The Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education
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The Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education [GIFHE] is a further and higher education institution specialising in vocational training, productivity improvement and business support. The Institute has a number of Centres of Vocational Excellence, including Food Technology. GIFHE is diverse, and includes academic divisions that specialise in Food and Hospitality, manufacturing support, e-learning and has established solutions both through skills programmes with FE/HE programmes and business support activities through wholly owned subsidiaries. The Institute is interested in developing action research to improve and support the development of integrated skills training and support programmes for migrant workers. The Institute works closely with the food industry, since 53.3% of all their food and hospitality provision is sponsored by the food industry. Through the Food Technology Advisory Service (FTAS) GIFHE has considerable experience in providing business support and workforce development for SMEs. For instance, GIFHE works with 110 different food manufacturing companies, training over 2500 people in the Food sector per annum, and has engaged with over one third of the sub-regional food business (out of a total of 330 in the region). Through contact with leading employers in the area, there has been contact with a growing number of agency personnel, including migrant labour. The Institute delivers basic skills assessments are delivered through ICT provision and, specifically for migrant workers, there are dedicated ESOL ICT resources available and extensively employed. Its future plans align with the proposed actions of the project , The development and testing of support services to supplement “skills for Life” basic skills, ESOL and basic food hygiene programmes to improve integrated and accessible training designed around the specific and more significant support needs of migrant workers. The objective is to design and pilot blended learning solutions which included mentoring programmes to test and produce new programme specifications and quality standards on training for migrant workers. The Leonardo project will enable these to focus on lower skilled workers and be available for speakers of many more languages.