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New Skills for Life programmes to raise quality
April 10th 2006
QIA is commissioning a number of new programmes to help raise quality and boost learner achievement in Skills for Life
Quality Improvement Agency launches
April 5th 2006
The new body to help drive up the quality of Further Education has been launched by Education Secretary Ruth Kelly
First Quality Improvement Agency Summer Conference
March 27th 2006
The theme of the first QIA conference will be the pursuit of excellence
Skills for Life: Improving Teaching, Learning and Quality
February 27th 2006
Tips on improving teaching, learning and quality linked to the main findings of the Ofsted and ALI Survey of 2003
Additional QIA consultation event
February 20th 2006
Another half-day consultation seminar on the Quality Improvement Agency work programme and on the quality improvement strategy will be held on the 15th of March
Interactive Raising Standards Guides
February 3rd 2006
Essential guides for everyone involved in the delivery of adult literacy, numeracy and ESOL
New Inspection Arrangements
December 14th 2005
The Adult Learning Inspectorate will become part of the enlarged Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills
New Interactive Raising Standards Guides
December 12th 2005
Regional events to support the dissemination of these web and CD-ROM based Skills for Life contextual resources
ALI Chief Inspector’s Report and Skills for Life
December 8th 2005
The report concludes that Adult Skills need higher priority and that the Skills for Life programme is not yet meeting the needs of the most disadvantaged adults
Key Documents Linked to the Teaching of English
October 21st 2005
Ofsted and QCA have recently published documents that will be of interest to teachers of literacy/English