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Adult Learners' Week 2013 - National Awards Ceremony

National events for Adult Learners’ Week

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.

Tuesday 21 May 2013
David Willetts MP, speaking at the 2013 Adult Learners' Week parliamentary reception

Parliamentary reception kick starts Adult Learners’ Week

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.

Friday 17 May 2013
2013 Adult Participation in Learning Survey

Big fall in the number of young people in learning

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.

Thursday 16 May 2013
Adult literacy class

Deficit reduction “can co-exist” with adult learning investment

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.

Wednesday 15 May 2013
Adult Apprentice

Listening to Apprentices for government consultation

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.

Thursday 9 May 2013
Survey logo of a learning tree

Survey into English and maths provision in England

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.

Wednesday 8 May 2013
Holding a brochure

Measuring the social value of adult learning

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.

Friday 3 May 2013
Report front cover

Skills a core priority for Local Enterprise Partnerships

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.

Monday 29 Apr 2013
Tom Stannard, NIACE Director of Communications and Public Affairs

Top local government director joins NIACE

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.

Monday 29 Apr 2013
Community learning

UK contribution to EU Agenda for Adult Learning

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.

Friday 26 Apr 2013
World Book Night 2013 logo

NIACE supports World Book Night’s reach into communities

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.

Tuesday 23 Apr 2013
Community learning

A new curriculum for difficult times

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.

Wednesday 17 Apr 2013
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NIACE leads Third Sector research into its next phase

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.

Monday 15 Apr 2013
Apps4us logo

Maths app voting now closed

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.

Friday 12 Apr 2013
Adult Learners' Week 2013 logo

Adult Learners' Week photo competition now closed

The Adult Learners’ Week (18-24 May) photo competition has now closed and the winners will be notified in the next two weeks.

Wednesday 10 Apr 2013
Life in the UK test study guide

Life in the UK Test – new study guide from NIACE

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.

 

Monday 8 Apr 2013
DLit2.0 logo

Delivering digital training as part of European project

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.

Monday 8 Apr 2013
BIS & DfE logos

NIACE response to refreshed skills strategy

NIACE has responded to the Government’s Rigour and Responsiveness in Skills paper, published on Wednesday 3 April.

Wednesday 3 Apr 2013
Book front cover

Using e-books and e-readers for adult learning

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.

Wednesday 27 Mar 2013
Learning skills for work

NIACE calls for a new system for local growth and skills

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.

Tuesday 26 Mar 2013
Report front cover

NIACE encouraged by adult vocational teaching and learning report

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.

Monday 25 Mar 2013
Report front cover

Second Work Programme evaluation published

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.

Friday 22 Mar 2013
Hand holding a pen

Engaging and working with micro-businesses

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.

Thursday 21 Mar 2013
'No stone unturned' front cover

FE system faces period of uncertainty

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.

Tuesday 19 Mar 2013
Karen King, 2012 Adult Learners' Week award winner

NIACE welcomes government’s Richard Review response

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.

Thursday 14 Mar 2013
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