Responding to the publication of the APPG on Local Growth, LEPs and Enterprise Zones’ Skills Inquiry, NIACE believes that any long term vision for local economies should drive the learning and skills decisions of employers, providers and the communities they serve.
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Monday 10 Jun 2013 |
Carers will be working alongside representatives from charities and Government on a new National Policy Forum - chaired and administered by NIACE - to ensure better learning opportunities for young adult carers.
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Monday 10 Jun 2013 |
The contribution adult education and skills can play in tackling the challenges facing Europe’s economy were explored at an international conference hosted by NIACE and the EAEA.
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Thursday 6 Jun 2013 |
A new resource to help parents and carers take a more active role in their children’s maths learning at school, by providing ideas and activities to do at home, has been published by NIACE, as part of Maths4Us.
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Thursday 6 Jun 2013 |
NIACE welcomes the publication of the report of the National Careers Council, as an opportunity to focus attention on the importance of careers education and development through support, guidance and mentoring.
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Wednesday 5 Jun 2013 |
A parliamentary debate on the future of further education, held in Westminster Hall, quoted NIACE's calls for a more flexible approach to the delivery of adult vocational qualifications, ahead of the celebration of vocational learning on VQ Day.
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Wednesday 5 Jun 2013 |
NIACE is highlighting care leavers’ experiences and the impact that being in care has had on their lives and their engagement in learning, through a new publication called Voices of Care Leavers.
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Tuesday 4 Jun 2013 |
The stories of eleven Community Learning Champions, illustrating the impact volunteering has had on them as well as the difference they have made to the learners they have supported, has been published by NIACE to coincide with National Volunteers’ Week (1 – 7 June).
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Monday 3 Jun 2013 |
NIACE has published its response to the Government’s initial guidance on European funds for Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs). Whilst there is still much technical detail to be decided NIACE welcomes the potential flexibilities in the new system.
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Friday 31 May 2013 |
NIACE is delighted to announce the winner of the Apps4Us challenge. Modern English will be working with Bolton College to produce a brand new maths app, as part of the national Maths4Us initiative to help boost adult maths skills across England.
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Thursday 23 May 2013 |
Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) in future will have a key role in deciding how European funds for adult learning and skills are spent in local areas. Technical guidance on how this will work has just been issued, which NIACE will be responding to.
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Thursday 23 May 2013 |
Two national events were held in London last week 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 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 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 |
