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Events - January 2008

“A-Z toolkit” breakfast meeting launch

Wednesday January 09th, 2008, 08:00 - 10:00 | Leicester Football Club

Are you keen to improve the skills of your workers? Asset Skills is hosting a breakfast club for East Midlands employers to outline new opportunities to help boost your business. We’ll be launching a new website to support firms keen to implement staff training. The online ‘A-Z toolkit’ has been developed by our Adult, Literacy, Language and Numeracy team (ALLaN), which helps raise the skills of staff in the workplace. Experts will be there to give advice on how to access funding opportunities.

Making sense of the Skills Pledge

Thursday January 10th, 2008, TBC | TBC

The celebration will include key note speeches, a discussion around the Skills Pledge and the presentation of certificates recognising a company’s statement of intent to the Pledge. The target audience is HR/L&D Directors (or equivalent) and their guests. If you are interested in attending and a member of the leadership of a large multi-sited company, with more than 5000 staff, contact us in the first instance.

The Value of Adult Education in the 21st Century

Tuesday January 15th, 2008, 10.30am-1pm | One Great George Street, London

John Denham MP, Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills. Introduction from Prof Richard Taylor, Director of Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning, Institute of Continuing Education, University of Cambridge. Given the increasing complexity of the world, the growing number of choices open to people and the changing technological solutions available we have to rethink how we can re-energise adult education services for the modern world.

‘A-Z toolkit’ breakfast meeting launch

Wednesday January 16th, 2008, 08:00 - 10:00 | Notts County Football Club

Are you keen to improve the skills of your workers? Asset Skills is hosting two breakfast clubs for East Midlands employers to outline new opportunities to help boost your business. We’ll be launching a new website to support firms keen to implement staff training. The online ‘A-Z toolkit’ has been developed by our Adult, Literacy, Language and Numeracy team (ALLaN), which helps raise the skills of staff in the workplace. Experts will be available to discuss funding opportunities.

Consultation - Have your say in London’s £1bn skills spend

Tuesday January 22nd, 2008, 08:30 - 10:00 | Drivers Jonas, London EC4

The London Skills & Employment Board (LSEB) strategy will shape adults skills provision from 2008/9. Harvey McGrath, Chairman of London First and Vice Chair of the LSEB, will outline the development work that has been undertaken since the Board was set up in late 2006. This will lead into a discussion of the issues with London First members, which will inform our response to the LSEB Skills Strategy consultation.

Consultation 2 - Have your say in London’s £1bn skills spend

Wednesday January 23rd, 2008, 08:30 - 10:00 | London Metropolitan University, EC2

The London Skills & Employment Board (LSEB) strategy will shape adults skills provision from 2008/9. Harvey McGrath, Chairman of London First and Vice Chair of the LSEB, will outline the development work that has been undertaken since the Board was set up in late 2006. This will lead into a discussion of the issues with London First members, which will inform our response to the LSEB Skills Strategy consultation.

Adult Learners’ Week Awards - nominations are still open

Friday January 25th, 2008, 12:00 | NIACE

Colleagues and staff members who take the time to learn at or for work often do so whilst doing all the other tasks that life demands of them. The Learning at Works awards people is designed to highlight those whose learning makes an exceptional difference to the individual’s life as well as enhancing their skills at work. So if you know such an individual, group or project that falls into this category it is not to late to nominate them for an award online forms available see website

E-Learning: The future of learning

Thursday January 31st, 2008, 09:30-16:00 | East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham

E-learning is continuously developing, adapting and changing the education and training world. New ideas are a fast flowing stream of potential to improve, expand and widen learning. This conference aims to bring together a range of developments from education and government to illustrate the advance of technology in education and training along with some views of future developments.

Consultation 3 - Have your say in London’s £1bn skills spend

Thursday January 31st, 2008, 08:30 - 10:00 | UBS, London EC2

The London Skills & Employment Board (LSEB) strategy will shape adults skills provision from 2008/9. Harvey McGrath, Chairman of London First and Vice Chair of the LSEB, will outline the development work that has been undertaken since the Board was set up in late 2006. This will lead into a discussion of the issues with London First members, which will inform our response to the LSEB Skills Strategy consultation.

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