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Review of Qualifications for Learning Professionals
This review carried out by Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK) concludes that PTLLS, CTLLS and DTLLS (and the subject-specific variants to these qualifications) need updating to meet more effectively the needs of the lifelong learning workforce.
Teacher training courses starting in January – don’t miss your chance to get on!
PTLLS, CTLLS and DTLLS teaching qualifications – generic and Skills for Life options (literacy, numeracy and ESOL) available for January 2011 at Newcastle College
International review programme: adult basic skills development
This literature review looks at how adults’ basic skills can be improved through family, workbased and flexible learning. It also looks at two specific components within basic skills: financial capability and employability skills. A programme report, leaflet, conference paper, discussion paper and presentation slides are now available to download.
ESOL case studies showing effective practice in Scotland can now be viewed on the ESOL Scotland website. These 18 case studies have been chosen as examples of effective practice in the provision and delivery of ESOL in Scotland.
Informal adult and community learning resources
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has brought together a wide range of resources specially designed to support anyone with a passion for creating, supporting or delivering high quality informal learning
Skills for Life and The Spending Review
The Government will continue to support basic skills provision in order to ensure individuals are given the chance to gain basic numeracy and literacy skills. However, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) funding for people not in settled communities will be abolished in 2012.
The Government has received the report ‘Securing a Sustainable Future for Higher Education’ – an independent review of higher education and student finance
The BBC has launched First Click, a campaign to encourage people to get online. This is a major new media literacy campaign to encourage people in the UK to take the first steps to get online.
Good practice in involving employers in work-related education and training
This survey, by Ofsted, set out to determine the benefits of employers’ involvement in government-funded work-related education and training, and to identify the features of good practice and the ways in which provision could be further improved
Apprenticeship vacancies and National Minimum Wage
The new National Minimum Wage (NMW) for apprentices came into effect from 1 October for young people aged 16-18 and those aged over 19 in the first year of their Apprenticeship
Next Step provides information, advice and resources to help adults make more effective choices about skills, careers, work and life. Adults can access the service online, or with the help of an adviser either on the telephone or face-to-face.
Getting a new job has a massive impact on your finances. BBC raw have produced online information about getting a bank account, saving while you’re at work, understanding your payslip and more.
Information on Skills for Life and Functional Skills from the SFA
The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) website now contains a compendium of information and fact sheets on Skills for Life and Functional Skills
Skills Minister sets out Government commitment to apprenticeships
Skills Minister John Hayes has set out his vision for apprenticeships and reaffirmed the Government’s commitment to work-based learning and training
Baroness Sharp calls for united status of QTLS and QTS
Baroness Margaret Sharp of Guildford has called for equal status of Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS) and Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), the teaching qualifications for FE and schools respectively
Reading for Life is a campaign that focuses on those who are least likely to read. The new Reading for Life website has tips and advice, free downloads, competitions and games.
Skills Funding Agency Chief Executive warns on 'money running out'
In a tough speech at the Further Education Mergers, Confederations and Shared Partnerships 2010 conference, Skills Funding Agency Chief Executive Geoff Russell warned senior sector leaders that 'the money was running out' and that action sooner, rather than later, was needed to prevent institutions from becoming financially unstable.
These three posters are for practitioners to use in literacy and language classrooms
Maths4Us is a joint initiative between unionlearn, NIACE and the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) that aims to encourage people to tackle numeracy, take-up numeracy learning and have fun with maths
Employability Skills: A Research and Policy Briefing
This paper, from UKCES, provides a review of recent research, and will be of interest to all those involved in employability skills delivery
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