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The latest news from the Campaigning Alliance for Lifelong Learning (CALL) including ideas of how to set up a local CALL group.

Ideal for teachers, teacher trainers or programme managers, ESOL: A Critical Guide is a must-have for anyone with an interest in ESOL. Remember, order by December 31st to claim your 20% discount!

Edexcel Policy Watch has compiled a 'Who Does What Guide' in the English Skills System.

Welcome to the November edition of the post-16 citizenship e-bulletin. The e-news keeps community members up-to-date with the latest news, events and resources available from the LSIS Post-16 Citizenship Support Programme.

The National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) is constantly evolving to ensure it meets the professional aspirations and needs of all teachers of mathematics.

Over the last few weeks, the Government has made a number of announcements to encourage continued support for training and development during these difficult times.

The NYR has developed a unique guide, 'Help with Reading', to help organisations set up their own volunteer reading schemes. The guide includes case studies from 11 organisations pioneering innovative projects which support readers.

LLU+ can offer FE colleges and other organisations in the lifelong learning sector a 2 day CPD course on embedding language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) development into vocational courses.

LLUK is the sector skills council responsible for the professional development of all those working in community learning and development, FE, HE, libraries, archives and information services, and work based learning across the UK.

Edexcel Policy Watch is a service intended to alert busy colleagues to national developments that might interest them.

This study explores the assumption that individuals can work their way out of poverty, by examining the changing earnings of employees, the integration of migrants and the progression of low-paid families in Britain since the late 1970s.

This LSN report explores how people working across Post-16 education and training perceive the information they receive from government departments and agencies.

This week's Policy Watch focuses on adult learning where the Dept has issued its formal response to the consultation on informal adult learning just at the time when a new consensus of interests builds up in this area.

NIACE is offering one-day courses designed for vocational tutors to support their learners with numeracy. It is a practical course aimed at those who teach practical, craft, vocational or life skills in a range of settings. Regional events Dec - Feb.

The Canterbury Tales (Teaching for Autonomy in Learning English as a Second Language): Stories Told and Voices Heard is in Canterbury on 5th and 6th Dec '08 organised by IATEFL's ES(O)L and Learner Autonomy Special Interest Groups.

NIACE organises an extensive programme of learning and development (L&D) training courses for those working with, and in the interests of, adult learners.

More than half of all pupils failed to achieve five good GCSEs that included English and maths this year, according to official figures published today. (Source: The Times Online)

If you know someone whose remarkable learning achievements deserve recognition and could inspire others, then NIACE want to hear them. Nominate one of your learners for the Adult Learners' Week Awards 2009.

Further guidance on the workforce reforms for FE, specifically covering those employees who work in adult and community learning (ACL), the offender learning and skills service (OLASS), and the third (voluntary) sector, has been released by LLUK.

News from the National Association for Teaching English and other Community Languages to Adults (NATECLA).