OCNWMR CEO encourages nominations
Chris Assheton, OCNWMR CEO encourages nominations from OCN Centre

New Program to get older people on line
A new program to get older people on line

Intergenerational Award
The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) is proud to be sponsoring an Adult Learners’ Week Intergenerational Award.

NIACE RESPONSE TO SKILLS INVESTMENT STRATEGY
A decline in learner numbers overall, massive cuts in development learning and a reduction in the Skills for Life budget

BBC sponsor a national Adult Learners' Week Award
Digital Participation Award sponsored by the BBC

GO A LITTLE WILD ....
GO A LITTLE WILD NOMINATE AN OUTSTANDING ADULT LEARNER - GIVE THEM THE RECOGNITION THEY DESERVE

National Launch in Birmingham
Community Learning Champions (CLC) Opening up Opportunities for Informal Adult Learning

West Midlands winners on The One Show
The One Show and literacy with Pete Waterman

Tackling our NEETs crisis won't come cheap, says TUC
Tackling our NEETs crisis won't come cheap, says TUC........

Transformation Fund regional panels
The West Midlands is represented well within the eighteen ‘Early Bird' projects which won funding under the Government's initiative in July

CREATIVE PROJECTS SHARE £1MILLION AS SUMMER OF LEARNING GETS UNDER WAY
BIS has also announced today that the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) has won the tender to manage the Transformation Fund and oversee the distribution of the remaining £19million grant fund.

Swine flu National Pandemic Service - everything you need to know
Swine flu National Pandemim Service - everything you need to know. Do help those who dont read and write well to understand this information.

Data collection - it is important to get right
Are you interested in attending a seminar concerning the needs you may have – or may need to develop, regarding data collection in reference to your funders/commissioners?

BBC wants you,,,,,,,,,,,
BBC to launch My Story, an unprecedented nation-wide competition to gather the Nation’s true stories and publish them online.

Improving services for learners with mental health difficulties
West Midlands Mental Health & Learning Network event - Improving services for learners with mental health difficulties - 7th July.

FREE a joint LSC, NIACE, and RAWM Learning Strategy Group
A conference which will look at look at the contribution the third sector has made to learning and skills and explore how this can be developed when the LSC is replaced by the Skills Funding Agency, The National Apprenticeship Service and the Young People’s Learning Agency

Let us tell you..........
Let us tell you our story........some of the West Midlands Adult Learners' Week winners talk of their success.

Flying High on Success
Flying high on success the 2009 winners of Adult Learners' Week Awards celebrate in style at the RAF Museum Cosford

Regional Minister presents awards
Ian Austin MP - West Midlands Regional Minister presented Adult Learners' Week Winners with their awards on the 11th May.

Basic skills courses are,
Basic skills courses are, "a ladder to opportunity", says NIACE responding to the report to be issued by Professor Anna Vignoles, of the Institute of Education, at an Institute of Fiscal Studies Conference held today.