In its response to the HE White Paper consultation, which closed on 20 September 2011, NIACE has argued that higher education should be viewed as part of a wider framework of lifelong learning.
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Wednesday 21 Sep 2011 |
A ten-point manifesto to help ensure every woman has the right to learn is being distributed by NIACE at the three main party conferences, which will lead to the publication of a final manifesto, ‘Every Woman's Right to Learn', on International Women's Day 2012.
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Monday 19 Sep 2011 |
To support the increasing emphasis placed by Government on capturing the return and value of adult learning for economic and social purposes, NIACE has produced three publications illustrating the social value of adult learning.
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Friday 16 Sep 2011 |
NIACE has published its latest update on the government policy changes to funding for English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) in England.
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Tuesday 13 Sep 2011 |
Addressing adult literacy needs must be regarded as a moral imperative and the cycle of inter-generational difficulties with literacy must be broken. These are the main findings of a year-long Independent Inquiry into Adult Literacy, supported by NIACE.
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Monday 12 Sep 2011 |
NIACE is encouraging learning providers to get involved with Age UK's itea and biscuits week (19 - 25 September), by running events to give older people a taste of the benefits that digital technologies can really offer.
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Wednesday 7 Sep 2011 |
Following the government's publication of the HE White Paper (June) and the New Challenges, New Chances consultation (August), NIACE will be exploring their implications and impact on the FE sector at a policy seminar on 19 September.
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Tuesday 6 Sep 2011 |
59 organisations from across England have secured funding from the Skills Funding Agency to offer informal adult and community learning opportunities, to help make the Big Society a reality as part of the new Adult and Community Learning Fund.
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Friday 2 Sep 2011 |
How sheds and other informal learning environments can have a real impact on the health and wellbeing of older men was explored at a conference - in Leicester on Thursday 29 September 2011 - organised by NIACE, Age UK, Men's Health Forum and Leicester University.
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Thursday 1 Sep 2011 |
NIACE Programme Manager Yola Jacobsen discusses the publication of the Ofsted report Progression post-16 for learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities with its focus on learners' transition from school to post-16 settings.
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Tuesday 23 Aug 2011 |
To improve digital learning opportunities for adults, NIACE has cemented its relationship with two key leading national partners in the field of learning and technology this week - JISC Advance and the Association for Learning Technology (ALT).
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Monday 22 Aug 2011 |
Boosting the capacity of third sector organisations will have a positive impact on the long term futures of young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET), states a new report from NIACE commissioned on behalf of the government.
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Monday 22 Aug 2011 |
The publication of New Challenges, New Chances by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), continues the government's consultative approach to the reform of the further education sector.
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Tuesday 16 Aug 2011 |
NIACE warmly welcomes the announcement that colleges will be given more freedom to deliver skills for employment and growth, as what it hopes to be the first step towards greater local flexibility in delivering adult skills and meeting community needs.
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Wednesday 10 Aug 2011 |
NIACE welcomes the new numeracy report - commissioned by the Conservative Party and published on Monday 8 August - but argues that poor numeracy skills need to be addressed not just in schools, but for the whole population.
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Wednesday 10 Aug 2011 |
The second public call for evidence issued by the Colleges in their Communities Inquiry Commission has now closed.
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Tuesday 26 Jul 2011 |
NIACE hopes that the government gives careful consideration to the report from the Access to Education Advocate, Simon Hughes MP.
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Friday 22 Jul 2011 |
NIACE welcomes the government's modification of its earlier decisions concerning the funding of ESOL, to help overcome the negative impact on learners in settled communities needing to learn English.
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Tuesday 19 Jul 2011 |
Colleges need greater freedom from over-elaborate funding restrictions and other limitations to achieve their full potential for the benefit of their wider communities.
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Thursday 14 Jul 2011 |
The learning and skills that people and communities need should be at the heart of the Government's White Paper Open Public Services.
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Wednesday 13 Jul 2011 |
Learning providers are confused about provision for adults with learning difficulties and/or disabilities and many people are at risk of missing out on learning, according to a survey from NIACE of over 100 practitioners, published on Monday 11 July 2011.
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Friday 8 Jul 2011 |
The role of learning needs to be secured and enhanced for people in care settings and their carers, says NIACE in response to the publication of the Fairer Care Funding/Dilnot Report.
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Monday 4 Jul 2011 |
NIACE welcomes plans in the government's new HE White Paper to give students more powers and reduce the cost of higher education, but maintains some concerns. Paul Stanistreet, NIACE's lead on HE comments.
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Friday 1 Jul 2011 |
Thursday 30 June saw the launch of a new DWP/ESF fund at the Welfare to Work Convention in London. It was attended by NIACE's lead on learning and families, Mandy Thomas, who comments on the new fund.
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Friday 1 Jul 2011 |
Until recently, lifelong learning has increasingly been led by a skills-driven agenda. A new book published on Friday 1 July by NIACE, Lifelong Learning and Social Justice, argues the merits of an alignment of lifelong learning with social issues.
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Friday 1 Jul 2011 |
