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Teaching and supporting learners with English and maths
March 18th 2014
This questionnaire is aimed at people with a strategic interest in teaching or supporting learners with English and maths at any level and in any context. By completing this questi … Read more

New accelerated, blended DTLLS and Additional Diploma programmes
July 12th 2012
These programmes offer literacy, numeracy and Functional Skills teachers the opportunity to become fully qualified more quickly. Courses are delivered by the Essential Skills Resou … Read more

Leeds City College – Numeracy and ESOL Additional Diplomas
October 17th 2011
Numeracy and ESOL Additional Diplomas will be starting in November at Leeds City College. Don’t miss out on the chance to get IfL funding to help with the cost of these mandatory q … Read more

Tackling the numeracy challenge – new LSN regional workshops
September 30th 2011
Want to develop a whole organisation approach to improve the quality of your numeracy provision? Need new strategies and resources that will help you develop your learners’ confide … Read more

NLN materials now available online at www.nln.ac.uk
August 26th 2011
The NLN materials are small, flexible ‘bite-sized’ episodes of learning, and topics include Numeracy/Application of Number, Literacy/Communication Skills, I.T. and Wider Key Skills … Read more

New approach to adult numeracy needed
February 22nd 2011
The headline recommendation of the NIACE-led Independent Inquiry into Numeracy is that the Government needs to adopt a new approach to numeracy that focuses on how adults use maths … Read more

Maths4Us: Free Poster Pack
September 10th 2010
These three posters are for practitioners to use in literacy and language classrooms

Thinking Through Mathematics now available online!
January 18th 2010
The extremely popular “yellow ring binder”, aimed at mathematics teachers whose learners are working at around Entry 3 / Level 1, has now been adapted as an online resource

Teaching Numeracy to Adults
July 7th 2009
A series of leaflets providing clear information about how to qualify as a teacher of adult numeracy