The National Youth Agency - Education and Training Standards Committee (England)

Education and Training Standards Committee (England)

The ETS Committee is made up of volunteer representatives from a wide range of youth work roles and organisational backgrounds.

The ETS Committee members chair the professional validation panels that review and inspect the universities and colleges of higher education that offer validated youth work programmes. The Committee members meet three times a year to discuss the outcomes of this professional validation work, the professional validation of vocational qualifications and the quality assurance of all qualifications. The Committee also considers contemporary developments in the youth work field and issues affecting youth work education and training. The ETS Committee offers policy guidance and advice to the youth work field on all matters relating to youth work education and training.

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The current membership of the ETS Committee is:

2 members of the Executive Board (to act as Chair and Vice-Chair)

Mike Counsell
Helen Dye

14 members

1 from Community and Youth Workers Union (CYWU)

Dave Ireland: Training Cirriculum and Quality
Cornwall Youth Service

1 from Federation of Community Work Training Groups (FCWTG)

Lorraine Grey: Liverpool John Moores University

1 from JNC Employers' side

Allison Wheeler: Principal Negotiating Officer JNC

1 from JNC Staff side

Doug Nichols: CYWU

1 from National Association of Youth and Community Education Officers (NAYCEO)

Ruth Fogg

2 from National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (NCVYS)

Sue Atkins: Youth Association South Yorkshire
Sue Wilson: The Lifetrain Trust

1 from Regional Youth Work Advisers Group

Mary Kenny: Regional Youth Work Advisor

1 from Association of Principal Youth and Community Officers (APYCO) Susie Roberts

2 from Training Agencies Group (TAG)

Sue Robertson: University of Chichester
Janet Batsleer: Manchester Metropolitan University

1 from Awarding Bodies Forum

Geraldine Donworth, City and Guilds

1 from Sector Skills Council (and on behalf of LLUK)

Mark Wright, LLUK

1 member from Unison

Robin Konieczny: UNISON

5 members from the wider field of youth and community work and who have a contribution to make to the education and training of youth and community workers at a national level.

David Bailey: London Borough of Hillingdon
Bernard Booth: Blackpool Council
Stephen Peck: The Scout Association
Mary McLoughlin: Principal Training Officer St Helens College
One position vacant

3 Co-optees to be determined by the Board

Gill Millar: Regional Youth Work Advisor, Learning South West
Sushila Khoot: London Borough of Newham

+ Assessor(s) and Observer(s) -non voting members

Stella Butler (for information only): Ofsted