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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Thursday 8 Jul 2010 |
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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Wednesday 7 Jul 2010 |
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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Tuesday 6 Jul 2010 |
NIACE has contributed to an independent review of fees and co-funding in Further Education in England, which has published its report recommending a series of shifts in funding of education for adults in this country.
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Tuesday 6 Jul 2010 |
A new website to help family learning providers across the country share their knowledge and develop a collective voice, has been launched by the National Family Learning Network; a partnership between NIACE, Campaign for Learning and ContinYou.
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Thursday 1 Jul 2010 |
NIACE welcomes Ken Clarke's comments on the prison population, made during his first major speech as Justice Secretary, and reaffirms that learning and training opportunities for ex-offenders have a vital role to play in reducing reoffending.
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Wednesday 30 Jun 2010 |
To complement the hundreds of events that took place across the country during Deaf Awareness Week (28 June - 4 July 2010), NIACE highlighted the remarkable learning achievements of deaf adults recognised with an Adult Learners' Week award this year.
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Tuesday 29 Jun 2010 |
NIACE supported Armed Forces Day, by highlighting its role in informing the Army's Basic Skills policy and by celebrating the remarkable learning achievements of Service men and women.
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Friday 25 Jun 2010 |
NIACE's lead on a national inquiry of adult numeracy, spoke at the 17th International Adults Learning Mathematics Conference - held in Oslo, on Monday 28 June 2010 - about the increasing need for numeracy skills in the workplace.
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Thursday 24 Jun 2010 |
Groundwork West Midlands is celebrating the recognition of the first Community Learning Champion to be officially registered in the UK, at the lunch of its community learning hub in Coventry today.
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Thursday 24 Jun 2010 |
NIACE highlighted the importance of vocational qualifications for adults on VQ Day - Wednesday, 23 June 2010 - a national celebration of vocational qualifications.
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Wednesday 23 Jun 2010 |
Updated materials to help ESOL teachers develop learners' knowledge of life in the UK and to support applications for citizenship and settlement, have been launched at a London event, organised by NIACE and LLU+.
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Monday 21 Jun 2010 |
More flexibility for colleges and a focus on adult community learning are two headline measures announced on Thursday 17 June 2010, as part of the Government's new skills strategy.
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Friday 18 Jun 2010 |
Following news that the entire Vetting and Barring Scheme for people working with children and vulnerable adults in England and Wales will be reviewed, NIACE is advising providers to carry on working within the existing framework.
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Friday 18 Jun 2010 |
Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK) has published guidance for teachers and learning support staff working with disabled learners - that it commissioned NIACE to develop - to help staff improve their skills and better meet the needs of learners.
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Friday 18 Jun 2010 |
MPs and Peers had the chance to meet key figures concerned with lifelong learning, at a Parliamentary reception on Wednesday 16 June 2010, which is organised annually by NIACE to celebrate Adult Learners' Week.
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Wednesday 16 Jun 2010 |
As part of Refugee Week (14 - 20 June) NIACE is drawing attention to the impact adult learning has in helping refugees and asylum seekers adjust to their new communities and contribute to society.
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Tuesday 15 Jun 2010 |
A European Charter to fight elder abuse was launched on Tuesday 15 June 2010, to mark World Elder Abuse Awareness Day by AGE - the European Older Person's Platform - whose 11 partner organisations include NIACE.
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Tuesday 15 Jun 2010 |
Jane Carter-Dunn was recognised on Tuesday 15 June 2010 with a special Tony Burgess E-Guides Award - sponsored by LSIS - for encouraging rural learning providers to embrace technology, after completing a NIACE E-Guides Training Programme.
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Tuesday 15 Jun 2010 |
Staff and learners with learning difficulties trained together in Preston on Thursday 10 June, at the first of nine courses from NIACE, to help more adults with learning difficulties into paid work.
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Wednesday 9 Jun 2010 |
Learning and activism can both respond to the global challenges of climate change, economics, poverty and injustice a NIACE seminar heard in London on Tuesday 8 June.
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Thursday 3 Jun 2010 |
Learning is desirable in its own right and has long-term benefits for the economy, is a key message from Vince Cable's first major speech as Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
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Thursday 3 Jun 2010 |
Experts in the numeracy-learning field were given the chance to contribute to NIACE's national review of adult numeracy - Numeracy Counts for Adults - at a seminar held on Thursday 3 June in London.
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Thursday 3 Jun 2010 |
Government funding was awarded to 14 projects across the country - on Friday 28 May 2010 - to inspire local people to see the benefits of learning, under the second phase of the Community Learning Champions' Support Programme.
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Friday 28 May 2010 |
"Adult learning, and the way it inspires people, is crucially important", says the Prime Minister, David Cameron MP, in an interview in this month's Adults Learning.
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Wednesday 26 May 2010 |
