Organisation

Askham Bryan College

Askham Bryan is a land-based residential college located on the outskirts of York, offering courses from Entry Level through to Degree as well as Work Based Learning and Train to Gain.

Courses are offered in Horticulture and Landscape Industries, Engineering, Animal Management, Equine, Food and Farming, Skills for Work and Life.

Centres are also found in Bedale, Harrogate, Pickering, Thirsk and Guisborough and they provide selected Animal Management Courses at Middlesbrough College, Wakefield College and the Yorkshire Coast College at Scarborough.

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Barnsley College

Barnsley College is an FE college located close to the centre of Barnsley. Within the college is a Department of Re-engagement and Foundation Learning, which works with learners with a wide range of disabilities.

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Bishop Burton College

Bishop Burton College is a land-based college, delivering courses in a range of subjects such as agriculture, animal management, floristry and planning and development.

Bishop Burton College offers a variety of courses at higher education and further education level, as well as apprenticeships and adult training.

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Enabling ASDAN Learners (Bishop Burton College)

Blueberry Academy (My Eco Cafe)

The Blueberry Academy team provide specialist support for adults with learning difficulties, developing highly innovative curriculum and services. The Academy are at the forefront of the Skills for Work agenda and have a proven track record in developing other organisations to introduce new practice and to raise the standards of employability training.

The Blueberry Academy strives to provide a quality service that meets the needs and aspirations of its learners, providers, employers and the local community. The Academy aims to respond to all of these groups by providing the curriculum and support necessary to enable progression and to allow individuals and providers to grow and develop.

The team opened MY Eco Café - an employability training project for people with learning difficulties, which operates from the Academy premises in York. The project is destination focused on the progression to paid work and all trainees are supported in jobsearch, applications and receive in work job coaching.

http://www.blueberryacademy.co.uk/

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Cameras and Widgit to help with portfolios and employability

Bradford College

We have been providing education and training in Bradford for 175 years – that’s why our years of experience bring you a staggering choice of courses – highly qualified teaching staff - and excellent facilities. As one of the largest Colleges in the country – with over 20,000 students – we have a huge variety of careers focused subjects and qualifications to start you on the career path to suit you. The College is a friendly, welcoming place to study. We pride ourselves on delivering outstanding support for students in all areas of College life, including tutor support and an extensive personal advisor provision. It is an exciting time to be part of Bradford College. We have already invested in outstanding new facilities that lead the way in new technologies and on-the-job training. We have ambitious plans to become one of the most innovative learning providers in the country –helping to make Bradford a leader in education.

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Exploring Wii (Bradford College)

Case Training Services

CASE was founded in 1985 by parents/carers of people with learning disability, is today an accredited Training Organisation providing meaningful, effective training and work experience opportunities. Trainees develop vocational and other skills at their own pace with the aim of improving quality of life and enhancing future prospects.

CASE TRAINING SERVICES

CASE is an approved training organisation providing training opportunities designed to equip people with work based skills, life skills and the confidence and competence to achieve ongoing progression. Opportunities include work placements and further education, leading to various qualifications.

www.casetraininghull.co.uk

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Future-proofing facilities and learner skills (Case Training Services)

Craven College

Craven College is a friendly, vibrant college based at the Gateway to the Yorkshire Dales. The College enjoys an excellent reputation. Craven College is committed to the principle that their curriculum should focus on enabling all learners to achieve their goals and to progress to the maximum possible level of independence and activity in their communities and in employment.

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Dearne Valley College

Dearne Valley's organisational aim is to offer the community the highest quality learning opportunities which promote and enhance confidence and develop personal achievement and enterprise.

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Doncaster College

Doncaster College is the largest provider of further education in South Yorkshire. The College aims to be identified as a potential Centre for Excellence for the delivery of provision for learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities.

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Using Technology to Allow Learners to Create their own Multimedia CV or Portfolio (Doncaster College)

East Riding College

Situated over four sites across the East Riding of Yorkshire, East Riding College is proud of the high quality of learning offered across all its course programme areas. They judge their performance on the success of their learners. The College has a commitment to improve the standards of learner performance which was recently reflected in higher achievement and retention rates for both 16-18 year olds and adult learners. Success rates at East Riding are now above the UK FE college sector average.

