The adult advancement and careers service (aacs) is a broad, ambitious project. We’d love to have your opinions and feedback on some of the key questions and issues we’ve outlined here in our Ideas Forest. Your ideas and comments will help us to ensure that the new service develops successfully. And you can see what we think of your suggestions and comments in our blog.
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Visit the ideas forest
Leave your comments and responses to some of our 'big questions' in our ideas forest. Each question is represented by a tree, each leaf is a comment added by someone like you.
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Read the blog
Read what we have to say about the discussions happening in the ideas forest. You can also leave responses and comments here on our blog.
What's new in the Forest
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How can we ensure careers advisers have the skills and support they need to deliver the new service? What skills, qualifications and CPD will they need?
Training sessions on how to help groups of clients eg graduates, executive level clients etc would…
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How can we position, deliver and promote the adult advancement and careers service to ensure it meets the needs of all customers, whatever their circumstances and backgrounds?
The service could be advertised through radio a lot more, especially through primetime hours as well…
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The success of the adult advancement and careers service will depend on the quality of the services it provides. How can we build on and improve the current quality assurance and inspection arrangements?
Ensure confidentiality is assured. Also demonstrate proof of quality of service by using…
What's new in the Blog
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Ensuring a quality service
How can we build on and improve the current quality assurance and inspection arrangements to enable continuous improvements for providers and achieve consistent quality across the whole of the new service?
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Achieving a seamless service
How can we ensure this is about more than just signposting and referral?
We want to bring together different sources of advice and work closely with partners to respond to customers’ individual needs. Are there other examples of broad-based advice services we can learn from and what can they tell us? -
Demonstrating the value of skills accounts
Skills accounts can help increase the appeal of adult education to a wider segment of learners by giving people more control over their learning. How can we demonstrate the value of a skills account to better inform, motivate and engage with all, whatever their circumstances?
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