Liz Cleaver has been appointed Controller, Learning and Interactive at
the BBC. Liz will lead the BBC's learning strategy to ensure the education
is kept at the heart of the BBC's public service role.
It will be Liz's job to encourage the delivery of innovative resources to
support both the school curriculum and learning for children and adults at home,
at work and in the community.
Liz started off her working life as a teacher and since then has gained
considerable experience of both educational broadcasting and the development of
multi-media learning resources. She later went on to become head of
programming for BBC Knowledge, and prior to that, a commissioning executive in
BBC Education where she oversaw the launch of Bitesize revision service.
Colleges and their
Communities
This conference will explore the contribution that FE Colleges are
making to community-based adult learning and models of good practice
in planning, funding and delivery of such work.
[posted: 15/09/2003]
Success for All -
what it means for black practitioners and learners
This year’s NIACE
annual conference, organised by the Black Practitioners and Learners
Network (BPLN), promises to be both interesting and exciting,
serving to stimulate debate around the Learning and Skills Council’s
Success for All strategy.
[posted: 1/09/2003]
Dreams, Dialogues and
Desires
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council is internationally renowned for its
work in widening participation and building learning communities.
At this conference, the team will share the full
range of their approaches and how each part contributes to the transformational
goals.
[posted: 1/09/2003]
UK online Regional
Conferences
These conference in October and November are designed to share and explore information and experience across the diverse network of
UK online Centres from the public, the private and voluntary sectors.
[posted: 21/08/2003]
Empowering Asylum Seekers
to support the Regional Economy and local communities- 13
October 2003
This conference in Liverpool is the fifth in
the series of events. It will have a regional perspective and will
identify regional strategies, services and projects which relate to
asylum seekers. Speakers will be invited from national, regional and
local organisations.
[posted: 14/07/03]
Expanding learning
in the workplace: The relationship between work organisation, workplace pedagogy and better
practice Drawing on illustrations from recent research,
this policy discussion paper explores how access to and
participation in learning in the workplace can be enhanced for all
and how the workplace can play a key role in the nation’s plans for
greater learning participation.
[posted: 29/07/03]
Adult Learning,
citizenship and community voices- exploring community based
practice This topical book examines the connections
between theory and practice in citizenship learning. Focusing on the
experiences and views of a range of citizens, many on the margins of
society, the contributors explore the significance and impact of
particular forms of educational policies and provision in peoples'
lives and the role adult learning can play in the development of
citizenship.
[posted: 15/07/03]
Lifelong learning
in a changing continent - Continuing education in the
universities of Europe A fascinating book that describes the context of
university continuing education in each of the member countries of
the European Union
[posted: 26/06/03]
What is the
difference? - A new critique of adult learning and teaching This book explores the ongoing dilemma that has
plagued many educators for generations – is adult learning and the
teaching of adults the same or different from that of younger
persons?
[posted: 24/06/03]
Campaigns & Promotions
Promoting Good
Practice in the Education Provision of Young Adults As part of Sign Up Now (3 to 9 January 2004) NIACE would like
to recognise the creativity of organisations providing innovative
learning opportunities to young adults aged 16-25.
We are giving away ten awards of £1,000 each to support this good
practice. A briefing sheet is available with more
information.
[posted: 21/08/03]
Sign Up
Now Sign Up Now is a national campaign which is
locally driven to support the drive for enrolments in September
and runs from from 30 August to 12 September. These new
pages tell you everything you need to know about this Septembers'
campaign
[posted: 21/07/03]
Adult Learners'
Week Awards 2004
Entry forms for the ALW 2004 awards will be
available very soon. Pre-order your copies today by
downloading the request form.
[posted: 22/07/03]
Prospectus
Competition
Prospectuses are very often the first step to
someone returning to learn. As part of September's Sign Up Now
Campaign, we are running a competition to see who has designed the
best prospectus. The winner will receive £500.
[posted: 16/07/03]
Summary of
Evaluation Report for BASIL 3 Summary of the evaluation report for the
"National training for literacy, numeracy and ESOL teachers and
trainers working with adults with learning difficulties and/or
disabilities" project
[posted: 21/08/03]
New Rights
To Learn - A tutor guide to teaching adults after the Disability
Discrimination Act Part 4 The Disability Discrimination Act Part 4
gives all providers of post-school education a legal duty not to
discriminate against disabled students, either by treating them less
favourably for a reason related to their disability or by failing to
make a reasonable adjustment for them. The Department for Education
and Skills has already produced Guidance for LEAs and Adult
Education Providers. This booklet complements the original Guidance
in that it is written specifically for full- and part-time tutors in
adult and community education who are not specialists in working
with disabled students, but who may well have individual students
with disabilities or learning difficulties on their courses.
[posted: 11/08/03]
Information
and Learning Technology Audit During 2001/02 a group drawn from Adult and
Community Learning (ACL) organisations formulated a Strategic Plan,
on behalf of the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) with the aim of
developing the use of Information and Learning Technology in ACL. The LSC plan involves carrying out research on
the use of ILT in Adult and Community Learning, beginning with a national
survey. The questionnaire can be downloaded here.
[posted: 24/07/03]
Dates
for Access for All Event dates are now available for Autumn 2003 Access for All
training.
[posted: 6/07/03]
Redesign of
information Services webpages
The Information Services section of the NIACE
website has undergone a re-design. The pages now give more
information about external library services. New pages include
visitor information, library services, latest information and
information about our contacts database
[posted 07/07/03]
NIACE Policy
This page has been updated to highlight NIACE's
strategic and work programme priorities for 2003-2008
[posted 22/08/03]]
Job Vacancies
- Membership Officer
- Administrative Assistant: Finance
- Secretarial Assistant: Skills for Life and Health Project
- Regional Development Officers: 7 Full and Part time posts
[posted 15/8/03]]
