Integrated Children's Services in Higher Education (ICS-HE)

Project details
Project partners SWAP (lead), Higher Education Academy subject centres for Education (ESCalate), Health Sciences and Practice, Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine (MEDEV) and Psychology; The Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC) and Children's Workforce Network (CWN)
Contact details swapenquiries@soton.ac.uk
Disciplinary focus Integrated children's services
Project dates
2007 - 2008

Description

This Higher Education Academy project focused on professional education for integrated children's services to meet the Every Child Matters (ECM) agenda. Key disciplines and professions included: education, early years professionals, careers, nursing, midwifery, medicine, psychology, social work and youth and community work.

Project aims and activities

This project aimed to bring together those relevant subject disciplines and sector bodies to:

  • Provide an evidence-based approach to identify effective ways of developing interprofessional curricula and pedagogy for professional practice in children's services.
  • Scope existing initiatives and support the development of informed educational policy and practice for professionals who will be working in reconfigured children's services.
  • Provide a more coherent response to the Integrated Qualifications Framework for the children's workforce across higher education.

Funding

The project was funded through the Higher Education Academy with a grant from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) to strengthen employer engagement in HE and improve links with Sector Skills Councils. The project therefore has a specific focus on England, however involvement from individuals and organisations from across the UK was invited.

Outputs*

Briefing Paper - May 2008 (PDF, 739KB)
Project Summary - May 2008 (PDF, 1.5MB)
Policy Map - November 2007 (PDF, 187KB)
Knowledge Review - May 2008 (PDF, 671KB)

*Please note some web-links within these documents may no longer be active.

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