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Bookbite's Joe, Anne & Kate speaking with HRH The Princess Royal

Royal visit for older writers’ project

Friday, March 12, 2010 - 15:56

Three budding writers, Anne, Joe and Kate, enthralled an audience of invited guests at a NIACE-organised seminar held in London - on Thursday, 11 March 2010 - of how they started writing in their 70s and what they have gone on to achieve.

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  • Next Generation Learning Awards

    Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 15:43
    Hands using a mobile phone

    The winners of the second annual Next Generation Learning Awards - from Becta - were announced at a ceremony on Monday 8 March 2010, attended by panellist Patsy Quinn, a NIACE Programme Director for Digital Learning.

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  • Nominations open for special E-Guide Award

    Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 17:30
    2009 Tony Burgess E-Guide Award winner being presented with her award

    Nominations are now open for the second Tony Burgess E-Guides Award - sponsored by the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) - and should be submitted by 5pm on Friday, 26 March 2010.

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  • 600 organisations register interest in NEETs research

    Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 16:30
    Print Apprentice

    Almost 600 organisations have registered their interest in taking part in a ground-breaking research programme looking into the experiences of young people and adults who are not in education, employment or training.

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  • NIACE applauds International Development Strategy

    Thursday, March 4, 2010 - 16:48
    Hand holding a pen

    The Department for International Development launched its five year Education Strategy, on Wednesday 3 March, and has been applauded by NIACE for it's strong commitment to the Millennium Development Goals.

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  • Quick Reads transform reading habits

    Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - 17:39
    Adult learners reading Quick Reads

    New research from NIACE - published on World Book Day - shows the dramatic impact Quick Reads are having in literacy classes and in the workplace.

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  • World Maths Day

    Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - 9:31
    Numbers

    To celebrate World Maths Day on Wednesday 3 March 2010, Sue Southwood - NIACE Programme Director for Numeracy - explained the important role that Maths plays in our everyday lives and suggests some fun online activities.

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  • Families learning on World Book Day

    Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - 17:18
    Mother and daughter reading together

    Schools around the UK are inviting parents and carers to join children at Family Learning Breakfasts - on World Book Day, today - in a new scheme launched by Quick Reads.

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  • UNISON and NIACE sign MOU

    Friday, February 26, 2010 - 16:38
    UNISON's Dave Prentis & NIACE's Rachel Thomson signing the MOU

    A Memorandum of Understanding on widening participation in adult learning was signed by UNISON and NIACE in front of 700 people at UNISON's annual Women's Conference, at the Sage in Gateshead, on Friday 19 February 2010.

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  • Online access for older people in sheltered housing

    Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 15:47
    Older people learning IT skills

    A new £2.9m Government programme, Get Digital, to help nearly 20,000 older people in sheltered housing get online - delivered by NIACE and Digital Unite - was launched in London, on Thursday 25 February 2010.

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  • New digital initiative from Quick Reads

    Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 11:16
    Hands using a mobile phone

    Quick Reads is reaching out to yet more potential readers with an innovative new digital scheme. It is now taking books, by best-selling writers and celebrities, direct to the computers and mobile phones of new and non-readers.

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