1. Enhance skills and adaptability of educators and employers. Acknowledging the urgent necessity of adapting and enhancing educators’ and employers’ skills to equip them with up-to-date tools and practices. 2. Encourage self-reflection skills among adults of different backgrounds. Emphasising the importance of self-reflection in challenging personal dominant narratives, fostering the creation of new narratives aligned with individual needs and current life circumstances. 3. Introduce an innovative Narrative approach to promote inclusive learning and employment. Through the integration of the Narrative Approach, digital tools, and adult education strategies, develop a scalable and accessible training program for educational organisations and companies.
There is a challenge faced by VET educators, employers and adults from diverse backgrounds concerning increasing inequalities and discrimination in labour market. Adult education has yet to be tailored to accommodate the diverse life experiences and backgrounds of adults. Without adaptation and skill enhancement, many run the risk of marginalisation, hindering their ability to achieve their professional aspirations - creating new life stories at any stage of life. Needs addressed 1. Emotional and social needs of adults of different backgrounds, encompassing the sense of belonging, social interaction, emotional support. Addressing these needs falls within the domain of Narrative approach, encouraging individuals in self-reflection and deconstruction of negative narratives that often become the barrier to self/- professional growth. 2. Improving educators' professional skills to meet the evolving demands of the education sector and adults engaging in learning. This involved fostering the ability for self-reflection and ensuring access to up-to-date educational tools and resources. 3. Raising awareness/equipping employers with diversity and inclusion tools to create an inclusive work environment to support employee upskilling.