Organisations and institutions
Offenders Learning and Support Unit (OLSU)
OLSU was the predecessor of OLASS at the Department for Education (DfE) - The Offender Learning and Skills Service (OLASS) was launched in 2008 and is:
"not a ‘Service’ in the same sense as the Ambulance Service or the Women’s Royal Voluntary Service (WRVS). It has neither dedicated staff nor an organisation structure. Rather, it is a means by which existing delivery services are brigaded together and focussed on to the particular needs of a specific group of learners."
http://olass.skillsfundingagency.bis.gov.uk/OLASS+A+Brief+Guide.htm
Evaluations as related organisation (1)
FM and FI and Skills for Life
This evaluation commissioned by the OLSU, examined how far the 'Family Man' and 'Fathers Inside' programmes contributed towards the ‘Skills for Life Strategy’. It found that both programmes support the strategy by focusing on speaking, listening and responding skills and includes details of the percentages of FM & FI course ... read on →
