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 was addressed at a NIACE conference in London today.
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Thursday 9 Feb 2012 |
The number of employers prepared to take on an apprentice would more than double if the right package of support was available from Government and learning providers, says a new survey of 1,000 employers commissioned by Pearson and NIACE.
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Thursday 9 Feb 2012 |
Quick Reads Reading Breaks have kick-started across the country today and NIACE is calling on even more schools, colleges and workplaces to get involved and encourage people to fall in love with reading in 2012.
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Tuesday 7 Feb 2012 |
To coincide with the start of Apprenticeship Week (6 - 10 February), NIACE has published a report analysing the experiences of the 81 learners who were nominated for last year's Adult Apprentice of the Year Award, which was sponsored by Pearson for Adult Learners' Week.
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Monday 6 Feb 2012 |
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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Thursday 2 Feb 2012 |
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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Wednesday 1 Feb 2012 |
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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Wednesday 1 Feb 2012 |
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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Monday 30 Jan 2012 |
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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Friday 27 Jan 2012 |
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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Friday 27 Jan 2012 |
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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Wednesday 25 Jan 2012 |
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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Wednesday 25 Jan 2012 |
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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Friday 13 Jan 2012 |
The drop of 14.4% in UCAS applications since 2011, from those aged 25 and over, is more than double the average overall drop of 6.4%. These are findings from the latest application figures released by UCAS and are of concern to NIACE.
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Wednesday 4 Jan 2012 |
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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Friday 23 Dec 2011 |
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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Thursday 15 Dec 2011 |
NIACE welcomes the publication of New Challenges, New Chances, launched on 1 December 2011 by BIS. It sets out a strong vision for adult education with learners at the heart of a system which delivers economic and social renewal for individuals, families and communities.
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Friday 2 Dec 2011 |
NIACE insists that it is vital to continue investing in the literacy and numeracy needs of adults in its response to the Government's publication of the 2011 Skills for Life Survey: Headline Findings, which was published on Thursday 1 December 2011.
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Thursday 1 Dec 2011 |
The announcement by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg (on Friday 25 November) of the Youth Contract - which will offer 400,000 young people aged 16 - 24 subsidised employment, work experience or apprenticeship opportunities - is broadly welcomed by NIACE.
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Friday 25 Nov 2011 |
A comprehensive overview of an international research conference attended by NIACE, which explored the story of the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS), is now available online.
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Monday 21 Nov 2011 |
NIACE discussed the findings of the Colleges in their Communities inquiry at the 11th LSRN conference hosted by Edexcel and supported by NIACE, CSD, LSIS and IfL, in London on Thursday 24 November 2011.
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Monday 21 Nov 2011 |
A NIACE-supported Army programme which reduces inequalities in health by helping to improve the literacy, language and numeracy skills of adults, has won the Military-Civilian Health Partnership Awards for Health Improvement and Promotion.
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Friday 18 Nov 2011 |
If colleges in England are to do ‘more with less' then the Government needs to cut ‘red-tape' and all colleges need to do more to engage with and respond to learners and their local communities, says the final report of the Colleges Inquiry published on 15 November.
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Monday 14 Nov 2011 |
NIACE is offering training for workplace assessors and trainers, to help them understand dyslexia, how to support people with dyslexia undertaking training or learning in the workplace and what the obligations of employers are under The Equality Act 2010.
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Tuesday 8 Nov 2011 |
As unemployment rates for women rise to the highest levels in 17 years, NIACE and the Skills Funding Agency have published a report setting out strategies for engaging women in pre-employment training and for supporting them to achieve and progress.
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Thursday 3 Nov 2011 |
