NIACE warmly welcomes the expansion of the Youth Contract, announced by the DfE last week, because evidence shows that young people with no qualifications, young offenders and those who have been in care are often the furthest away from learning and work.
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Friday 25 Jan 2013 |
How policy can support young adult carers, aged 16-25, to access and achieve in education and training at a key transition point in their lives, was the focus of a joint NIACE and Carers Trust policy seminar, hosted by Slaughter and May in London.
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Wednesday 23 Jan 2013 |
NIACE welcomes the emphasis on improving the student experience and ensuring that student choice is informed by better public information, in the annual grant letter from BIS to the Higher Education Funding Council for England.
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Tuesday 22 Jan 2013 |
NIACE encourages adult learning providers to submit their Grundtvig projects focussing on active citizenship to the 2013 EAEA Grundtvig Awards - which are now open until 7 April 2013.
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Friday 18 Jan 2013 |
NIACE welcomes the establishment of a comprehensive programme of pre-Apprenticeship and employment Traineeships, but hopes that the content is as supportive and expansive to the needs of the individual as possible.
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Tuesday 15 Jan 2013 |
NIACE has received over 1,400 nominations for Adult Learners’ Week 2013 in England. Every nomination is read and every learner nominated will receive a certificate of recognition, even if they do not go on to win an award, of which there will be over 80 presented in May.
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Wednesday 9 Jan 2013 |
NIACE’s Director for Development and Research, Carol Taylor, has been awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours list for her services to adult learning.
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Wednesday 2 Jan 2013 |
In his final blog of 2012, David Hughes, Chief Executive of NIACE, looks ahead to 2013 with three major wishes to change the culture of learning for adults.
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Friday 21 Dec 2012 |
As part of a major new numeracy initiative in 2013 to take action on adult maths – Maths4us – NIACE is conducting a search for the top maths apps and app developers to create a database of resources which can help adults improve their maths skills.
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Thursday 20 Dec 2012 |
Despite some welcome trends captured in last week’s UCAS End of Cycle report 2012, the overall picture is of a worrying fall in full-time student admissions for this academic cycle, says NIACE.
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Monday 17 Dec 2012 |
Nominations are now closed in England for the 2013 Adult Learners’ Week Awards; a selection process will follow in the new year to choose the winners.
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Thursday 13 Dec 2012 |
One day left to nominate for Adult Learners' Week 2013 - nominations close at 5pm on Thursday 13 December 2012. People can nominate someone they believe deserves recognition for their outstanding learning achievements, be it someone they teach, a colleague, friend or relative.
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Thursday 13 Dec 2012 |
NIACE has responded to the findings of The 2011 Skills for Life Survey: A Survey of Literacy, Numeracy and ICT Levels in England, published by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).
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Thursday 13 Dec 2012 |
A new guide to encourage and support more Work Programme providers to offer skills provision to their participants has been published by NIACE today.
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Tuesday 11 Dec 2012 |
NIACE is supporting a European project that is developing training programmes for staff in informal and untraditional learning settings, so that they can support socially disadvantaged learners to gain valuable digital skills.
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Tuesday 11 Dec 2012 |
NIACE warmly welcomes the All Party Parliamentary Group on Race and Community report on Ethnic Minority Female Unemployment, outlining twenty four recommendations to improve levels of training and employment amongst Black, Pakistani and Bangladeshi women.
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Friday 7 Dec 2012 |
NIACE has responded to the Skills Funding Strategy, published by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Skills Funding Agency (SFA).
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Thursday 6 Dec 2012 |
NIACE welcomes the Chancellor’s announcement, in his Autumn Statement of an additional £270 million to fund improvements in further education colleges.
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Wednesday 5 Dec 2012 |
A search for the top maths apps and app developers was launched by NIACE on 4 December, to help adults improve their maths skills.
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Monday 3 Dec 2012 |
NIACE welcomes Ofqual’s Consultation on ESOL Qualifications overall, but has some serious concerns regarding several of the proposals.
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Monday 3 Dec 2012 |
The experiences, views and opinions of ten adult apprentices are featured in a new publication from NIACE – The Adult Apprentice - published on Friday 30 November 2012.
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Friday 30 Nov 2012 |
A joint NIACE, UKCES and unionlearn forum to explore how the inequalities in adult learning and training can be tackled was held in London on Thursday 29 November.
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Wednesday 28 Nov 2012 |
Responding to the publication of Sir Michael Wilshaw’s first Chief Inspector’s Annual Report for Ofsted, NIACE is concerned that too many learners are not getting the level of quality and support that they deserve.
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Tuesday 27 Nov 2012 |
NIACE believes that a significant factor behind today’s Work Programme Statistics, showing that the vast majority of jobs gained by Work Programme clients are not sustained, is that too many participants have skills needs which are not being met.
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Tuesday 27 Nov 2012 |
NIACE welcomes the Richard Review of Apprenticeships, in particular the statement that 'an apprenticeship is a form of education', but feels there is not enough emphasis on the role of apprentices in determining curriculum, scope, delivery, assessment and improvements in quality.
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Tuesday 27 Nov 2012 |
