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Free training for trainee teachers on web-based toolkit Skilled to go

The Office of Fair Trading is offering free workshops for Skills for Life teacher trainees to introduce its web-based toolkit for adult education, Skilled to go.

Posted: 28 Jul 2010

LONCETT project report: Adult and community learning providers' response to the 2007 reforms for the lifelong learning sector with illustrative case studies of effective staff development and workforce development planning

A further project report for the LONCETT ACL Project is now available on the LONCETT website: Adult and community learning providers’ response to the 2007 reforms for the lifelong learning sector with illustrative case studies.

Posted: 28 Jul 2010

Supporting new teachers: grants for initial teacher training

Following extensive discussions with the department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), IfL will be administering government grants to offset the cost of initial teacher training (ITT) for teachers from September 2010.

Posted: 23 Jul 2010

National adult numeracy initiative launched

NIACE has joined forces with unionlearn and the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics to launch a joint strategy and initiative to improve adult numeracy.

Posted: 22 Jul 2010

July updates from NATECLA

The latest news from the National Association for Teaching English and other Community Languages to Adults - the professional association for ESOL teachers.

Posted: 22 Jul 2010

NIACE research examines learning needs of the disengaged

LSIS commissioned NIACE to carry out research - to improve understanding of their motivations, aspirations and behaviours of young people and adults not in education, employment or training.

Posted: 19 Jul 2010

NRDC Reflect magazine 13

The Summer 2010 issue (number 13) of the NRDC magazine ‘Reflect’ is now out.

Posted: 19 Jul 2010

National Family Learning Network Summer Newsletter

The SUMMER edition of the National Family Learning Network NEWSLETTER is the place to share information and celebrate what you have been doing with families in your organisation.

Posted: 8 Jul 2010

Skilled to go modules 4&5

On 1 July the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) adds two new modules to Skilled to go, its free web-based toolkit for adult education that uses everyday consumer situations as contexts for learning numeracy and literacy.

Posted: 5 Jul 2010

ELT ESOL CPD opportunities

During the 2010 autumn term, ELT well is offering a range of workshops and resource days for language teachers.

Posted: 5 Jul 2010

Defend the future of LLU+

The management at London South Bank University (LSBU) is proposing in excess of 100 redundancies.The future of LLU+’s work and all posts are under threat. Join the lobby of the LSBU governors’ meeting on Thursday 15th July.

Posted: 28 Jun 2010

An evaluative inquiry into the effectiveness of a blended and modular approach to qualifying associate teachers in the adult and community sector

The LONCETT report ‘An evaluative inquiry into the effectiveness of a blended and modular approach to qualifying associate teachers in the adult and community sector’ has just been published on the LONCETT website.

Posted: 23 Jun 2010

Updated NIACE Citizenship Materials

The new publication Citizenship Materials for ESOL Learners was launched in London on Monday 21 June 2010, at the first of a series of NIACE regional workshops - Active Citizenship: Active Communities.

Posted: 23 Jun 2010

NATECLA journal - Language Issues - editorship & board members

NATECLA invite expressions of interest for editorship and board membership of Language Issues, the Journal of NATECLA.

Posted: 11 Jun 2010

June edition of post-16 citizenship e-news

Welcome to the June edition of post-16 citizenship e-news keeping you up-to-date with the latest news, events and resources available from the Post-16 Citizenship Support Programme.

Posted: 10 Jun 2010

BBC Skillswise Newsletter June 2010

In this month's newsletter the Skillswise team get out and about and meet adult learners around the country, news on the BBC sponsored Digital Participation Award and an update from the popular Bang Goes the Theory roadshow.

Posted: 9 Jun 2010

LLU+ blended DTELLS (Diploma in Teaching English (Literacy or ESOL) in the Lifelong Learning Sector)

LLU+ is launching a new blended version of their Level 5 integrated Diploma in Teaching English (ESOL/Literacy) in the Lifelong Learning Sector (DTELLS).

Posted: 9 Jun 2010

Declare your CPD for 2009/10

As an IfL member you are required to declare the number of hours of continuing professional development (CPD) that you have completed each year by 31 August 2010.

Posted: 8 Jun 2010

New Book: English Language Teaching Materials: Theory & Practice

Please find details of a new edited book below on teaching materials, which contains quite a few EAP-related chapters. English Language Teaching Materials: Theory & Practice (CUP). ed. Nigel Harwood.

Posted: 7 Jun 2010

Updates from NATECLA

The latest news from the National Association for Teaching English and other Community Languages to Adults - the professional association for ESOL teachers.

Posted: 3 Jun 2010