Extract from MA thesis looking at the challenges for college leaders and staff for implementing government policy

An introduction to the district approach. Account of a presentation about the project undertaken by seven European partners to explore the potential of a district approach to education disadvantage. Provides brief background to the project, the issues identified by the partners, and the conclusions reached as to the best approach to be adopted in dealing with those issues.

Placement pack for students and those delivering the Staff College Practitioner Training Qualifying Course in 2003 (a local qualification for workers working with young people).

Tutor pack for those delivering the Staff College Practitioner Training Qualifying Course in 2003 (a local qualification for workers working with young people).

The central tenet of this article is predicated upon a belief that there is a need to link both the formal with the informal/non -formal sectors without at any point compromising the strengths of either. The analysis within this article deconstructs the ideology and philosophy behind the perceived dominance of the formal sector over the informal youth work sector. It suggests that both worlds need not collide but that they can and should work more closely together in the interest of their common denominator, the development of young peoples’ potential. 

We also contend that youth work practice is qualitatively different from teaching and schooling and that the process used in youth work identifies that difference. We also contend that the inchoate nature of the youth work profession is militating against addressing some of these complex issues that are challenging the essential essence of youth work practice.

A discussion paper on behalf of the Wales Principal Youth Officers’ Group (PYOG).

This paper, produced by the Wales Principal Youth Officers' Group (PYOG), is an aide memoir for new and established local authority youth service leads and is intended to inform, support and guide. This paper may also provide a catalyst for discussions around the future role of the Youth Service in assisting local authorities to discharge their statutory function in relation to Youth Support Services.

This paper is developed in conjunction with the PYOG Estyn Comments paper, which includes comments specific to the Youth Service extracted from Estyn inspections of local authority education provision between 2004-2012. This includes themes of good practice observed in the sector during this period.