Two national events were held in London yesterday as part of Adult Learners’ Week, which illustrated perfectly how learning can and does help people to completely transform their lives.
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Tuesday 21 May 2013 |
Higher Education Minister, David Willetts MP, yesterday acknowledged a dramatic fall in part-time student numbers in England and pledged that the Government will engage the policy levers to do better, at a parliamentary reception ahead of Adult Learners’ Week.
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Friday 17 May 2013 |
The proportion of young people aged 17–24 taking part in learning has fallen by 7 percentage points in the last year, revealed by the latest findings of the annual NIACE adult participation in learning survey for 2013, published today ahead of Adult Learners’ Week.
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Thursday 16 May 2013 |
The Government should maintain current levels of public and private investment in adult learning and commit to raising them towards that of the current OECD average - this is the headline proposal from NIACE ahead of Adult Learners' Week and the Spending Review in June.
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Wednesday 15 May 2013 |
NIACE is undertaking a series of interviews with apprentices whose experiences and expertise are helping to inform its response to the Government’s consultation on the Richard Review into Apprenticeships.
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Thursday 9 May 2013 |
NIACE is calling for information about how adult English and maths provision is delivered across the sector, as part of a new research project commissioned by BIS and delivered in partnership with TNS-BMRB, AlphaPlus and NIESR.
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Wednesday 8 May 2013 |
NIACE is offering a series of workshops this June and July to help learning and skills providers demonstrate how they make a difference for learners and communities and how they deliver value for the public purse.
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Friday 3 May 2013 |
NIACE welcomes the focus on skills from the House of Commons Business, Innovation and Skills Committee on Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs), supporting the report’s view that skills should be a core priority for LEPs.
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Monday 29 Apr 2013 |
Tom Stannard, Director of Policy and Communications at Blackburn with Darwen Council, has been appointed to the new national role of NIACE Director of Communications and Public Affairs.
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Monday 29 Apr 2013 |
The positive impact that adult learning and skills have on Europe's economy and society was the theme of a major, two-day international conference in Cardiff, organised by NIACE.
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Friday 26 Apr 2013 |
Following World Book Night during which half a million books – including Andy McNab’s Quick Read, Last Night Another Soldier - were given directly to the hardest to reach potential readers, NIACE is premiering a film illustrating how better literacy skills can improve lives.
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Tuesday 23 Apr 2013 |
The impact that six adult and community learning providers had when they adapted and changed their provision to help communities experiencing ‘difficult times’, is illustrated in a report recently published by NIACE.
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Wednesday 17 Apr 2013 |
A research project to quantify the nature and extent of Third Sector involvement and participation in the delivery of learning and skills is moving to the next phase with the publication of its findings.
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Monday 15 Apr 2013 |
Voting has now closed, determining a winning maths app that will receive funding for full development, as part of the Maths4us initiative to boost adult maths skills across England. The winning app will be announced next week.
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Friday 12 Apr 2013 |
The Adult Learners’ Week (18-24 May) photo competition has now closed and the winners will be notified in the next two weeks.
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Wednesday 10 Apr 2013 |
A new, comprehensive study guide to help people pass the new Life in the UK Test – which was introduced on 25 March 2013 - has now been published by NIACE and is available to buy online.
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Monday 8 Apr 2013 |
NIACE and seven other European organisations are developing and delivering training programmes to support socially disadvantaged learners to acquire vital digital skills, as part of a European project funded by the European Commission and coordinated by Stiftung Digitale Chancen.
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Monday 8 Apr 2013 |
NIACE has responded to the Government’s Rigour and Responsiveness in Skills paper, published on Wednesday 3 April.
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Wednesday 3 Apr 2013 |
The way in which e-books and e-readers can be used to help develop adult literacy skills, provide greater accessibility to texts, offer portable access to resources and cultivate a love of reading is explored in a new NIACE publication.
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Wednesday 27 Mar 2013 |
NIACE is calling for a ‘whole’ system approach to support local learning and skills in its evidence – submitted today - to the Inquiry on Local Growth and the Skills System as called for by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Local Growth, LEPs and Enterprise Zones.
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Tuesday 26 Mar 2013 |
The argument that a successful economy needs an outstanding vocational learning system and should not be seen as ‘second class education’ has received a boost today, in the report published by the Commission of Adult Vocational Teaching and Learning.
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Monday 25 Mar 2013 |
The second official Work Programme evaluation report - published by the Centre for Economic & Social Inclusion – explains some of the challenges faced by Work Programme providers, as anticipated by NIACE.
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Friday 22 Mar 2013 |
Despite the fact that around 1 in 3 of all UK job vacancies are in micro-businesses, there is a lack of involvement with them from learning providers, meaning a huge number of people are missing out on training and skills development opportunities.
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Thursday 21 Mar 2013 |
England’s further education system looks set to face a period of change and uncertainty after the Government’s acceptance of recommendations in last year’s report by Lord Heseltine, to decentralise skills spending as part of a drive to stimulate economic growth.
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Tuesday 19 Mar 2013 |
NIACE welcomes the publication of the government’s response to the Richard Review, and in particular its recognition that individuals of all ages can benefit from the opportunity that an Apprenticeship offers to both earn and learn.
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Thursday 14 Mar 2013 |
