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NIACE welcomes NAO's adult apprenticeship statement

Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 08:47

NIACE welcomes the statement made by the National Audit Office that ‘Apprenticeships for adults offer a good return for the public money spent on them overall'.

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  • NIACE concerned over fall in learner numbers

    Thursday, February 2, 2012 - 11:57
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    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.

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  • Eight brand new Quick Reads launched

    Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 15:24
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    Eight brand new Quick Reads have been launched - with titles from bestselling authors including Maeve Binchy, Alexander McCall Smith, Lynda La Plante and James Caan - encouraging new and reluctant readers to develop a love of reading.

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  • Supporting young adult care leavers into work

    Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 15:53
    Young adult learners

    Despite new legislation in the last three years to strengthen education and work opportunities for young adults leaving care, statistics indicate that more needs to be done to improve their chances. This will be addressed at a NIACE conference in London, on Thursday 9 February.

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  • Drop in mature HE applications is a ‘warning sign for ministers’

    Monday, January 30, 2012 - 12:40
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    The substantial drop in applications for higher education from mature students - announced in UCAS figures on Monday 30 January 2011 - is a significant cause for concern, NIACE believes.

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  • NIACE welcomes BIS's annual grant letter to Hefce

    Friday, January 27, 2012 - 14:55
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    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.

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  • Perspectives on further education loans

    Friday, January 27, 2012 - 12:20
    Adults Learning extra, front cover

    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.

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  • Grammar for sentence combining

    Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 10:03
    Grammar for sentence combining, book front cover

    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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  • Raising literacy and numeracy standards for young adults

    Friday, January 13, 2012 - 14:01
    Young adult apprentice

    A seminar to examine how literacy and numeracy standards of young adults can be raised is being held today by NIACE, and will address Professor Alison Wolf's review of vocational education for the Government.

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  • Adult Learners' Week nominations closed

    Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 11:19
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    The 2012 Adult Learners' Week nominations are now closed. NIACE is processing the hundreds of nominations received in order to kick-start the rigorous short-listing process.

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  • National Extension College out of administration

    Friday, December 23, 2011 - 09:46
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    The education charity, the Open School Trust, is the new owner of The National Extension College (NEC), which has been bought from the Learning and Skills Network after it went into administration last month.

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  • NIACE joins the Age Action Alliance

    Sunday, October 16, 2011 - 10:41
    Older learner painting a plant pot

    NIACE is a founder member of the Age Action Alliance, launched this month, a network of national and local agencies working together to celebrate the lives of older people and to improve the lives of the most marginalised.

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  • NIACE welcomes Government's 16-24 participation strategy

    Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 16:07
    Young learner

    NIACE welcomes the publication of the Government's new strategy to maximise the participation of 16 - 24 year olds in education, training and work and is particularly interested in the further details of the Youth Contract announced by the Deputy Prime Minister last month.

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