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Enabling Learners to Communicate (East Riding College)

Franklin College

Based in Grimsby, Franklin College is committed to ensuring that all students, regardless of ability or disability, experience an even playing field in regards to their learning experience.

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Using Software to Support Learners on Mainstream Courses (Franklin College)

Henshaws College

Henshaws College offers high quality further education for residential and day students with learning difficulties and disabilities. We have a specialism in visual impairment. http://www.henshaws.org.uk/college/

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Employability skills through Enterprise (Henshaws College)

HollyBank Trust

Hollybank Trust is a registered charity with an international reputation for excellence in the field of supporting children and adults with complex needs and associated health care needs. Hollybank Trust provides education and care for children, young people and adults with complex disabilities and medical needs. We are a Specialist SEN provision for physical and sensory needs and this drives our vision for empowering our students to become active communicators and creative learners despite their profound needs. The Trust offers a commitment to lifelong care through:

Holly Bank school, with an attached 52 week children’s home, which provide flexible day, residential and respite placements tailored to individual needs,

post 16 education, both on site, in our Vision Project for older learners and in the community through local colleges,

opportunities for adult residential provision in high quality community housing within Hollybank Trust.

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Art, therapy and work with iMuse (Hollybank Trust)

Huddersfield College - now Kirklees College

Huddersfield Technical College is now part of the newly enlarged Kirklees College, based in the Huddersfield–Dewsbury conurbation of West Yorkshire. Kirklees College offers a wide range of full, part-time and adult education courses which run during the day, in the evenings and at weekends. They enrol students of all ages and backgrounds on courses which are held at centres throughout the area. With over 1,000 courses, from Accountancy to Zoology, to pick from there's something for just about everyone.

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Improving Access (Huddersfield College, now Kirklees College)

Hull College

Hull College's main campus overlooks the centre of a vibrant maritime city currently undergoing major regeneration. As one of the largest FE providers in the region, the College is proud of its new £11 million learning complex and £200k re-modelling programme to its existing buildings.

Students at the College come from a wide geographical area, studying both further and higher education options. From A Levels to NVQs, HNC/Ds to Foundation Degrees and Degrees, full-time or part-time, in subjects ranging from Business Management to Engineering, and Performing Arts to Health and Social Care. By working with a wide range of local business and public partnerships Hull College can assure students that the highest standards for learning are delivered.

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John Leggott College

John Leggott College in Scunthorpe is a sixth form college offering a wide range of qualifications to school leavers and adults in North Lincolnshire, East Yorkshire and beyond.

With a diverse range of AS/A Levels, BTEC Nationals, GCSEs, BTEC Firsts and entry level courses, John Leggott College has an excellent reputation locally, regionally and nationally. Approximately 2,200 young people currently attend with around 100 of those being international students.

The College has a long history of inclusiveness and gained a grade 1 for Educational and Social Inclusiveness in its OFSTED inspection in May 2007.

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Using Mobile Technology to Encourage Independent Study (John Leggott College)

Joseph Priestley College

Joseph Priestley College is a Further Education College serving the communities of South Leeds, through 3 main sites in Beeston, Morley and Rothwell as well as a number of community based venues.

The College employs 400 staff. In 2005-06 the College recruited around 600 full-time learners and 6,000 part-time learners who range in age from 12 to 65+. Of these 14.3% declared themselves to have a learning difficulty or disability. The College offers a substantial range of courses specifically for learners with learning difficulties and disabilities, currently having 94 learners on Foundation Studies courses. British Sign Language courses are available from Levels 1 to 3.

Across the College, members of staff are involved with a wide range of external organisations representing the interests of disabled people.

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Using Camcorders and Games Technology to Help LLDD and Hearing Impaired Learners (Joseph Priestley College)

Kirklees College

Kirklees College came into being in August 2008 through a merger between Dewsbury College and Huddersfield Technical College. Kirklees College is now one of the biggest colleges in the country with a vast range of courses and study options to choose from. Based at the heart of Yorkshire, they have many centres across Kirklees serving the local population, communities and businesses. http://www.kirkleescollege.ac.uk/

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Enabling access with mobile equipment (Kirklees College)

Leeds City College

Leeds City College is the largest Further education establishment in the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, with around 57,000 students, 2,300 staff and an annual turnover of £78 million. It officially opened on 1 April 2009 and was formed from three large colleges, Park Lane College, Leeds Thomas Danby College and Leeds College of Technology.

