Overview:

Against the backdrop of austere public spending restraints, new coalition policies, a culture of more for less, the reforms and state of change taking place in the skills and employability sectors; ALP is re-introducing its popular autumn national conference ‘This Year’s In Tray’ as there is a need to keep all learning providers informed about the operational issues facing us in this brave new world during the coming year. 

This one day national event will examine a spectrum of issues confronting all learning providers during the coming year in terms of funding squeeze, workforce demand, learner responsiveness, data compliance, course labelling, qualification reforms, new commissioning arrangements and the integration of the skills and employment agendas with potential rationalisation of support agencies.

The coming year will be a challenging one for all learning providers, ‘This Years In Tray’ is where delegates will be able to make sense of the pressing issues of the coming year.

Date:

Monday, 25 October 2010

Venue:
The Royal York Hotel & Events Centre, York

Speakers include:

Graham Hoyle, Chief Executive – Association of Learning Providers
Hugh Tollyfield, Deputy Director Further Education Strategy - Department for Business Innovation & Skills
David Hughes, Provider Services Director, Skills Funding Agency
Jen Mullis, Policy Lead – Improving Quality of FE Provision - Department for Business Innovation & Skills (BIS)
Paul Williamson, Director of Strategy and Commissioning Support - YPLA
Isabel Sutcliffe, Director Regulation, Standards and Research - Edexcel
Toni Fazaeli, Chief Executive - Institute for Learning
Sue Dutton, Interim Chief Executive - Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK)
Fran Parry, Director of Policy & Communications - Inclusion
Shane Chowen, Vice President (FE) - National Union of Students
Paul Warner, Director of Employment and Skills – Association of Learning Providers
Janette Faherty, Chief Executive - TNG/Avanta
Paul Eeles, Director of Sector Reforms – Association of Learning Providers
Trevor Luker, Managing Director - Pearson Work Based Learning

Who should attend?
>  SFA/YPLA funded providers                                                   >  Third sector providers
>  DWP funded JCP+ providers                                                  >  ACL Providers
>  FE based WBL providers                                                         >  LearnDirect/Next Steps providers
>  Foundation Learning providers                                             >  Offender Learning providers

Delegate Fees

Member:

£125.00 + VAT first delegate
£100.00 + VAT second delegate from the same organisation

£85.00 + VAT third and subsequent delegates from the same organisation

*Non-Member:
£225.00 + VAT first delegate

£195.00 second delegate from the same organisation

£165.00 + VAT third and subsequent delegates from the same organisation

Charitable/Voluntary Sector:

£195.00 + VAT First delegate

£165.00 + VAT Second delegate from the same Organisation

£150.00 + VAT Third delegate from the same Organisation

Accommodation:

ALP has negotiated special rates for delegates attending this conference at the Royal York Hotel & Events Centre for the evening of Sunday, 24 October 2010 as follows:

Single Occupancy (Bed & Breakfast included) @ £90.00 inc VAT

Double Occupancy (Bed & Breakfast included) @ £100.00 inc VAT

Should you wish to reserve accommodation, please contact the reservations department at the hotel direct on 01904 688615 quoting 'This Year's In-Tray' to receive this discounted rate.

Exhibitor Enquiries:

Please contact Helen Bourke, Events Manager on 07791 529393 or email: hbourke@learningproviders.org

*ALP Member Pledge:
Any non member who pays the non member rate and subsequently becomes a member within 30 days of attending the event will be reimbursed the difference between the non member rate and the member rate.

Please see below for the recently published OFSTED Report on Excellence in Apprenticeship Training that Toni Fazaeli referred to in her presentation at this event.