Priorities for Success
Key implications for funding for Skills for Life programmes and an opportunity for you to give feedback on the latest LSC proposals
Skills for Life Network Team
Skills for Life Milestone for 2005 met
1,130,000 learners have achieved their first Skills for Life qualification
World Book Day Book Tokens for Adults
On March 2nd 2006, twelve of the biggest names in fiction and non−fiction will be published under the Quick Reads banner
TV Drama Linked to RaW campaign
Rocket Man, starring Robson Green, is a new TV drama that supports the BBC’s Reading and Writing campaign
New Materials for Embedded Learning
Further files now available with associated launch events
Priorities for Success – Funding for Learning and Skills
A newly published LSC document that outlines changes to the planning and funding of the Further Education sector
Integrating Skills for Life Development in the Workplace
Programme for managers and workplace trainers to support the development of Skills for Life in the workplace
Functional Skills and the Skills Framework
Rather than converge basic and key skills, QCA is looking at the development of functional skills within a skills framework
Get On Local Government
Get On Local Government is an Employers’ Organisation national campaign to address Skills for Life within the local government workforce
Key Documents Linked to the Teaching of English
Ofsted and QCA have recently published documents that will be of interest to teachers of literacy/English
Internet Radio – a new resource
Help your learners make their own radio programmes for broadcast over the internet or download as a podcast
The Story of Britain’s Lost Readers
World Book Day next year will see the launch of Quick Reads, the first series of books for adult emergent readers written by bestselling authors