Before I got involved with Offender Learning, or should I say when I was an unsuspecting member of the general public, my views on learning in prisons and opportunities for offenders in the community were at the very least skewed and at the very most totally off the beam. I heard somewhere once that you [...]
The final guest blog as part of Adult Learners’ Week is written by Ruth Bond, Chair of the National Federation of Women’s Institute (NFWI). It was a great honour to be asked to sit on the NIACE panel to determine the Learning through Arts, Craft Skills and Culture Individual Award winners for Adult Learners’ Week. The [...]
NIACE is a great organisation with great staff. The welcome I have received a week into my new job – despite joining during Adult Learners’ Week, one of the busiest periods in the year – has been phenomenal. I can see dedicated, experienced staff, many established thought-leaders in their fields, all working hard on the [...]
Written by Paul Askew, National Project Manager for the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy’s two year programme to Champion Continuing Professional Development, which is funded by the Union Learning Fund. Paul’s background is in the public, regulatory and non-profit sectors, developing and delivering strategy, change and performance programmes. The headline findings of his year’s Adult Participation [...]
Guest contribution for Adult Learners’ Week, written by Toni Fazaeli, Chief Executive at the Institute for Learning (IfL). Is learning about theory dull and practical learning exciting? During Adult Learners’ Week, let’s listen to what the learners have to say. I have been talking with students and trainees across England to find out the latest [...]
