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Learning & Skills
Evidence & Policy
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Report of a National Postal Survey of Colleges of Further Education and Local Authority Adult Education Services in the London Region
In partnership with the National Institute of Mental Health in England (NIMHE), the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) has conducted a national postal survey of all Colleges of Further Education and Local Authority Adult Education Services in England to ascertain the level of provision for adults with mental health difficulties.
All the local Bromley Colleges contributed to this report through their membership of Develop's LearningNET.
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This briefing paper by Yanina Dutton is about the Pathways to Learning and Skills project, which aimed to promote access to learning for people from black and minority ethnic communities who experience mental health difficulties.
Mental health service users accessing learning in voluntary organisations often remain at the same level of provision, as progression routes to other educational opportunities are not available. Education providers have a remit to widen participation in learning.
The project aimed to develop pathways to culturally-sensitive learning provision. It involved health and social care providers, voluntary and community groups, adults from black and minority ethnic groups experiencing mental health difficulties, and education providers.
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Improving BME Outcomes in Education and Employment
A London survey of Early Intervention in Psychosis Teams and links with the Further Education system, June 2008
Also includes comments from London EIP teams and an editorial that was published in Advances in Psychiatric Treatment, September 2008.
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From Compliance to Culture Change, the final report of the Commission for Disabled Staff in Lifelong Learning is now available to purchase from the NIACE website for £18.95.
The Commission was established in March 2007 to investigate and report on current practices in the employment of disabled people in the lifelong learning sector and make recommendations.
Also available to download as a PDF file is the executive summary that accompanies the report:
A study and report into how Further Education Colleges can promote health and well-being
The Further Education sector could be a valuable arena for promoting the health and wellbeing of adults and young people.
This report begins an assessment of whether there are any similar concepts within (FE) colleges. It aims to assess if this is an appropriate time to promote the development of "Healthy Colleges".
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Report from an Open Space Day held at Barnet College in 2007.
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Written by Kathryn James and Lesley Talbot-Strettle, this paper researches into the factors that impact on attendance, retention and achievement of learners with mental health difficulties.
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East Midlands Care Programme Approach (CPA)
Social Inclusion Project final report
This joint NIACE/NIMHE/LSC project report sets out findings from the project and recommendations for mental health teams to improve services for people with mental health difficulties. It is aimed at mental health teams and policy makers across England, but will be of interest and use to service users and learning providers as well.
The project involved working with 15 mental health teams across the East Midlands to explore learning and skills needs and opportunities for people with mental health difficulties on enhanced CPA. The report sets out findings from data gathered from: research with service users regarding qualifications held and experiences of learning, a case file audit, and questionnaire research with practitioners.
The LSC national office has been in the process of 'refreshing' its mental health strategy.
The LSC first published a mental health strategy in 2006. Since then the LSC have published 'Learning for Living and Work' and other government departments have produced policy on employment, social inclusion and health inequalities. In light of this, the LSC have begun the process of refreshing the mental health strategy. The strategy refresh was launched for consultation on 29th September 2008. The consultation period ends December 19th 2008 and the final strategy will be launched in February 2009.
Attached is the letter from the LSC national office with details of the link to the LSC website so that you can download a copy of the consultation document and an email address so that you can send back your responses.
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September 2008
This consultation document is part of the process the LSC is undertaking to refresh its National Mental Health Strategy, Improving Services to People with Mental Health Difficulties (LSC 2006).
The refreshed strategy will set out the LSC's vision of learning and skills provision for people with mental health difficulties up to 2015.
The overall aim of this project is to support organisations within the post school education sector to respond to the DDA new duty on public sector bodies to promote disability equality in a way which does not merely seek compliance but actively promotes opportunities for disabled people.
The project will work in partnership with a range of organisations working in and with the Learning and Skills and Higher Education sectors, who will participate in different ways.
The project has four main objectives:
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To analyse the specific requirements of the Duty to promote Disability Equality
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To develop, with partner organisations, models of how best to respond to the duty
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To draw up guidelines for organisations illustrated by case studies
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To develop a strategy for disseminating the guidelines
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Report and Literature review into the role of self-esteem as a barrier to learning and as an outcome
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