Adult apprenticeMore support for employers could double 'apprenticeship appeal'

The number of employers prepared to take on an apprentice would more than double if the right package of support was available from Government and learning providers, says a new survey of 1,000 employers commissioned by Pearson and NIACE. More!

Quick Reads Reading Breaks kick-startedQuick Reads 2012 logo

Quick Reads Reading Breaks have kick-started across the country today and NIACE is calling on even more schools, colleges and workplaces to get involved and encourage people to fall in love with reading in 2012. More!

The apprentices' journeyThe apprentices' journey - report front cover

To coincide with the start of Apprenticeship Week (6 - 10 February), NIACE has published a report analysing the experiences of the 81 learners who were nominated for last year's Adult Apprentice of the Year Award, which was sponsored by Pearson for Adult Learners' Week. More!

NIACE concerned over fall in learner numbersBIS logo

The latest fall in the number of adults who are involved in Personal and Community Development Learning, as reported this week in BIS's Quarterly Statistical First Release, is of concern to NIACE. More!


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Adults Learning JournalAdults Learning

Latest Adults Learning focuses on the Colleges in their Communities inquiry and the government’s reform of HE and includes reflections on civic learning, social value and the Big Society

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Informal adult community learning survey closedHand on a computer mouse

NIACE has analysed over 6,500 responses from individuals and groups to its survey on informal adult community learning and has sent them to the Government to form part of its New Challenges, New Chances consultation.

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20th Adult Learners’ Week highlightsALW Logo

A successful 20th Adult Learners' Week (14-20 May) in England is over, after hundreds of learning events across the country gave tens of thousands of adults the chance to try something new.

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Every woman’s right to learnWoman in craft class

A ten-point manifesto to help ensure every woman has the right to learn is being distributed by NIACE at the three main party conferences, which will lead to the publication of a final manifesto, ‘Every Woman's Right to Learn', on International Women's Day 2012.

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