New Futures

The Skills for Life at Work Project

This is an innovative new ESF project focusing on Skills for Life in the Workplace. The project aims to support nearly 5000 employees in private, public and voluntary sectors across the southeast, to improve their English or language skills and maths at work. In addition the project provides further support by offering continuing professional development courses to over 1500 professionals who work with or support Skills for Life learners in the workplace. Click here for more information, including contact details.

Who's who in New Futures

New Futures brings together specialist training and advice for adult literacy, numeracy and ESOL teachers and support staff across the South East region. The regional network of professional development centres serves all the counties on the map opposite. Click on each area for information. Register  your details with us to learn more.

Finding a course, finding resources  

New and existing teachers: click on the map to find your nearest professional development centre for advice if you are not sure about which course to take. Use the talent website to find practical teaching/learning resources and to share your own: www.talent.ac.uk

Publicising your own teacher-training courses

Teacher-trainers: register with talent and upload details of your own course. The talent site is a great way to recruit candidates to your regional courses.

South East Region Forums: register and join in! 

Persistence: what keeps learners going Teaching, learning and management strategies to support learners with fragmented lives.

Innovation in teacher-education  Creative ways to organise Skills for Life teacher programmes.

Embedding literacy, language and numeracy into other learning  Practical ways to achieve effective embedding.  

New Futures is funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) via the South East Regional Learning and Skills Council (LSC)