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Spending review raises hopes of adult learners
Monday 15 July 2002
Commenting on the Chancellor’s announcement of a six per cent increase in the budget of the Department for Education and Skills, the Director of NIACE, Alan Tuckett said:
“Adult learners will welcome this evidence of government’s continuing commitment to education and training. We expect that lifelong learning will not be left behind when Estelle Morris and Gordon Brown announce more details tomorrow of how the additional resources will be targeted.”
“There is a case for higher spending on adult learning opportunities of all kinds to strengthen communities, families and our cultural richness. But in order to ensure that the extra money most helps those who benefited least from their initial education, we look forward to targeted spending programmes which raise basic skill levels and which focus upon the least advantaged adults in work and in communities.”
"We look forward to more details of the enhanced role of Regional Development Agencies in the adult skills agenda."
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Professorship at Freie Universität Berlin
Faculty for Educational Science and Psychology, Department of Education
Applications are invited for the tenured position of Full Professor of Adult and Continuing Education. The successful applicant will be required to provide teaching and research.
In accord with the article 100 of the Higher Education Act of the federal state of Berlin (Berliner Hochschulgesetz), a postdoctoral lecturing qualification (Habilitation) or comparable qualifications for a teaching career in higher education are required.
The successful applicant should have longstanding experience in practice,
teaching and research in the field of adult, further and continuing education.
She/he will be expected to participate in the activities of Collaborative
Research Centres for continuing education and of other research groups in the
department. She/he will be expected to contribute to the presently undergoing
reform of university curricula in her/his field.
The successful applicant/candidate is expected to have experiences in securing external funding and in managing externally funded projects, as well as international experience in teaching and research. Although some activities may be offered in English, in general the language of instruction will be German. Non-German speaking applicants will be expected to learn German within two years.
The successful candidate will be offered civil servant or public sector employee status (Professor Grade "C4" according to the German system).
Applications, quoting "Vacancy Full Professor of Adult and Continuing Education", must be sent to the Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Erziehungswissenschaft und Psychologie, Dekanat, Otto-von-Simson-Str. 19, 14195 Berlin, Germany, Kennziffer 1204/3/0. (Please send three copies.)
Applications should include the following: a letter describing your interest in the position and pertinent experience, a curriculum vitae, three references including pertinent the names and addresses, a list of experience, and copies of the certificates of academic qualifications.
The Freie Universität Berlin is an equal opportunities employer. The Freie Universität Berlin is a state-funded university. It has some 40,000 students and 520 professors. The university has 12 faculties structured into more than 100 institutes.
| Any questions about the application
process may be directed to: Dr. Friedrich Rost, Freie Universität Berlin, Arbeitsbereich Philosophie der Erziehung, Redaktion Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft (ZfE), Arnimallee 10, D-14195 Berlin, GERMANY, Tel.: ++49(30)838-55888, Fax: -75503 |
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Consultants required for Family Learning Programme
NIACE, the national organisation for the promotion of adult learning, is currently recruiting consultants with experience in Family Learning, including Family Literacy and Family Numeracy, to work on a range of projects. Consultants must be available for work from September 2002 onwards. This is an opportunity to join a professional network with a high level of support and excellent prospects for continuing work.
An information session for those interested will be held on Wednesday, 4
September 2002 in Leicester. Details of the information session can be obtained
from Annette Leach at NIACE. E-mail annette.leach@niace.org.uk
. Tel. 0116 204 4220.
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Special Educational Needs and Disability Act - Guidance for LEAs
Early this year NIACE was approached by the DfES to see if they would produce
guidance for LEAs on the steps they would need to take in order to implement the
requirements of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act (now DDA Part
4).
The draft document was tested by several LEA officers and was also circulated to LEA staff who attended a conference run by NIACE on 6 March 2002. Key note speakers at the conference included Liz Maudslay (who produced the Guidance for NIACE) and Neil Crowther from the Disability Rights Commission. Delegates were very positive both about the information they received at the conference and about the potential value of the Guidance.
They felt it provided very clear information on exactly what the new legislation meant for LEAs and adult education providers as well as giving clear examples of the steps which LEAs need to take in order to ensure they are able to meet the requirements of DDA Part 4.
The final document - Guidance to LEAs and adult education providers on meeting the requirements of DDA Part 4 - has been printed and distributed to LEAs, local LSCs and LEAFEA members.
It is also available to download from the NIACE website:
 | Download PDF version of LEA guidelines |
| Download Word Version of LEA guidelines |
| For further information on this piece of work contact Peter Lavender at NIACE, peter.lavender@niace.org.uk |
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New programme to raise standards in FE
On 19 June, Estelle Morris announced the Department for Education and Skills' strategy for reforming further education and training in a speech at the Learning & Skills Development Agency's Summer Conference.
A discussion document which is being sent to all providers involved in further education and training (including school sixth forms) proposes a number of reforms in raising quality and improving choice.
The DfES will work closely with the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) and other key partners to implement the reforms.
NIACE would like to encourage everyone with an interest in adult and community learning to respond to this discussion document.
The consultation period runs from 19 June to 30 September, during which time, the LSC will run 47 local events for all providers.
A PDF version of the discussion document "Success For All - reforming further education and training" is available from the Learning and Skills Section of the DfES website www.dfes.gov.uk/learning&skills .
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Peace and Conflict Resolution conference - call for papers
NIACE is holding a conference on Wednesday 11 September 2002 entitled "Peace and conflict resolution" which will take place at Friends House, Euston, London.
This conference will the take the form of a more or less agenda-less day where people come to address the question:
"What role can adult learning play in fostering peace, where peace is seen as just social relations, as well as an absence of conflict?"
Participants are invited to contribute no more than one side of a sheet of A4 paper by Wednesday 31 July and speak in support of their papers, at the conference, as contributions to group work.
Groups will work towards answering what is to be done in Higher Education, Further Education, community-based adult learning and in wider society.
Findings will be shared and a shared agenda constructed. Members of the panel will respond to what they have heard.
| For further details contact: Philippa Cattell, NIACE, 21 De Montfort Street, Leicester LE1 7GE Tel: 0116 204 4245; Fax: 0116 254 8368; E-mail: philippa@niace.org.uk |
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NIACE Director awarded an MBE
Sue Cara, NIACE's Director for Programmes and Policy, was awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list announced last month for services to adult education.
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