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Latest News: January 2002

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	Deadline Extended for Adult Learners' Week awards
	David Bell tipped as new Ofsted leader
	OBE for member of NIACE Executive

What's New on the site

Deadline extended for ALW awards.

The deadline for the 2002 Adult Learners' Week awards has been extended by one week to Friday, 18 January 2002.

So there is still time to nominate a learner or group of learners who could win anything up to Ł500. For organisations offering creative learning opportunities for adults there’s a top prize of Ł5,000.

If you would like to nominate someone please call the Campaigns and Promotions Team on 0116 204 4200 or download the nomination forsm using the link below. Good luck!

Download ALW award nomination forms here.

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David Bell tipped as new leader of Ofsted

David Bell, a senior figure in local government, has been proposed as the new chief inspector of schools in England.

The Education Secretary, Estelle Morris, said she was pleased to recommend David Bell for one of the most influential positions in the English state schools system.

If the proposal is approved by the Privy Council, Mr Bell will take over in April from the current chief inspector, Mike Tomlinson, who is retiring.

Mr Bell, a former primary head teacher, is currently chief executive of Bedfordshire County Council. He has extensive knowledge of education services, having served as director of education and libraries for Newcastle City Council.

Estell Morris said:

"David Bell is the right person to help us lead education in an increasingly competitive world."

The full story can be found on the BBC website

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OBE for member of NIACE Executive

Mrs Maureen Teresa Banbury, Member, HM Inspectorate, Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) and Member of the NIACE Executive received an OBE in the Queen's New Year Honours list.

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New on the Site - January 2002

(A list of pages which have been recently added or updated on the NIACE website)

Conferences Section:

Citizenship Education: for social change or social control?
The theme for the NIACE annual residential conference for 2002 is Citizenship Education. It will explore the current debate about citizenship and citizenship education and consider its controversial issues for adult and community education workers.

Closer to Learning
These two conferences will bring participants up to date with the work of the NIACE and National Youth Agency's 'Young Adult Learners Partnership' (YALP) in fostering the social inclusion of young adults and their re-integration with learning.

Prime Time: learning to enjoy later life
The NIACE 2002 International Women’s Day conference will focus on older women and how learning can help them to lead an active and fulfilling later life. Thematic strands will include financial literacy, health and active ageing, networking, employment, working with ethnic minority elders, research into women’s lifelong learning needs.

Vocational Education and Access for all
This conference will aim to consider the competing roles and traditions in the Further Education sector and to identify if there is a core mission for adult learning in colleges.

Publications Section:

Sport - a leap into learning?
This survey of over 6,000 adults reveals that around half of the UK adult population take part in sport or fitness activities. The report provides a breakdown of who is participating, in which sports, their motivations for doing so and how this links into learning.

Adults Learning: December 2001 Edition

Prescribing Learning
A guide to good practice in learning and health

Colour Blind
a practical guide to teaching black adult learners

Breaking Down Barriers - Revised Edition
Certificate in workplace language, literacy and numeracy training.

Fixing or changing the pattern?
Reflections on adult participation in learning.
The book will be of relevance to all providers and practitioners who are trying to attract a wider mix of students and offer learning opportunities that are of relevance and value to the whole community.

Understanding Motivation for lifelong learning
Understanding the motivation to learn is increasingly recognised by policy makers and practitioners as the key to the creation of the Learning Age.

Campaigns & Promotions Section:

Adult Learners' Week 2002 (link removed)
2002 is Adult Learners’ Week ten years on. To celebrate the milestone we’ll be inviting award winners from 1992 onwards to tell us about their learning journey since receiving their award.

We’ll also be promoting the themes for Adult Learners’ Week – culture and the arts, the environment, rural learning and learning and citizenship. The issues of basic skills and families learning will thread through the 2002 campaigns diary.

The national events planned for Adult Learners’ Week this year include a Cultural Diversity Day on Saturday 11 May 2002.

As for previous campaigns, we will be collecting details about YOUR local events and publicising them via our online calendar. Why not submit your details today.

Sign Up Now January 2002
For all the latest news and information on January's Sign Up Now campaign. Details include, aims and key features of the campaign along with instructions on how YOUR organisation can get involved.

Nomination Forms for ALW 2002 Awards
The Adult Learners’ Week 2002 awards for individuals, groups and organisations have been launched. The Nomination forms can be downloaded from this page.

Projects / Programmes

Grundtvig Newsletter Issue 2
Issue number 2 (December 2001) of Broadening Horizons - the Grundtvig Newsletter produced by NIACE..

National ESOL Training & Development Project
The ESOL Curriculum is now available - details on how to obtain a copy can be found here.

Influencing Public Policy / Advocacy

Proof Positive: Learners' views on approaches to identiying achievement in non-accredited learning
A briefing on the aims, key outcomes and implications of recent NIACE research

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Raising Standards: the LSC's Quality Improvement Strategy
A NIACE response to the LSC Occasional Discussion Paper

Information Services Section

New Briefing Sheet: Fees Survey 2000-2001
NIACE has published a new briefing sheet (number 23) on the outcomes of the Fees Survey 2000-2001.

ACLF / Learning & Health Email Lists subscription
People interested in the Adult & Community Learning Fund or issues relating to (ACLF or Learning & Health

Annual Report

NIACE Annual Report and Accounts 2000-2001
This link takes you to a page where you can download this years' Annual Report as a PDF file. It is a large file and so it may take a few minutes to download over slower connections.

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