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Government to fund catch-up tutoring for 16-19 year olds
July 20th 2020
The Department for Education has announced that as part of the tutoring fund, it will make a one-off, ring-fenced grant of up to £96M for colleges, sixth forms and all 16-19 … Read more
High value courses for school and college leavers: a 1-year offer
July 17th 2020
The Education and Skills Funding Agency has now published information on additional funding that will be available for one-year for the delivery of high value subjects to prevent y … Read more
Leitch Report and Skills for Life
January 1st 2020
The final report of the Leitch review of the UK’s long term skills needs, published in 2006, called for 95% of British adults to have basic numeracy and literacy by 2020.
Government must tackle ‘shameful’ adult literacy levels
September 10th 2019
Bestselling author Jojo Moyes has called on the government and the publishing industry to do more about the UK’s “shameful” adult literacy record.
Current teaching practice in using a system of phonics with post-16 learners
July 5th 2018
This research was undertaken to investigate current experiences of teaching reading, writing and word level skills, with a particular focus on literacy practitioners who are teachi … Read more
Communication Starters and Enders Cards
September 17th 2017
The Education and Training Foundation has produced a set of cards containing short activities that can be used at the start or end of training or education sessions to help learner … Read more
Barnsley MBC Adult & Family Learning
June 27th 2017
Here at Barnsley, we live and work by four important values: honesty, teamwork, excellent service, and taking pride in what we do. As part of our team, you can be sure we’ll do all … Read more
The Reading Well Scheme
November 22nd 2016
A new publication from The Reading Agency, Society of Chief Librarians and several partner organisations outlines the case for using bibliotherapy with patients in the form of the … Read more
OECD report highlights poor literacy and numeracy
October 3rd 2016
Levels of low literacy and numeracy found among young adults in the UK are among the worst in Europe, says the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.