On 1 August 2011 the college expanded further with the merger of the three sites of Joseph Priestley College in Rothwell, Beeston and Morley. On the same day it also became the owner of a newly re-constituted Leeds College of Music which will maintain a level of independence as a wholly owned company of the City College.

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Productive diaries with psp cameras and netbooks (Leeds City College)

Leeds College of Art & Design

Leeds College of Art and Design is one of the most exciting colleges for art, design and the crafts in the country, based in one of its most exciting cities! It is small and friendly enough to offer a uniquely focused learning experience, and big enough to offer learners all the opportunities, resources and support they need. With a strongly vocational approach it means that student creativity is channelled towards their future success.

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Empowering Dyslexic Learners (Leeds College of Art & Design)

Leeds College of Building

Leeds College of Building is the only specialist further education construction college in the United Kingdom. It has a wide spectrum of learners with learning difficulties and / or disabilities. The project aims to address this range of needs, ensuring all learners, where possible receive an excellent learning experience, equipping them with the skills required to progress in the construction industry.

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Helping Dyslexic Learners to Engage with their Course (Leeds College of Building)

Leeds College of Technology

Leeds College of Technology is based in the heart of Leeds, offering a variety of full time and part time vocational courses. They have courses in a range of subjects and believe in real training to prepare learners for the real world of work and education.

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Active Learning in Active Classrooms (Leeds College of Technology)

Leeds Thomas Danby College

Leeds Thomas Danby is a leading vocational college offering a range of Further Education and Higher Education courses for school leavers and adult learners. Set in the heart of Leeds the college has a fine reputation for vocational and applied learning.

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Enthusing Learners (Leeds Thomas Danby College)

North Lindsey College

North Lindsey is the largest provider of post-16 education and training in North Lincolnshire, offering a huge range of full-time, part-time and work based learning courses at a range of levels. The learners benefit from excellent facilities plus friendly and vocationally experienced staff.

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Northern College

Northern College has a history of serving communities facing high unemployment and social and economic deprivation. The college places at the centre of its mission those learners who face social exclusion and looks to develop new and innovative approaches which enable individuals to engage with education and employment.

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Park Lane College - now Leeds City College

Park Lane College Leeds & Keighley offers a friendly, supportive environment to help you learn, whether you want to study full-time or part-time, to progress your career, learn new skills or move on to higher education. The College prides itself on offering the widest choice of courses with the highest quality of teaching, educating over 40,000 learners per annum.

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Universal Access to Resources (Park Lane College)

Priory Enterprises

Priory Enterprises are a new fledgling enterprise who are based in Bridlington and are a not for profit organisation which aims to help individuals with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, mental health issues and those disadvantaged in the work place and in life generally; we also aim to help youngsters leaving school prematurely who need a focus. www.prioryenterprises.com

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Creative workshops, broadening horizons (Priory Enterprises)

Rotherham College of Art and Technology

Rotherham College of Arts and Technology has been involved in (what is now termed as) “Learning for Living and Work” for over 20 years. Provision within the organisation has success rates ranging from 13% to 22% above national benchmarks.

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Using Multimedia to Create an ILP/Portfolio System (Rotherham College of Art and Technology)

Scarborough College

Scarborough College has about 1,000 full-time 16-19 students mostly doing level 3 courses (mainly A levels, some BTEC) with some taking level 2 (GCSE) courses first before moving on to A level.

Scarborough College welcomes a growing number of international students each year. The Lifelong Learning Centre also has about 1,000 students each year doing part-time courses.

Scarborough College is a supportive and friendly college providing high quality education and enabling success for students, staff and the future of the community.

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Tackling Dyslexia with a Range of Technology (Scarborough College)

Selby College

Since it was first established in 1984, Selby College has become one of the most successful colleges in England. In 2006/07, it became the third highest performing college in England. Selby College was graded by Ofsted in 2007 as 'Outstanding' in all areas, the first college in Yorkshire and the Humber to receive this accolade. Selby College has also achieved Beacon Status.

