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National Debates Conference 2006: The teaching of literacy
January 5th 2006
Conference hosted by the Basic Skills Agency and the National Literacy Trust

Getting to Grips with M-Learning
January 5th 2006
Discover how you can use mobile phones and other handheld devices to enhance your offering for Skills for Life learners

Step in to Learning – developing the childcare workforce
December 21st 2005
A free national dissemination event looking at how the Step in to Learning programme contributes to the Government’s Skills for Life Strategy and the new ten-year childcare strateg … Read more

BETT Show 2006
December 13th 2005
The BETT Show is an educational ICT event that brings together over 600 educational and ICT suppliers under one roof

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

Dyslexia – Training for Employers
December 6th 2005
Training to enable employers to become aware of dyslexia and how it may affect their workforce

National Training Awards
December 5th 2005
Information on how to enter for the National Training Awards 2006

Key Skills Support Programme
December 4th 2005
Information on training available in January 2006 on a range of topics, including Key Skills and Skills for Life and Key Skills for Managers

Foster, Funding and the Future of Adult Learning
December 4th 2005
A NIACE conference to support debate around the recently published report on the review of the future role of FE Colleges

Learning for Living
November 25th 2005
Developing access to Skills for Life for adults with learning difficulties and/or disabilities