There are significant challenges in creating a resource that caters for different professional contexts, initial training and levels of experience.  The process of developing this module, which has been funded by an SSDA Project, has included involvement of:

Employer representatives, notably Ann Mason of Skillset, the SSC for the Audio Visual Industry

Researchers, that is the team at the Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick

• Lucy Marris
• Jenny Bimrose
• Alan Brown
• Sally-Anne Barnes

IT specialists with a particular interest in open source software development, that is Knownet

• Mike Malloch
• Steve Tufail
• Al Harris

Particular thanks to the panel of practitioners who have given freely of their time to provide formative feedback on the resources as they have been developed, that is:

• Andrew MacPherson
• Claire Phillips
• Connie Colli
• Janice Pattie
• Jenny Clark
• Mark Cluer
• Oliver Burney
• Richard Longson

The Steering Group for the project which included:

• Ann Mason, Skillset
• Renata Muncey, Skillset
• Sue Holden, Institute of Career Guidance
• Jenny Bimrose, IER, University of Warwick
• Sally Dale, UFI
• Joanne Lambert, UFI
• Becky Hutchings, UFI
• Surekha Shah, North London Nextstep
• Julie Tree, West Yorkshire Nextstep
• Liz VBevins, Lifelong Learning Uk
• Karen Milner, Learning and Skills Council
• Leigh Henderson, Cohesion Career Development Consultancy
• June Kay, University of Durham
• Caralyn Banham, e-skills
• Margaret Christopoulos, Centre for Guidance Studies, University of Derby

The Challenges

This is a new resource and the hope is it will continue to evolve and develop. The materials provided try to cater for a breadth of practitioners each with differing backgrounds, levels of experience, professional contexts, needs and time available to explore the resource. Here you can find out more about the challenges encountered during the developmental process and read a reflective account of the evolution of this LMI module project.