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New report calls for reform of UK’s skills system

Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 17:29

A new report calling for reforms to the UK's skills system to boost the economy - published by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) on Wednesday 28 July 2010 - has been welcomed by NIACE.

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  • 1,000 Community Learning Champions registered

    Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 14:06
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    The number of individual Community Learning Champions registered nationally has reached 1,000, a big step towards the 1,500 registrations that the national support programme is committed to achieving by March 2011.

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  • NIACE pays tribute to work of MLA

    Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 14:09
    Museums, Libraries and Archives Council

    NIACE pays tribute to the work of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council following the announcement to close it down by April 2012.

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  • Research examines learning needs of the disengaged

    Thursday, July 8, 2010 - 17:20
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    A report is now available on a seminar discussing the findings of new research - carried out by NIACE and LSIS - to inform provider strategies by improving understanding of aspirations, motivations and behaviours of young people and adults not in education, employment or training.

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  • Further education and skills consultation launched

    Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 17:26
    John Hayes MP, Minister of State

    NIACE welcomes the launch, by John Hayes MP, Minister for Lifelong Learning, of two consultation papers seeking to transform adult learning policy for the future.

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  • Response to 'Quangos in the Education & Skills System'

    Wednesday, July 21, 2010 - 15:22
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    NIACE has made a statement in response to a document issued by CIPD containing inaccurate material about NIACE. The document has now been withdrawn and a written apology has been received from the Chief Executive of CIPD.

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  • Online Basics launched

    Friday, July 23, 2010 - 9:24
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    NIACE is running a series of regional programmes to support the launch of Online basics - short bite-sized courses to help people, who currently lack digital skills, build up the ICT skills they need to get online.

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  • Sheltered housing schemes get residents online

    Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 9:48
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    Over 100 sheltered housing schemes across the country have received funding to help residents get online as part of a new outreach initiative - Get Digital.

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  • Paying for Lifelong Learning – Expenditure paper published

    Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 16:10
    Cover of Expenditure and funding models

    This paper on expenditure on lifelong learning, as well as models for funding represents a major contribution to building a strong knowledge base for a strategy for lifelong learning.

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  • National adult numeracy initiative launched

    Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 10:14
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    NIACE has joined forces with unionlearn and the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics to launch a joint strategy and initiative to improve adult numeracy.

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  • Informal adult learning in the digital age

    Thursday, July 8, 2010 - 16:18
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    The ways in which digital technology can be used to support informal adult learning is the focus of a NIACE workshop held today in Leicester.

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  • Free training events for ESOL practitioners

    Wednesday, July 7, 2010 - 11:48
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    English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) practitioners are finding out how to better engage women from settled minority ethnic communities, at free NIACE regional workshops held throughout July and September 2010.

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  • Royal attendance at community learning celebration

    Tuesday, July 6, 2010 - 14:24
    NIACE Royal Celebration event, Community Learning Champions, 7 July 2010, London

    A NIACE event held in the presence of Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal on Wednesday 7 July 2010, celebrated the Community Learning Champions Project at Volunteer Centre Greenwich, which inspires local people to see the benefits of learning.

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