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Developing Alcohol Awareness in Further Education: an introductory guide

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This practical guide aims to assist colleges in promoting alcohol awareness among learners by featuring the work of five colleges which have undertaken sustained activity on alcohol awareness for their learners, with a measure of a success. None claims to be an expert but all wish to make the lessons learned from their approaches available to others. In most cases, approaches and resources are identified that may be of use in promoting alcohol awareness elsewhere in the sector.

Safeguarding and Promoting the Welfare of Children: Example self assessment review template

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This is an example, developed by Newcastle UXL, an independent training provider, of a self assessment review template for providers promoting the welfare of children. It sets out 45 standards against which providers can record evidence and set recommendations for improvement and timescales for implementing them.

Planning and delivering spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) support in the learning and skills sector

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This guide seeks to highlight the relevance of spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development for the learning and skills sector, and provide support on how to plan, deliver and assess appropriate SMSC development. The guide provides guidance for people responsible for the planning, delivery, monitoring and assessment of provision to promote the SMSC development of learners and trainees in learning and skills providers. Crucially, it recommends that organisations involve their learners in, and consult them on, SMSC development activities.

EDI audit tool: Supporting Leadership of Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in the Learning and Skills sector

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This tool is intended to support providers in identifying progress against key inclusion criteria and highlighting priorities for action. As such it provides a ‘health check’ that enables you to review inclusive practice and inform action planning in your organisation. The sections used in this tool bring together the action points outlined in the sections of the related resource "Leading Inclusion: A Guide to Good Practice in Leadership of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Learning and Skills Sector".

Extending working lives in the further education and skills sector

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This resource is intended to help FE and skills sector organisations to develop and implement effective age management strategy, taking account of the changing profile of the labour force, falling standards of living for people over 50, the removal of the default retirement age and the particular trends and age profile within the further education and skills sector. As well as exploring the issues, the resource includes tips on addressing age bias, a self-assessment checklist to aid identification of potential issues, and a summary of other useful resources for employers.

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