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NIACE welcomes BIS's annual grant letter to Hefce

NIACE welcomes BIS's continued commitment to the premium universities in England receive to engage students from disadvantaged backgrounds, as confirmed in its annual grant letter to Hefce.

Perspectives on Level 3 loans

NIACE has today published a special issue of Adults Learning to inform the ongoing debate about the introduction of further education loans for adults over 24 years in England from 2013.

Grammar for sentence combining

An accessible guide for literacy tutors outlining the principles of sentence combining - an aspect of grammar teaching that has been proven to improve the quality of learners' writing - has been published today by NIACE.

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Adults Learning Journal

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

Informal adult community learning survey closed

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.

20th Adult Learners’ Week highlights

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.

Every woman’s right to learn

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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Adult Learners' Week nominations closed