It would be impossible to name everyone who has contributed to the writing and production of this Guide. However, the following deserve a special mention.
We are grateful to the learners whose photographs speak of their involvement in, and contribution to, the Skills for Life agenda. They are: Chris, Tom, Nicola, Tina, Alan and Rachel.
This Guide has benefited greatly from the expert advice and help of a range of organisations and many individuals. I am very appreciative of the expert guidance from the Offenders' Learning and Skills Unit, particularly Christine Fisher, Liz Lawson and Paul McDonald, and the Skills for Life Strategy Unit, particularly Sue Henderson and Philippa Lester. I am most grateful for the expert input from the National Probation Directorate, particularly Len Cheston, Claire Chudleigh, Martin Copsey, Janet Corcoran, Laura Fairweather, Mike Hazeltine, Marcus Smart, Roger Stevens and Julie Welch. I am extremely grateful for the expert guidance, patience and time of the following individuals: Judi Apiafi (Nottinghamshire Probation Area), Bob Austwick (Wakefield College), Margaret Bowler (Leicestershire and Rutland Probation Board), Louise Cannon (West Yorkshire Probation Area), Chris Carter (Kent Probation Area), Dave Christian (Merseyside Probation Area), Ilid Davies (London Probation Area), Beth Fox (Dorset Probation Area), Jonathan Hopkinson (Cambridge Probation Area); Owain Jenkins (Nottinghamshire Probation Area), Tricia O'Meara (Lincolnshire Probation Area), Howard Mills (West Yorkshire Probation Area), Glenn Mason (Derbyshire Probation Area), John North (Northumbria Probation Area), Shirley Riley (DISC), Paul Robinson (Nottinghamshire Probation Area), Dave Swinden (South Yorkshire Probation Area) and Mike Quille (Cumbria Probation Area). I should also like to thank Karen Davies of Cambridge Training and Development (CTAD) and Olivia Sagan of the National Research and Development Centre (NRDC) for adult literacy and numeracy, for their time and help.
I am most appreciative of the invaluable help of Merillie Vaughan-Huxley OBE in producing this Guide, and to Ken Towner for the photographs in the Guide.
Merillie Vaughan-Huxley OBE assisted the Skills for Life Strategy Unit in the production of these guides.
Ken Towner took the photographs.
WRITER BIOGRAPHY
Caroline Hudson is a freelance research and development consultant who specialises in issues related to social exclusion, especially adult learning, offending and education, and family structure. She was previously Basic Skills Advisor in the Home Office National Probation Directorate, for two and a half years. Within criminal justice, she has researched offenders on community supervision and young people in custody. She has also conducted research on children in care, school attendance and truancy and preventative police initiatives in comprehensive schools. Her doctorate was on young people's perceptions of the relationships between their family structure and educational achievement. She also has 13 years' experience of teaching English and managing an English department.
THE RAISING STANDARDS SERIES
A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Adult and Community Learning
A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: E-learning
A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Embedded Learning
A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Family Learning
A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Further Education Colleges
A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision Jobcentre Plus Programmes
A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: The Juvenile Secure Estate for Young People Aged 15-17
A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Learners with Learning Difficulties and/or Disabilities
A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Prisons
A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Voluntary and Community Sector
A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Work-based Learning
A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Young Offender Institutions for Young People Aged 18-21
