Application Form to join the Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Learners' Panel
The information you provide on this form will be used to help the Learning and Skills Council identify a range of learners to join the Regional Learners' Panel.
We are looking for full and part-time learners in all parts of further education and people who are taking part in work-based learning (such as apprenticeships and Train to Gain) on different learning programmes in all parts of the Yorkshire and the Humber region. The Panel is being set up to support learners in the post-16 further education system, but not including Higher Education settings (Universities etc).
If you are short-listed, you will be invited to an interview in Leeds in December 2008.
All applications will be acknowledged and everyone will be contacted, whether they have been selected for interview of not.
All the information you provide will be stored securely in accordance with the Data Protection Act and will not be used inappropriately or passed on to any third party (i.e. anyone else!).
If you want to have an informal chat about the Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Learners' Panel, then please telephone:
John Lawton , the Regional Development Officer for NIACE, the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education on 07920040649;
Or email John Lawton : john.lawton@niace.org.uk
More information can be found about the Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Learners' Panel on the next page.
The Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Learners' Panel
The Panel will be made up of 16 learners and people involved in work-based learning from across the Yorkshire and the Humber Region. Learners will be appointed from South Yorkshire; North Yorkshire; West Yorkshire; and the Humber and East Riding.
The Panel is funded by the regional Learning and Skills Council, which plans and funds all post-16 learning in the region. The Panel is supported by NIACE, the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education.
The Panel will meet four times a year, usually in Leeds, although it can take place around the region if learners prefer. The meetings will coincide with important stages of the LSC's business cycle. Additional meetings will take place if necessary and learners will be invited to attend conferences and meetings led by other agencies, such as the Regional Development Agency, Yorkshire Forward and NIACE.
The meetings usually last all day, from 10:30 to 4:00, allowing time for travel. All travel and subsistence expenses will be paid and loss of earnings payments will be considered. There is no fee paid for being on the Panel.
The Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Learners' Panel was first established as a pilot (test phase) by the LSC in March 2007 and held its last meeting as a pilot Panel in October 2008. The new Panel will be recruited and will hold its first meeting in December 2008. Members will be expected to stay on the Panel for at least a year.
Individual members of the Panel are not expected to be representatives of the place where they are learning or working, but to be keen learners who like to make a difference.
The skills required will include being able to work as a member of a team; being able to express opinions and listen to the opinions of others; the ability to take in and make sense of sometimes complicated organisational structures; and the confidence to ask awkward questions! The most important thing is that you must have an interest in learning and skills and a love of Yorkshire and the Humber.
The Panel has a lot of fun and if you want to know more, please contact:
John Lawton john.lawton@niace.org.uk or telephone 07920040649
Application Form to join the Yorkshire and the Humber
Regional Learners' Panel
Section One - About You
1. Your full name:
2. Your full address including postcode:
3. Your date of birth:
4. Your contact telephone number:
5. Your email address if you have one - (please print clearly!)
6. Where are you currently learning?
7. What are your currently learning?
Section Two - Why you want to join the Regional Learners' Panel
1. Why would you like to join the Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Learners' Panel?
2. What skills do you have which you think would help you to be a member of the Panel?
3. What do you think you would gain from being on the Panel?
4. What would you say are some of the most important issues facing the Yorkshire and the Humber region at the moment?
5. Where did you find out about the Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Learners' Panel?
Section Three - Equality and Diversity Monitoring
Please tick those that apply to you:
White
British
Irish
Other
Dual Heritage
White and Black Caribbean
White and Black African
White and Asian
Other
Asian or Asian British
Indian
Pakistani
Bangladeshi
Chinese
Sri Lankan
Other
Black or Black British
Caribbean
African
Other
Any other ethnic group
Please specify _____________________
Gender
Male
Female
Do you consider yourself to be a disabled person?
Yes
No
Are there any support needs that you have that we need to be aware of? Please specify what support you would need, for example a British Sign Language Interpreter, support in getting to meetings or documents in alternative formats or childcare support.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Section Four - What to do next
When you have completed this form you can either:
1. Attach it to an email and send it to:
2. or Print it off and post it to:
John Lawton
NIACE
21 De Montfort Street
LEICESTER
LE1 7GE
3. If you have any questions, or just want to talk about what the Panel does, please call John Lawton on 07920040649.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THE YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER REGIONAL LEARNERS' PANEL
Fact sheet (1,000 words) issued 1 Dec 2008
