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LSC Response to Youth Matters
November 15th 2005
The Learning and Skills Council response to the DfES Green Paper ‘Youth Matters’ will be of interest to Skills for Life practitioners working with young people

Priorities for Success
November 10th 2005
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 Milestone for 2005 met
November 3rd 2005
1,130,000 learners have achieved their first Skills for Life qualification

Priorities for Success – Funding for Learning and Skills
October 22nd 2005
A newly published LSC document that outlines changes to the planning and funding of the Further Education sector

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

Get On Local Government
October 21st 2005
Get On Local Government is an Employers’ Organisation national campaign to address Skills for Life within the local government workforce

Functional Skills and the Skills Framework
October 21st 2005
Rather than converge basic and key skills, QCA is looking at the development of functional skills within a skills framework

Supporting ESOL learners with learning difficulties and disabilities
October 17th 2005
A good practice review from the Adult Learning Inspectorate

Skills for Life in Colleges:one year on
October 8th 2005
Ofsted report on the Government’s Skills for Life Strategy

The Use of ICT in Adult Numeracy Teaching in Scotland
September 26th 2005
Report, ideas and resources generated by a project in Scotland