QIA is offering a series of regional and in-house briefings to offer information and support for providers of adult (post-19) education and training.

Regional Briefings

These briefings will take 2 to 2 and a half hours, from 1 pm until 3.30 pm, and will provide information on all three functional skills. 

• general and current information on the place of functional skills
• why we need functional skills now
• functional skills in the larger skills agenda
• application and transfer of skills
• the functional skills (pilot) standards
• advice for transition from current provision to functional skills. 

• work-based learning providers, employers and training organisations
• the secure estate
• Education Business Partnerships and Lifelong Learning Partnerships
• SfL advisers, providers and clusters
• Adult and Continuing Education, including Local Authority provision
• ESOL providers
• providers of family learning/literacy
• Higher Education
• professional development centres
• providers who offer support to post-19 adults with learning difficulties
• voluntary & community organisations, eg. Prince's Trust, YMCA, Skills Force
• Learn Direct
• Connexions and other careers, information advice or guidance centres.  

The briefing date and location, here in the Northwest, are 6th December 2007 at Manchester.

Other briefing dates and locations are... 

• North East; Darlington; 26th November 2007.
• Yorkshire/Humberside; Leeds; 29th November 2007.
  
• East Midlands; Leicester; 5th December 2007.
• Northwest; Manchester; 6th December 2007.
• South East; London; 7th December 2007.
  
• East; Peterborough; 11th December 2007.
  
• West Midlands; Birmingham; 1th December 2007.
• London; London; 17th December 2007.
  
• South West; Bristol; 7th January 2008.

Please ensure that all bookings have been received at LSN at least one week prior to the briefing you wish to attend.

To book your place on a regional briefing, please go to  http://www.lsneducation.org.uk/events/results.aspx?title=%25&Prog=Functional%20Skills&Region=%25 .
or you can make a telephone booking through LSN's Information and Customer Centre by calling: 0845 071 0800