Welcome to CTAD website!

Move On With Equal (MOWE) is a major Equal-funded development. Its activities cover all nine English government office regions, as well as Wales and Scotland.

The MOWE programme is based on the belief that qualifications are currency which can be spent in the further education, training, and employment worlds. Giving key priority groups easier access to appropriate qualifications can have a significant impact on enabling them to overcome some of the barriers they face. The project aims to work with UK Equal Developmental Partnerships and other agencies concerned with the issues of employability and social inclusion through preparing learners for the labour market and helping them aquire appropriate qualifications.

MOWE builds on some of the lessons and good practice learnt by Move On in helping Skills for Life providers, and adapts them to vocational programmes. MOWE is currently developing a portal that will provide Equal Development Partnerships with access to the following:

• Video snapshots, which are appropriate for learner engagement in different contexts. These will provide users with realistic and accessible information about specific skill areas and vocational programmes. They will also provide opportunities for users to reflect on the experiences of others like them before embarking on their own learning journey.
• Interactive and traditional learning materials in four vocationally-related areas. These will be made available through routeways including ‘Introduction to the construction industry’, ‘Enterprise’ and ‘Personal finance’. A fourth routeway is still to be confirmed. Teachers and trainers will have access to high quality learning materials together with advice on their use, and guidance on assessment and mapping to key and basic skills.
• Good practice case studies. One of the video-based case studies will illustrate how overcoming barriers to progression can have an impact on learners. The other will encourage provider organisations to consider this issue of progression. It is envisaged that these case studies will not only help develop good practice, but will also inspire and motivate those who work with beneficiaries with low skills break down the barriers that they face
• Networking opportunities to ensure that organisations with similar interests can effectively communicate and share good practice. We will also use this facility to inform DPs of emerging government policy, and enable them to help shape policy through meaningful consultation.
• A variety of useful tools and other support for tutors, including on-line training modules for non-specialists who want to help their beneficiaries gain better access to basic qualifications. There will also be an interactive planning tool for those who need to help their beneficiaries to progress to higher skills levels, particularly full Level 2 qualifications.
• Adapted or newly developed qualifications in the targeted areas, aimed at improvement opportunities for learners to progress to full Level 2 qualifications. MOWE is working with a number of awarding bodies to ensure that there are appropriate and accessible 'stepping stone' qualifications aimed at those who need to learn at a relatively basic level. Underlying this aspect of MOWE's work is the conviction that providing learners with early opportunities for success can help increase confidence and motivation, building the sense of momentum that many learners need to persist with their journey towards higher level skills.

In addition, MOWE is keen to facilitate communication between Equal Developmental Partnerships and organisations responsible for low skills and employability policy at national, regional and local levels.

MOWE is relevant to anybody working to improve progression routes to employment and vocationally-related training, particularly those who are supporting:

• non-traditional entrants into the construction industry (e.g. women or ethnic minorities)
• beneficiaries who want to gain enterprise skills – including for the private, public and social enterprise sectors
• beneficiaries’ development of personal finance skills
• young people leaving care
• ex-offenders.