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RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW LEARNING CONNECTIONS WORK SHOULD BE TAKEN FORWARD
In preparing these recommendations, the review team have:
- developed a list of potential options for the future of Learning Connections
- considered each of the potential options against transparent criteria
- explored further a number of likely options to determine their viability
We believe the most effective and efficient outcome of the review would be as follows:
Implement Option 3
- Provide clarity to the way CLD Policy is addressed across Scottish Government.
- Establish a formal process for bringing together the core CLD policy functions as described in WALT across the relevant sections of Scottish Government.
- Bring together policy interests currently in FAED and Learning Connections into one division with Lifelong Learning Directorate. This division will need to ensure necessary arrangements for effective policy development in building community capacity.
- Establish formal links with the Youth Work team in the Positive Futures Division of Children Young People and Social Care Directorate, and consider whether they should also form part of this team at a later date.
Implement Option 6
- Transfer the CLD Standards Council to LLUK Scotland
- Create the CLD Standards Council as a separate entity within LLUK
- Task them with the delivery of the CLD upskilling Programme to the CLD sector
Implement Option 8/10
- Transfer the practice development and implementation functions of Learning Connections to LTS (this would require the policy remit of LTS to be amended as part of their current review)
- Stipulate the establishment of an advisory board, to include key stakeholders such as Scotland's Colleges and CLDMS to ensure ownership of the development
- Ensure that rigorous and transparent criteria are used for any external funding/ contracting for practice development work to external bodies.
At this stage these are only recommendations - we are now investigating their feasibility and intend to make a final statement later in the year that will confirm exactly what we are doing and how we will be taking it forward.
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