For the applicant

Edited transcript of remarks at a meeting

This is a cross-sectoral tool.  We’re just about to

roll it out across the sector, so that’s approximately

56% of people.  We’re finding most of them are in

that level 3 range, approximately, so we’re aiming

to engage that and grow it.  We’ve also been active

in delivering papers at a range of conferences and

we’ve also been active in a range of divisions.

I might say that Rowena’s also presented a report

which outlines a range of activities.  Perhaps.

Perhaps I could take a moment to outline our strategy

in greater detail.  Rowena’s been active in providing

a range of activities that illustrate what we’re about

and where we’re getting that all-important support

to continue with the range of what, what we do.  I think

Rowena has made a very interesting point, actually,

when our UTEP visitor outlined 12 critical areas

of support.  Supporting in a way that pushes

that support forward onto the people we work with.

That support is developmental and collaborative,

in other words.  We need to be proactive, we need

to make these things systemic and forward-looking,

so that we can better guide applicants into the right

pathways through the range of our offerings, noting

that a range of other providers in this sector now

are pushing to cost shift onto the people we’re trying

to support, and also there are obviously a range of

cost pressures on us too.