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Icons of England
January 27th 2006
An ideal discussion topic to get your literacy group speaking and listening at any level

Word of the Year competition
January 20th 2006
Choose your favourite word of 2005 and you (or your learners!) could win a digital camera and a copy of the new Macmillan Words of the Year Book

National Storytelling Week
January 20th 2006
The sixth annual National Storytelling week will be held from the 28th of January to the 4th of February 2006

National Search for Skills for Life case study
January 20th 2006
The TUC is looking for people who are happy to talk about how union learning has helped them improve their reading skills and read books they may not have previously considered

Introduction to working with and teaching L3 subject specifications
January 20th 2006
A free four day programme for Subject Specialists wishing to become involved in the delivery of L3 Subject Support programmes

Fresh hope for literacy?
January 9th 2006
A colloquium on Literacy for Life, the theme of the EFA Global Monitoring Report 2006, 24th January, Central London

New books on teaching adult literacy, language and numeracy
January 5th 2006
First two books in a new series have been published by Routledge: New Approaches to Adult Language, Literacy and Numeracy

New BBC series – a useful resource for teaching literacy
January 5th 2006
Balderdash & Piffle explores the stories behind some of the words and phrases we use every day

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