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Commentary: Too soon to
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It was 20 years ago today …
Veronica McGivney, former Principal Researcher at NIACE, looks back –
with affection, mostly – at two decades of challenge and change for the
Institute |
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The velvet glove – worn with grace?
The Chief Inspector of the Adult Learning Inspectorate does not pull his
punches in his final, courageous and hard-hitting, Annual Report, writes Kate
Watters |
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‘Thanks to what I am learning and to the people who
are teaching me, I am a better person’
The prison of Rebibbia Nuovo Complesso, in Rome, is rich in archaeological
sites. Cristina Da Milano describes a project which used the objects
discovered, and the stories behind them, to involve offenders in archaeological
work, giving them skills and confidence to change their lives once released. |
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Help yourselves
The new Quality Improvement Agency for Lifelong Learning will be rooted in
the idea that responsibility for improvement lies with organisations and the
people who work for them, writes Caroline Mager, its Director-designate
for Strategy and Communications |
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London calling
A Government consultation considers whether services in the capital could be
improved by devolving more powers, including learning and skills, to the Mayor
and Assembly. What might a ‘London curriculum’ look like? asks Simon Beer |
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Speak, listen and learn
Friends of the Earth Scotland is using popular education methodology to
encourage dialogue between academic specialists and community activists
struggling with issues of environmental justice. Eurig Scandrett, Tara
O’Leary and Teresa Martinez discuss two projects which exemplify its
approach. |
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Hard travelling
Retiring from work without a qualification to his name didn’t stop Ted
Rudge beginning a learning journey which culminated in his writing a book on
the Romany gypsy community of his native Birmingham. He told Paul Stanistreet
how learning changed his life. |
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Ten years at the whiteboard
A decade on from the founding of the Association of Part-time Tutors, what,
if anything, has changed? asks Bob Groves |
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Priorities for success?
Commitments set out in Priorities for Success, the LSC’s funding and
planning agenda for learning and skills, raise serious concerns about the Skills
for Life strategy, says Rob Sweetzer-Sturt |
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