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Supported by:Sponsored by:4TH Annual ConferenceOffenders’ Learning, Skillsand Employability 2008Maintaining Improvement in Times of ChangeTuesday 13th May 2008, Inmarsat Conference Centre, London EC1“Spending on offender learning has almost trebled since 2001 andnow stands at £164m. The Chief Inspector of Prison’s recent reportdescribed the improvement in prison learning and skills as ‘the mostheartening success’.”Ministry of Justice, Prison Policy UpdateChange is gathering pace in offender learning. OLASS’s prospectus ondeveloping the service sets out the policy for education in prisons, offenders inthe community, female offenders, working with employers and the importanceof linking this with reducing re-offending. Guidance on the implementation ofthis is forthcoming.This fourth annual conference will highlight the role of employers, discuss offenderlearning in the community, and set out what needs to be done to work towardsequality of high-standard provision of prison education and offender learning.Focusing on the latest examples of best practice and detailing innovativeprogrammes and case studies from the regions, this important nationalconference will examine how offender learning will fare in a reforming prisonregime. Key speakers from government, the secure estate, probation, business,education and local government will contribute to the debate and make clearthe strategy for offender learning in the years ahead.Speakers include:• Dr James RobertsonChief Economist,National Audit Office• Eric AllisonWriter and Journalist,The Guardian• Ian Bennett OBEPrincipal, Strode College• Dr Mary HarrisDirector, OffenderTraining and EmploymentProgramme,National Grid• Frances FlaxingtonHead, NOMS Partnerships,Ministry of JusticeRegister your place online:www.neilstewartassociates.com/li269

Agenda(Subject to change)09:00 Registration and RefreshmentsSESSION1SESSION2Setting the Scene09:45 Welcome and Introduction by Conference ChairJon SilvermanProfessor, Media and Criminal Justice,University of Bedfordshire09:55 Experiences of Prison EducationEric AllisonWriter and JournalistRepresentativefrom Prince’s Trust10:15 Meeting Needs? The Offenders’ Learning andSkills ServiceDr James RobertsonChief Economist, National Audit Office10:35 KEYNOTE ADDRESS:The Government’s Plans for Offender LearningCheck website for speaker updates10:55 Engaging with EmployersDr Mary HarrisDirector, Offender Training and EmploymentProgramme, National Grid11:15 Questions and Discussion11:30 Refreshments, Exhibition and NetworkingPreparing and Providing – OffenderLearning and Employability Outsidethe Prison Walls12:00 How Local Authorities can HelpDenise EdghillTraining and Employment Initiative Manager,Southampton City Council12:15 Reintegrating Offenders in the Communitythrough EducationCheck website for speaker updates12:30 Testing the Prospectus, Employer Engagementand the Campus ModelVal ChiesaEast of England Regional OLASS Lead,Learning and Skills Council (LSC)12:45 Colleges Building Offender Learning PartnershipsIan Bennett OBEPrinciple, Strode College13:00 Questions and Discussion13:20 Buffet Lunch, Exhibition and NetworkingSESSION314:20 Afternoon Keynote Address:Education in a Reforming Prison ServiceCheck website for speaker updates14:35 The Prison Service PerspectiveDebra BaldwinLearning and Skills, Regimes Services Group,HM Prison Service14:50 CASE STUDY:Industry-Backed Training in PrisonCheck website for speaker updates15:05 The Corporate Alliance for ReducingRe-offendingFrances FlaxingtonHead, NOMS Partnerships Unit, Ministry of Justice15:20 Questions and DiscussionSESSION4Laying the Foundations forRehabilitation and EmploymentSeminar Discussion Groups15:40 Delegates should choose to attend one of thefollowing key issue seminars. Places will beallocated on a first come, first served basis,subject to maximum capacities. (Refreshmentswill be served in the seminar rooms)1. Supporting Women and BME OffendersCoreen DeSouzaEducation and Resettlement Advisor, Women in PrisonSteve RawlinsHead of Resettlement, Pecan2. Offender Employment in Diverse CommunitiesJen ByrneHead of Social Justice, Working LinksOlusoji OlukunleKormo Shadin Project, Working Links3. HE Provision to OffendersAnne PikeOffender Learning Co-ordinator, Open University4. The Role of the Job DeveloperTapan BaidyaJob Developer, London Offender Management Service16:40 Close of ConferenceRegister your place online:www.neilstewartassociates.com/li269

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Who should attend?Purpose of conferenceThe conference will specifically:• Examine the OLASS Prospectus for Offender Learningand how it will be implemented• Address the challenge to local authorities to ensure thatthey provide a high quality level of education and trainingto offenders in the secure estate and the community• Update the work of the Reducing Re-offending CorporateAlliance as it engages with employers• Highlight the best partnership work currently making adifference in the UK• Hear differing views of ex-offenders and theirexperiences and wish-lists for wider offender education• Showcase international approaches to offender learning• Look at the effect of changes to the Ministry of Justiceand NOMs on offender learning• Discuss how to engage more successfully with employers• Share experience and good practice through interactiveseminars examining key issues in-depth:> Supporting women offenders> The role of the Job Developer> Higher Education for offenders> Re-designing the prison day• Provide a networking opportunity for all those involved inimproving offender learning, skills and prospectsfor employmentFrom Criminal Justice•••••••••Prison Governors and OfficersProbation OfficersYOI GovernorsRegional Offender Managers andOffender ManagersRegional Offender Learning Partnership BoardsPrison Libraries and Information ServicesPolice ServiceYOTs, Juvenile Estate and YOIsResettlement OfficersFrom Education•••••••••••••OLASS StaffLocal Education AuthoritiesFurther Education CollegesUniversities and Higher Education CollegesQIA RepresentativesCurriculum ManagersLearning Support AssistantsSpecial Educational Needs Co-ordinatorsLiteracy and Numeracy Co-ordinatorsExamination Awarding BodiesEducation ContractorsBasic Skills Providers and Co-ordinatorsRegional Learning and Skills CouncilsFrom Local Authorities••Connexions Partnerships and Personal AdvisersCommunity Safety OfficersCross-Sector•••••••••••••••••Inspection Bodies, inc. Ofsted, ALI, HMIPHeads of Learning and SkillsEducation ManagersInstructional OfficersBusiness Development ManagersJob DevelopersSkills Development ManagersCareers AdvisersLearning and Skills AdvisersEmployment, Training andEducation (ETE) ManagersInformation, Advice and Guidance (IAG) ServicesJobcentre PlusNew Deal PlusSector Skills CouncilsGovernment Offices for the RegionsSocial ServicesVoluntary SectorUnable to attend?Conference papers, as presented to the delegateson the day, are available after the conference for£99. This useful reference will include: availablespeakers’ papers, speakers’ biographies and anyadditional inserts.Sponsorship OpportunitiesIf you are interested in sponsorship and exhibitionopportunities at this conference contactYvonne Le Roux on: 020 7324 4334 or e-mailyvonne.leroux@neilstewartassociates.co.uk