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NIACE's work in the South East provides a platform to advocate on behalf of adult learners across different sectors. It is a vehicle for supporting the development and dissemination of regional and national policy, sharing information, facilitating discussion and debate and researching and promoting effective practice.

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What is the regional work?

NIACE staff have experience and expertise across the full breadth of national and regional adult learning policy and practice, including specialist knowledge of literacy, language and numeracy.

Pam Lumsden, the South East Regional Programme Director, works closely with strategic agencies, funding bodies, other regional and sub-regional organisations and local learning providers. She has extensive networks of contacts and holds regional data to generate high levels of stakeholder and user participation as well as support for research activity.

NIACE works with regional partners to coordinate Adult Learners' Week in the region and supports regional celebrations of learning.

The Regional Programme Directors:

  • Advocate on behalf of adult learners and adult learning and strengthen the voice of the learner at regional, local and institutional levels
  • Support adult learning providers and practitioners in the region
  • Organise seminars, conferences and networks to promote and disseminate excellent practice across all aspects of adult learning
  • Act as a source of current information on policies and practices
  • Undertake research, development and consultancy
  • Organise seminars, conferences and networks to promote and disseminate excellent practice across all aspects of adult learning

Projects in the South East

Taking Forward Community Learning is a project that aims to use the power of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralymic Games to provide opportunities for people to learn and develop skills in their community. As part of the South East Partnership, the Regional Programme Director is working with organisations across the South East to Inspire Mark their community learning projects.

The South East Partnership has also developed GO-Learn, a toolkit designed to support voluntary and community organisations, Further Education colleges and local authorities to harness the interest generated by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in attracting adults and young people into learning, volunteering and work.

The toolkit aims to help organisations, through a collection of case studies and easy steps, to find ways to engage adults and young people through sport, recreation or cultural activities, and to add the element of work and employability skills to these activities.

Download the toolikit here

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Campaigns

  • Adult Learners' Week

    Adult Learners' Week is the UK's largest and longest running learning campaign. Held each May, it encourages thousands of adults, whatever their age, and background, to give learning a go.

  • Sign Up Now

    Sign Up Now is the sister campaign to Adult Learners' Week and runs throughout January and September each year, aiming to motivate potential learners to sign up for courses.