The future for lifelong learning: a national strategy
News | Monday October 22nd, 2007NIACE will establish and support a commission to identify best practice in the UK and internationally around adult learning
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Vouchers offering ‘gift of learning’ go on sale
News | Monday October 22nd, 2007DIUS and the LSC yesterday launched a scheme to enable people for the first time to buy gift vouchers towards the cost of further education courses.
A multi-million pound deal
News | Monday October 22nd, 2007A Notts-based provider of on-site NVQ assessment to the construction industry has been sold in a multi-million-pound deal.
Lammy to Listen and Learn
News | Monday October 22nd, 2007Skills Minister to hear how unions and employers are working together for learners
FE Colleges on the rise in Ofsted report
News | Friday October 19th, 2007FE Colleges and Adult Learning offered cautious praise but still could do better.
The gift of learning
News | Friday October 19th, 2007FE gift vouchers available at nine pilot colleges in scheme launched by DIUS and LSC.
ESOL for Work for migrant workers
News | Friday October 19th, 2007Government launches new qualifications designed to help migrant workers in the workplace.
LSC spends £17m to support ailing National Construction College
News | Friday October 19th, 2007The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) has thrown a lifeline to the National Construction College’s flagship Bircham Newton training centre after it pledged to provide £17m in capital funding to keep the facility afloat.
Skills minister says employers block women’s training
News | Friday October 19th, 2007Skills minister David Lammy has blamed employer apathy for the government’s failure to boost women’s skill levels.
Ofsted annual report reveals positive results
News | Thursday October 18th, 2007But reports that "It cannot be right that 20 per cent of pupils leave primary school without a solid foundation in literacy and numeracy"
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