Learning from the Edge: Engaging and motivating young adults

NIACE Conference
13 September 2007
Thistle Marble Arch Hotel, Bryanston Street, Marble Arch, London W1H 7EH

09:30 - 16:30

£195

The conference will cover:

• Examples of excellent practice, across both the formal and the youth and community learning sectors, in engaging marginalised young adults.
• Government strategy and plans to support and engage marginalised and hard-to-reach young adults in learning.
• The experiences and aspirations of individual young adult learners.
• Innovative and effective approaches to work with hard-to-reach groups.

Participants will also have the opportunity to use a range of e-approaches to contribute to the conference, including a video booth, hand-held electronic voting systems and graffiti white boards.
The conference will be of interest to:

• Practitioners and managers of projects for hard-to-reach young adults
• Local authority staff from youth services and education departments
• Staff from Connexions, Youth Offending Teams and teenage pregnancy co-ordinators
• Training providers
• Policy-makers
• Researchers

Further details and reservations.
Enquiries to Gurjit Kaur on 0116 204 2833
email: gurjit.kaur@niace.org.uk

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