Learners' Zone
Looking for a challenge? Want to do something more with your life? Need some inspiration?
Search through these pages to unlock that door to your imagination!
The Learners' Zone celebrates all forms of adult learning, providing you with useful tips and advice on how to make that first or next step. Every learner featured has seized an opportunity to improve their lives and their future prospects. For some, it has changed their whole life, for others it has simply helped them to gain a better one.
Use these pages to see how you could improve your life, and join the journey of learning with thousands of others across the country during Adult Learners' Week.
A - Z of Courses
Learning can be fun and very useful; there are hundreds of
courses to choose from, which will fit your individual interests and
needs. Flick through our A – Z of courses and see what a difference
taking part in learning can make to your life.
Online Yearbook
An online
yearbook is available for current and potential learners’ to
talk to each other about their learning journeys and experiences
Have you been thinking about improving your maths skills?
Have you been thinking about improving your skills and don’t
know where to start? To find out why maths is important but most of
all interesting, visit
www.mathstakesyouthere.org.uk you will find information on
the benefits of maths in everyday life and read about other people's
experiences. Try the activities and find out about free courses.
Help with Fees
Learning something new doesn’t have to be expensive, as there are
a variety of provisions in place so that you can gain the most from
enhancing your education.
These include the adult learning grant, access to childcare and career development loans. You can find out what you’re entitled to by taking a look at the Government website.
Specifically designed to help learners with a disability, take a look at the Really Useful Learning and Earning Guide 2008 for people with disabilities, which is available to download for free:
A new guide to Managing Your Media
for parents
To support Adult Learners’ Week (9-15 May) Ofcom has published the
first in a series of Managing Your Media guides designed to promote
media literacy across the UK.
Available as a video and downloadable guide, this resource is intended to show parents and guardians how to use parental controls and filters to manage their children’s access to digital TV and internet content. The guide also encourages parents and guardians to talk to their children about what they do on the internet and how to use it safely.
Ofcom research found that 57 per cent of children aged 8-15 mostly watch TV without an adult in the room. Similarly, half of all children aged 8-11 and two-thirds of those aged 12-15 mostly use the internet without an adult present.
The video and guide can be found here: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/advice/guides/media/media/
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Hear from other Learners
> Get skilled for life
> Finding the right course
> Get the right advice
> Ever thought of volunteering?
> CVs made easy
> That all important job interview
> Learn at work
> Useful contacts
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the source for the material in the Learners' Zone (or
order a copy here - [PDF])
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London.