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BXL’s Education Business Exchange Breakfast Event 26th Feb 2010

BXL's second Business Exchange event took place this morning at Pinsent Masons.
The session covered de-mystifying qualifications and in particular the Diplomas. Educators and employers were invited to talk around this subject and how it affects them and beyond this, what other steps can be taken to improve young peoples' employability.

Please click here (qualifications, Diplomas) to access the presentation slides and for those of you who attended please complete the on-line event survey and those attending who are employers please complete the Diploma support form.

BXL's next Education Business Exchange Event will be on 21st May 2010 to register click here.

Thank you for your support!

 
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Services

BXL has a mission to prepare people to become Ready for Work. Through a diverse range of programmes, we increase levels of employability and engage employers with young people and the education system.

Below are information and links to a number of our programmes.

Education Business Consortium

The Education Business Consortium is the commissioning body for work-based learning programmes in Birmingham and Solihull and takes a lead role in influencing national policy.

http://www.learnthroughwork.com/
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Education Business Partnership

The Education Business Partnership provides an advisory service that brings schools, colleges, businesses and young people together through work related activities and events.  EBP supports the delivery of the curriculum, including the new Diplomas, to help prepare young people for working life.

To volunteer for one of our events, please click here

http://www.ebpartnership.org.uk

Elev8

A £2 million project funded from ESF (European Social Fund) through the Learning and Skills Council from October 2008 to December 2010. A consortium of partners led by BXL will deliver the Elev8 project across Birmingham and Solihull. The project aims to engage 530, 16-18 year olds and learners aged up to 25 with learning difficulties and disabilities in the NEET group into learning and progress them into sustainable education, employment and training.
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Face Mentoring Services

Established in 1998 Face Mentoring Service (formerly the Mentoring Service) delivers mentoring to projects that focus on supporting some of the hardest to reach clients.

We hold the Approved Provider Standard (quality kitemark) and have an excellent record in delivering outcome based contracts. We recruit, train and support a bank of 200 volunteer mentors from a diverse range of backgrounds.

We also run training sessions for volunteers from community organisations and local businesses. Our training also extends to OCN (Open college Network) accredited courses as we are an approved centre.

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nextstep Information and Advice on learning and work is a service for adults aged 20 and over. Advice may involve using decision making tools; completing interest questionnaires; interpretation of labour market information or advice on job search methods (e.g. CV design).

Aston Ascend

Funded through Aston Pride, this project aims to engage 105 young people from the Aston area who are ‘NEET’ and considered to be 'hardest to reach' by helping them move into education, employment or training.
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 Employment & Opportunities

This front line service underpins the work of those providing advice and guidance. It provides a comprehensive range of opportunities that will assist young people in moving forward in life, and makes the largest single contribution to meeting the NEET targets set by Government.

The range encompasses personal development and voluntary work, entry level jobs, Apprenticeships and career development opportunities, plus part-time and temporary work. Additionally, it brings together support services to help with a range of issues; for example, victims of crime/sexual abuse; help with homelessness and substance misuse all in one database for instant reference.

Recognised as the ‘one stop shop’ to bring employers and young people together, the team has sector specialists and works with both public and private sector, employers from blue chip organisations and household names to small to medium sized enterprises and micro businesses.

More details on BXL’s extensive range of projects and programmes will be available on these pages in the forthcoming weeks.

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