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PDAs and Head Cameras for Practical Learning (Selby College)

Sheffield College

The Sheffield College is committed to removing the barriers which may prevent people from participating in or benefiting from education. The Sheffield College aims to make its service available to all, including all students with a disability.

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Sheffield partnership

The Sheffield partnership was a collaborative project between the following learning providers within Sheffield: The Sheffield College Sheffield Virtual College BTCV

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Creating a mobile toolkit

Shipley College

Shipley College exists to deliver high quality education and training that meets the needs of individual students, communities and businesses in the Bradford District. As such, it provides education and training for demographic areas of significant deprivation. The College itself is located in the UNESCO world heritage site of Saltaire, the village built by the wool baron Sir Titus Salt between 1851 and 1876 in order to house his mill workers.

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Swarthmore - Inkwell project

Swarthmore accessed their equipment via People in Action. Swarthmore is using the equipment on their Inkwell project. For more on Inkwell, see http://www.leedsmind.org.uk/view.aspx?id=160 For more on Swarthmore, see http://www.swarthmore.org.uk/ Also, look under Organisation on this website for People in Action

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Life skills to employment - Swarthmore

Vine - The Learning With Life Network

Vine is a Leeds City Council service that offers opportunities for learners with severe learning difficulties and those who have complex needs. All learners have a learning plan based on their individual needs. Learning With Life is a network of excellence which aims to provide learning and training opportunities for young people aged 19–25 who have learning difficulties, disabilities or any wider range of individual support needs. The Learning with Life project is working to ensure young people in Leeds with Learning Difficulties and Disabilities are included in the future of our city and communities. More on Vine More on the Learning with Life Network in Leeds

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Access to equipment for small providers (Learning with Life Network)

Wakefield College

Wakefield College provide a broad ranging portfolio of courses, from pre-entry level through to higher education and professional qualifications. The College plays a leading role in regional regeneration and in the latest Ofsted Inspection report published in January 2007 Inspectors described the College as a place where learners enjoy their work, make good progress and develop their confidence and skills and where students with particular needs are well supported by a wide range of specialist skills and equipment.

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Developing Mobile Learning (Wakefield College)

Wakefield Council - KIDS, Aiming High

Wakefield Council have a Aiming High Grants and Family Activities Scheme http://www.wakefieldfis.org.uk/Disabled/Default.htm This is administered by KIDS through Wakefield Early Support Advice Information and Liaison Service. http://www.kids.org.uk/

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Supporting transitions (Wakefield Council)

Wyke Sixth Form College

Wyke Sixth Form College opened in 1988 and was originally intended for 16 – 19 year olds in the western part of Hull, but it very quickly gained a wider reputation beyond the city.

Today many young people at schools in the East Riding of Yorkshire decide to study at Wyke after they finish their GCSE examinations. The reputation of Wyke Sixth Form College now reaches beyond. Quite apart from international links that the College has developed, there is a growing number of young people coming to study at Wyke from all around the world.

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Gadgetastic! (Wyke Sixth Form College)

York College

York College is validated to run courses by 48 different awarding bodies and 5 Universities. It has been very successful in achieving awards for the excellence of its provision. The college has also had a very good Ofsted inspection in 2008.

The new York College is now open on the Sim Balk Lane site, on the south western gateway to York. The landmark £60 million campus is one of the biggest building projects of its kind in the country.

In September 2007 the new York College opened its doors to some 13,000 learners who are enjoying the new state-of-the-art facilities. The college continues to offer a wide range of academic and vocational qualifications at all levels, as well as working alongside local educational providers and businesses.

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It’s Not Just a Laptop… (York College)

Yorkshire Coast College

Yorkshire Coast College provides a variety of full time, part time, work based and distance learning courses in a range of subjects. Courses run in various venues, including the two main campuses in Scarborough, the Business School and venues across the region in the heart of the community. Students can also learn at their place of work, or from a distance with Distance Learning opportunities.

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SMS and Podcasting (Yorkshire Coast College)