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CAREERS SUPPORT FOR ADULTS: AACS NEWS

The Prospectus for the new "Adult Advancement and Careers Service" was launched by DIUS Secretary of State (John Denham) in London on 29 October 2008.

It outlines what Denham calls 10 "prototype" (not pilot) advisory services across England, which he says will lead to active learning which will then inform the 2010 launch of the full AACSA number of CE colleagues including Directors Paul Chubb & John Downing were at the launch - including meeting informally with John Landeryou, the DIUS Director under whom Trevor Tucknett and the AACS development team are working.

 

Christine Doubleday, recently seconded from LSC to the DIUS AACS team, is also to convene a new ‘AACS and Skills Accounts stakeholder advisory group’ from 5.12.08. Careers England has been invited to serve on that group.

 

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The AACS Prospectus and the DIUS Press Release (including details of the 10 "prototypes")

 

 

 

Adults. LSC nextstep PQQ Jan 08 : New "nextstep" contractors

 

As a result of the recent tendering process to deliver the new nextstep service in England, the LSC announced that the following 10 organisations have been successful.

* East of England – Suffolk County Council

* East Midlands – Guideline Careers Services
 
* Greater London – Prospects Services
 
* North East – CfBT
 
* North West – GMCP
 
* Greater Manchester – Economic Solutions
 
* South East – Careers Enterprise
 
* South West – Connexions Cornwall and Devon
 
* West Midlands – CSWP
 
* Yorkshire & Humberside – Careers West Yorkshire

The new contracts will run from 1 August 2008 until 31 July 2010.