lifelong Learning Programme | Tags: Europe 2020, grundtvig, leonardo, lifelong learning, transversal, unemployment, young people, youth, youth on the move, youth unemployment Leave a comment »Youth on the Move was launched in 2010 by the European Commission to help improve young people’s (aged 15-30) skills, encourage mobility across Europe and ultimately increase their chances of employment.
Youth unemployment levels across Europe are rising and making it difficult for young people to get their first step on the career ladder. Youth on the Move aims to address this issue and increase youth employment. Read the rest of this entry »
Cable applauds Anglo-Dutch Further Education partnership to reduce youth unemployment
Posted: May 12, 2011 Filed under: Centralised projects | Tags: youth on the move; youth unemployment; social inclusion; association of colleges; AoC; MBO Raad Leave a comment »
Business Secretary Vince Cable congratulates project partners from the AoC and MBO Raad
In February youth unemployment soared to 20% in Britain- that’s 1m people. With Lifelong Learning Programme funding, the UK’s Association of Colleges will work with its Dutch counterpart to engage more young people in vocational learning, giving them the skills they need for the workplace. The team will focus primarily on learners who have been historically under-represented in education and training – such as black and minority ethnic groups and people with disabilities.
‘New approaches, new skills, for social inclusion’, is a large-scale partnership between the UK’s Association of Colleges (AoC) and its Dutch counterpart, MBO Raad.
At the House of Commons launch event I attended on Wednesday (11 May), Business Secretary Vince Cable summed up the mood when he said:
“We need to treat our European neighbours as people we can learn from. This is an exciting and creative project and I wish it well.”
‘Learning from one another’ is the key point since the UK and the Netherlands have developed contrasting areas of best practice in reducing skills shortages and encouraging young people to undertake vocational training (and stick with it).
