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• Facilitating access
• Ethnic minorities
• Business creation
• Social economy
• Lifelong learning and inclusive working practices
• Adaptability to work
• Gender equality
• Asylum seekers

Vocational ESOL

Measures undertaken to enable people whose first language is not English to acquire language skills relevant to their particular vocation.  Such measures are designed to enable people with existing vocational skills to be deployed quickly to fill identified skills gaps.

Access, learning and employment needs of newcomersThe Centre for Urban and Regional Studies at the University of Birmingham was commissioned by Birmingham and Solihull Learning and Skills Council to undertake a programme of research, to provide a clearer and more in-depth account of the size, skills and needs of the asylum seekers and refugee (ASR) population.

Capacity Building ESOL Learning for asylum seekersThe aim of this report is to understand the issues for both asylum seekers accessing and receiving ESOL support in Birmingham and Solihull and issues for the organisations delivering to this agenda.

MEET Transnational Partnership Launch ReportReport of the inaugural meeting of the MEET Transnational partnership held in October 2005.

National Statutory Context for ESOL Delivery for Asylum Seekers This document provides an overview of information on the statutory context for ESOL and Refugees/Asylum Seekers materials/reports relating to ESOL and refugees/asylum seekers that have been produced by agencies such as Basic Skills Agency, NIACE, other bodies good practice and innovation concerning delivery of ESOL to Asylum Seekers .

Vocational ESOLNew vocational ESOL programmes.

Vocational ESOL for medical professionalsSheffield College has been piloting vocational ESOL for professionally qualified refugees and migrant workers to enable skills to be used appropriately in the NHS.