The Integrated Children's Services in Higher Education (ICS-HE) project is one of six one-year employer engagement projects supported by the Higher Education Academy with funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) to help Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) meet goverment policy for the workforce to reach targets for attainment at Level 4 and above.
As part of this the project team identified over 30 organisations to form a Stakeholder Reference Group (including Sector Skills Council (SSCs) regulatory bodies academic sector bodies and professional bodies); established a project website to provide information and resources about the ICS agenda; commissioned a knowledge review published a policy map to guide educators across disciplines and co-ordinated the planning design implementation and reporting of a national conference. This report summarises the outputs and outcomes of the project.
