Learning Partnerships Review 2003: Consultation Questions from the
Steering Group arising from the NIACE Review Report
Published: September 2003
The Steering Group welcomes the NIACE report and publishes it in full today
(24 September 2003) together with an executive summary and a consultation paper
seeking comment on key issues arising from its recommendations.
The Steering Group intends to make recommendations for Operational Guidance
on the relationship between the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) and Learning
Partnerships (LPs) for 2004-05 following the next stage of consultation.
The Steering Group has used the NIACE recommendations to draw up 13
questions, which we believe should frame our recommendations. Comments are
requested both on the overall NIACE report and on the Steering Group’s summary
consultation.
The Steering Group will meet to frame its recommendations to LSC on 18
November 2003 so responses to Joanne Bratby (joanne.bratby@lsc.gov.uk fax number
024 7682 3250 or post to Cheylesmore House, Quinton Road, Coventry CV1 2WT) by
17:00 on Wednesday 5 November would be gratefully received.
We want to recognise the achievements of adult learners in England as part of
Adult Learners’ Week, 15 – 21 May 2004. If you know someone who could inspire
and motivate other people to learn, why not nominate them?
Awards are available for:
individuals.
senior learners.
groups.
projects that are creatively opening up opportunities to learn.
Following Sue Duffen’s decision to move on after several successful years in the post, we are
seeking to appoint a Senior Campaigns Officer to lead Adult Learners' Week and
the Sign Up Now Campaigns; to direct development of our work to celebrate adult
learners in all their diversity, and to motivate potential learners.
The post is a permanent position (37 hours
a week.), NJC Development Officer Scale, £43,056 - £46,285,
We need someone with imagination, with organisational and management skills,
flair, patience, networking skills, educational experience, and good
presentation skills. Furthermore we require the successful candidate to work
well with the media, with providers, policy makers, and politicians. Above all,
NIACE requires someone who takes a delight in learners and learning.
Closing date for applications: Friday 19th September 2003.
Interviews
will be held on Friday 3rd October 2003 in Leicester.
Applications for this post
must be made via an official NIACE application form. CV's sent to
NIACE without an application form will not be considered. Application forms can
be requested from:
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]
share information about extended schools
developments
raise awareness of good practice in providing
for adult learning in schools
promote partnership working and understanding
of the complementary contributions of potential partners, and
provide practical advice.
[posted: 15/08/2003]
Publications Section:
Forthcoming
Publications This list has been updated to include the latest
forthcoming titles being published by NIACE in the near future.
[posted: 25/09/03]
Convergence Convergence is a major worldwide journal
of adult education that addresses issues, practices and developments
in the broad field of adult and non-formal education. It is
published quarterly on behalf of the ICAE by NIACE.
[posted: 25/09/03]
Learning Journeys A handbook for tutors and managers in adult
education working with people with mental difficulties
[posted: 19/09/03]
Staying or leaving
the course - 2nd edition
Staying or Leaving the Course explores the continuing
challenges of retention and non-completion rates in further and
higher education and the implications of having an expanding and
more diverse student population.
[posted: 19/09/03]
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]
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]
Projects / Research
Managing
Better New dates for the next round of training have
been announced for this exciting and innovative management training
programme for ACL managers developed by NIACE in partnership with
FPM.
[Posted: 19/09/03]
Overcoming
Social Exclusion through online learning This project is being funded by the Community
Fund for the period 2002 - 2005.The project will investigate the
potential of online learning to overcome some of the barriers that
socially or economically disadvantaged adults encounter to access
learning. Online learning is a very new development in education and
has been identified by the Government and many educational
practitioners as having the potential to overcome social exclusion.
[posted: 17/09/03]
Summary of
Evaluation Report for BASIL 3(PDF file) 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]
Influencing Public Policy / Advocacy
Learning Partnerships Review 2003
Learning Partnerships Review 2003: Consultation
Questions from the Steering Group arising from the NIACE Review
Report
[posted: 26/09/03]
Mental Health and social exclusion
A commentary and response from NIACE on the Social
Exclusion Unit Consultation Document.
[posted: 10/08/03]
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]
