Adult Learners' Week recognised Dame Gail Rebuck CBE - Chair of Quick Reads and CEO of The Random House Group - with a special award for her outstanding contribution to literacy learning in the UK.
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Wednesday 26 May 2010 |
A national event in London on Friday 21 May 2010, marked the end of the 19th Adult Learners' Week and celebrated the achievements of inspirational learners from all over the country.
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Thursday 20 May 2010 |
The diverse adult learning which has taken place through projects supported by the £20million Transformation Fund, was celebrated at a national Adult Learners' Week event - Transforming Lives - held in London, on Thursday 19 May 2010.
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Wednesday 19 May 2010 |
Economic uncertainty appears to have had a huge impact on the number of adults who are in learning or who are thinking about learning in the future, reports the annual Adult Learners' Week, published on Wednesday, 13 May 2010.
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Friday 14 May 2010 |
NIACE urges the new Government to recognise the crucial role lifelong learning has to play in a sustained recovery. As well as widening participation to those adults who benefited least from their initial education, it will help raise productivity across the country.
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Wednesday 12 May 2010 |
Reflecting on the achievements of Global Action Week, NIACE's Associate Director for International work, Jan Eldred, believes that addressing the challenges facing adults - as well as those facing children - is crucial to the campaign's success.
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Tuesday 4 May 2010 |
NIACE has published an agenda for lifelong learning, reflecting the range of challenges the country and the new government will face.
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Tuesday 4 May 2010 |
People learning English and applying for citizenship or Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) could face injustice as a result of well-intentioned reforms to regulation.
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Monday 19 Apr 2010 |
Free regional events and training courses to build new partnerships between family learning services and museums, libraries and archives (MLAs) - held by the MLA and NIACE - were kick started in Yorkshire on Monday, 19 April 2010.
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Monday 19 Apr 2010 |
A new poll has been launched to decide readers' favourite Quick Read title of 2010. Voting closes at 5pm on Friday 23 April 2010 and entrants will be in with the chance of winning a set of Quick Read books.
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Tuesday 13 Apr 2010 |
A programme to help older people in sheltered housing access the internet and online services - delivered by NIACE and Digital Unite - is being launched at free events in Leeds and Leicester held in May 2010.
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Thursday 1 Apr 2010 |
NIACE believes adult education has a crucial role to play in helping global society respond to the challenges posed by dangerous climate change and welcomes the launch of a consultation setting out priorities for a successful transition to a low carbon society.
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Thursday 1 Apr 2010 |
The Naomi Sargant Memorial Lecture 2010 - Digital Literacy: Survival Skills for the 21st Century - took place at Channel 4 on Tuesday, 13 April 2010.
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Friday 26 Mar 2010 |
Most people can now expect 20 years in active retirement, but current inadequate services are linked to a fall in numbers of old people learning. A NIACE conference today, will look at current older people's learning policy and propose future improvements.
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Thursday 25 Mar 2010 |
Responding to the Budget, NIACE is calling on the Government to do more to respond to the urgent needs of older unemployed people, whilst welcoming the steps proposed for those under 24.
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Wednesday 24 Mar 2010 |
The new arrangements for funding education and training from April 2010, are an opportunity to ensure that people with learning disabilities are supported into work, which is also the subject of a new NIACE book.
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Tuesday 23 Mar 2010 |
At a time when adult learning providers, including colleges and universities, are facing huge cuts in funding, NIACE is urging the Chancellor to recognise the importance of adult students, in the Budget, especially at such a crucial time in the economic recovery.
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Monday 22 Mar 2010 |
A workshop bringing together European organisations to discuss strategies and how learning can prevent elder abuse across the EU, was hosted by NIACE in London, on Friday 19 March 2010.
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Friday 19 Mar 2010 |
With the general election weeks away, an event to help learning providers get adults more involved in the political process, was held in Birmingham on Thursday, 18 March. The event - funded by the Transformation Fund - was organised by the WEA and NIACE.
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Wednesday 17 Mar 2010 |
A NIACE seminar illustrating how informal adult learning can support rehabilitation pathways for homeless people - held on Wednesday 17 March, at Crisis in London - brought together major agencies working with homeless people.
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Tuesday 16 Mar 2010 |
About half of the working age population in England have very low numeracy skills. Contribute to a NIACE - part-funded by BIS - national review of adult numeracy-learning in the UK to assess the current situation and how to create a more numerate society.
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Tuesday 16 Mar 2010 |
It's Global Brain Awareness Week which aims to increase public awareness of the benefits of brain research. The final report of a NIACE-sponsored Inquiry - Learning Through Life - drew on findings that learning can delay the onset of dementia.
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Monday 15 Mar 2010 |
Last chance to nominate for the second Tony Burgess E-Guides Award, sponsored by the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS). Nominations should be submitted by 5pm today; Friday, 26 March 2010.
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Monday 15 Mar 2010 |
Three budding writers, Anne, Joe and Kate, enthralled an audience of invited guests at a NIACE-organised seminar held in London - on Thursday, 11 March 2010 - of how they started writing in their 70s and what they have gone on to achieve.
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Friday 12 Mar 2010 |
Over half of all university continuing education departments have closed over the past few years. A NIACE book illustrating that these departments are as valid today as they have ever been, was launched at a UALL annual conference on Monday, 15 March 2010.
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Friday 12 Mar 2010 |
