What do you know about learners, learning and literacies?
Summer School 13 - 17th July 2009, Linking Learning to Literacies: A Social Practice View, Literacy Research Centre, Lancaster University

Jobs

Basic Skills Tutors
SRC Training, West Yorkshire. Closing date 13 Mar 2009

Functional Skills Co-ordinator
Askham Bryan College, York. Closing date 27 Feb 2009

Programme Area Manager - English
City College Plymouth, South West. Closing date 4 Mar 2009

Skills for Life Manager
Access, North East. Closing date 24 Mar 2009

Skills for Life Specialist
CableCom Training Limited, North East. Closing date 20 Mar 2009

Skills for Life Trainer
Future Strategies Consulting Ltd, North Yorkshire and the North East. Closing date 10 Apr 2009

Skills for Life Trainer
Interactive Development Ltd, North East. Closing date 4 Mar 2009

Skills for Life Training Officers
J and K Training Ltd , Bristol area and the North West. Closing date 10 Mar 2009

Skills for Life Tutor – Literacy
North Lindsey College, based Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire with travel to various regions including Yorkshire and Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands and London. Closing date 26 Feb 2009

Skills for Life Tutor - Numeracy
North Lindsey College, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire with travel to various regions including Yorkshire and Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands and London . Closing date 26 Feb 2009

Tutor - Family Literacy, Language and Numeracy
Manchester City Council. Closing date 9 Mar 2009

Ufi/learndirect Tutor (Literacy and Numeracy)
Ufi/learndirect, Leicester. Closing date 26 Mar 2009

Knowledgebase

Deaf Potential Conference 2009: Wednesday April 1st, City Lit, London
Deaf Potential is a free conference that provides an opportunity for professionals working with D/deaf and disabled people to come and explore some of the key issues that arise within the field of deaf education

Embedded Learning Materials
A reminder that you can access the online versions of the Skills for Life Materials for Embedded Learning via the Embedded Learning portal

Libraries and publishers creating new community reading scene
The Reading Agency has just issued a report on libraries’ changing work with publishers

Lifelong Learning UK Consultation Events for Managers
The shape of things to come: Defining roles and responsibilities in the further education workforce

Lifelong Learning UK Consultation Events for Practitioners
What's My Line? A consultation event on defining the roles and responsibilities with regards to literacy, language and numeracy of associate teachers, teachers of ICT Skills for Life and those working with learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities

Maths in Work
Maths in Work has been designed to offer glimpses of the real world of work via video clips, to help learners appreciate not only the relevance of mathematics but also its importance in every day life

NCETM Numeracy Survey
NCETM are carrying out a survey to help build a picture nationally and regionally of how you and your learners are progressing with numeracy

New Quick Reads for World Book Day
On World Book Day, 5 March 2009, ten new Quick Reads will be published by Ian Rankin, the Dragon’s Den team, Coronation Street star, Sherrie Hewson and more

Using the Excellence Gateway to prepare for inspection
The Excellence Gateway now offers a large range and scope of resources to help you prepare for inspection, including examples from the Ofsted Good Practice Database

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