Workshops

Morning and Afternoon Workshops Series

The programme has been designed to include a series of workshops.

Each workshop will run in the morning and again in the afternoon, to give you the opportunity to attend the two workshops you think will be most useful to you.

Workshops	Facilitator
WS1: Entrepreneurship, the missing 'E' in NEET This workshop will examine the role that entrepreneurship can play in meeting the needs of those clients who are defined as NEET. It will explore the personal development elements of entrepreneurial activity, the approaches to take as providers and links to employment, education and training.	Melanie Windle Personal Development Consultant MW Associates
WS2: NEET's relationship to the Big Society Agenda This workshop will focus on the NEET group and its relationship to the Big Society initiative and how the Big Society initiative might develop to support this group. It will focus on a number of key areas including: The Big Society and NEETS- what is the relationship Overview of the Big Society initiative Working with the NEET group at neighbourhood level Youth volunteering – a path to the mainstream The role of charities and civil sector organisations in Big Society/ NEET projects The Big Society and volunteering- is this the future? A number of case studies will be highlighted as part of the workshop, in which the development of some particular projects will be detailed. The role of partner organisations such as civil sector organisations, learning providers and colleges will also be detailed and discussed.	Gary Parker Specialist Voluntary Sector Consultant CNT Associates
WS3: The NEET Agenda - Exploring trends and funding This workshop will explore National and Regional NEET strategies, and provide an awareness of a range of funding sources for NEET group activities including government and charitable sources along with an understanding of what makes a winning tender or funding proposal.	Sue Potts Specialist Funding Consultant Owner, Savante
WS4: Re-engaging learners not in education, employment or training with handheld technologies This workshop will discuss the impact that incorporating handheld technologies into teaching and learning has had on learner success and engagement for young people classified as or at risk of becoming ‘NEET’. Case study examples will be presented to demonstrate how teaching staff in colleges across England have used handheld technologies and the benefits for learners that have been observed. The case studies are part of the outputs from the Mobile Learning Network (MoLeNET, www.molenet.org.uk); a large scale national programme spanning across three years and involving around 40,000 learners, designed to support further education colleges and schools in introducing and embedding mobile learning in their institutions. There will also be a practical hands-on-session in which delegates can try different handheld technologies and find out first hand how these can be used to support teaching and learning including how a new mobile learning authoring system makes it easy for staff to quickly author mobile learning activities which learners can access on a wide variety of handheld technologies.	Rebecca Petley Senior Researcher, Technology Enhanced Learning Jill Attewell Program Manager LSN (making learning work)