Add to ORKGPeople with learning disabilities are largely excluded from the labour market in Scotland. In this episode, we discuss Breaking Barriers – a programme that supports young Scots with a learning disability into the workplace and offers the chance to study at university. Breaking Barriers is delivered by Strathclyde University, ENABLE Scotland, Scottish Power and STV. Episode Notes Timestamps 1:22 What is Breaking Barriers? 10:03 Breaking Barriers graduates share their stories Featuring Fraser of Allander: Rob Watts Strathclyde Business School: Heather Stenhouse Breaking Barriers graduates: Michael Higgins, Joe Kingdom and Lewis Cassid
[Excerpt] For many years the Mentoring, as a form of support for young people without work experienc...
Apprentices with a learning disability can face significant barriers to completing their training. ...
People with learning disabilities in Scotland and across the UK as a whole have been the target of c...
The third sector plays a vital role in supporting people with learning disabilities in Scotland. In ...
We discuss the role that social enterprises have to play in supporting people with learning disabili...
This podcast is part of a programme of work being taken forward by the Fraser of Allander Institute ...
For young people with a learning disability or other additional support needs, transitioning from th...
This paper identifies the growing gap between the spheres of paid employment and social care for peo...
This paper identifies the growing gap between the spheres of paid employment and social care for peo...
In this podcast, we discuss our latest report examining the system that delivers social care and sup...
This episode explores reasonable adjustments, alterations that should be made to ensure students wit...
This episode explores reasonable adjustments, alterations that should be made to ensure students wit...
This episode explores reasonable adjustments, alterations that should be made to ensure students wit...
Students with Learning Disabilities (LD) are the largest and fastest growing sub group of students w...
Students with Learning Disabilities (LD) are the largest and fastest growing sub group of students w...
[Excerpt] For many years the Mentoring, as a form of support for young people without work experienc...
Apprentices with a learning disability can face significant barriers to completing their training. ...
People with learning disabilities in Scotland and across the UK as a whole have been the target of c...
The third sector plays a vital role in supporting people with learning disabilities in Scotland. In ...
We discuss the role that social enterprises have to play in supporting people with learning disabili...
This podcast is part of a programme of work being taken forward by the Fraser of Allander Institute ...
For young people with a learning disability or other additional support needs, transitioning from th...
This paper identifies the growing gap between the spheres of paid employment and social care for peo...
This paper identifies the growing gap between the spheres of paid employment and social care for peo...
In this podcast, we discuss our latest report examining the system that delivers social care and sup...
This episode explores reasonable adjustments, alterations that should be made to ensure students wit...
This episode explores reasonable adjustments, alterations that should be made to ensure students wit...
This episode explores reasonable adjustments, alterations that should be made to ensure students wit...
Students with Learning Disabilities (LD) are the largest and fastest growing sub group of students w...
Students with Learning Disabilities (LD) are the largest and fastest growing sub group of students w...
[Excerpt] For many years the Mentoring, as a form of support for young people without work experienc...
Apprentices with a learning disability can face significant barriers to completing their training. ...
People with learning disabilities in Scotland and across the UK as a whole have been the target of c...