GM Adult Skills Programmes Adult Education Budget & Skills Bootcamps Impact Evaluation

1.1.1 Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) are procuring an Evaluation Partner to

undertake a retrospective impact evaluation of both the Adult Education Budget (AEB) and

Skills Bootcamps programmes, overviews of which can be found in sections 1.3 and 1.4 of

this document.

1.1.2 The opportunity has been taken by GMCA to conduct a combined, backward-looking

impact evaluation of AEB and Skills Bootcamps – two key, individual components of the

adult skills landscape.

1.1.3 The programmes are to be evaluated in and of themselves (i.e. not in explicit reference

to any pre- versus post-devolution experiences). Hence, no counterfactual analysis is

required.

1.1.4 The aim of the evaluation will be to provide GMCA with an assessment of whether, and

how, both programmes are achieving their desired impacts and outcomes. It will be expected

to play a primary role in generating learning, evidencing both the successes and shortfalls of

the programmes’ design and delivery models.

1.1.5 The evaluation will stimulate ideas around programme delivery improvements for the

future, including a view on how the programmes might better complement each other as part

of GM’s new vision for an Integrated Technical Education, Skills & Work (ESW) System (see

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paragraphs 1.2.8 to 1.2.10 below for further information on the vision). It will also discuss how

they might better contribute to relevant shared commitments set out in the Greater

Manchester Strategy: Good Lives for All (GMS).

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