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Seminars on speech and language impairments
April 5th 2007
“Watch Your Language” – free seminars for those working with young people with speech, language and communication impairments

Offender Learning and Financial Education
March 30th 2007
A learning and sharing event to promote the development and delivery of financial education

Support for education to 18 – latest research
March 29th 2007
Research carried out for the Department for Education and Skills indicates that there is widespread support for the idea of young people remaining in education or training until th … Read more

Free Braille Conversion Service
March 29th 2007
A free service allowing people to convert documents automatically to and from Braille and synthetic speech, accessed by email, is receiving some 15,000 to 20,000 new requests per m … Read more

European Study Visits, Projects and Networks
March 29th 2007
Information on funding opportunities available through the Transversal programme

Adult Literacy teacher required for TV documentary series
March 28th 2007
Are you a confident, charismatic, energetic adult literacy teacher? If you’re a qualified teacher with an interest in bringing your skills and experience to a nationwide television … Read more

The Rhubarb Triangle
March 26th 2007
The Rhubarb Triangle – An embedded Skills for Life Teaching Resource!

Deadline approaches for Changing Lives Funding
March 12th 2007
The Changing Lives programme provides funding for homeless people to pursue a vocational goal with the aim of eradicating the financial barriers that prevent homeless people from m … Read more

Basic Skills Agency Annual Conference
March 8th 2007
The annual conference will take place at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London on 28 March 2007 and will focus on adult basic skills and employability

Concessions granted on English for asylum seekers
March 7th 2007
Asylum seekers waiting for longer than six months for a decision or appeal on their claim will be entitled to free English classes from September