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- Danny West - Adult Learners’ Week 2009 award winner - [3 MB]2010-09-01 14:52
In 1985 Danny West was one of the first people in the UK to be diagnosed as HIV positive, aged 24. Twenty five years later Danny is thriving as a successful businessman, whose dedication to learning earned him an Adult Learners' Week award in 2009. He shares his experiences in an interview with Ed Melia, NIACE Head of Media.
- NIACE survey on adult participation in learning 2010 - [6 MB]2010-05-12 18:04
Alan Tuckett talks about the NIACE survey on adult participation in learning 2010.
- Learning works for Safari Bob - [3 MB]2008-09-01 10:53
Adult Learners' Week award winner, Bob Lawrence, is Director of Wildlife at West Midlands Safari Park and has worked there for over 30 years. Bob speaks to NIACE Press Officer Ed Melia about his work with animals and why, in spite of being one of the countrys leading experts, he decided to go to University to study Zoo Biology.
Adult Learners' Week award Winner, Ermal Nasi, speaks to NIACE about how he arrived in England from Albania nine years ago, taught himself English and is training to be a Chartered Surveyor.
NIACE Press Officer Ed Melia speaks to Adult Learners' Week Award Winner Sarah Arden about her learning journey to becoming a fully qualified Electrician.
Paul Lee from Oldham left school with one O'Level and became a bricklayer. But after 11 years he had to give up work. Going back to college has led to Paul securing a place at one of the top universities in the world. He spoke to NIACE Press Officer, Ed Melia about his remarkable learning journey.
For too many adults reading, writing and maths can be difficult. But across the country millions of people are improving these skills. And many are doing it in the workplace. In a special Skills for Life podcast we hear from the winners of a 2008 Opening Doors to Adult Learners Award - Cityclean about the dramatic transformation learning at work has had on road sweepers and binmen in Brighton. But first we hear why the Government take Skills for Life so seriously.
Adult Learners' Week award winner, Tina Collings, aged 20, from Ellesmere Port, speaks to NIACE about how, through 15 training courses, she has gone from Production Operative to Production Supervisor in just 4 years.
As part of a series of podcasts for Adult Learners' Week 2007, Ed Melia (NIACE Press Officer) interviews Stewart Holland, an Adult Learners' Week Award Winner, about how learning has changed his life
As part of a series of podcasts for Adult Learners' Week 2007, Ed Melia (NIACE Press Officer) interviewed Dawn Stokes, an Adult Learners' Week Award Winner, about how learning has changed her life.
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