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

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

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

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.

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.

NIACE supports the learning of asylum seekers.
As part of A Right to a Voice, NIACE is setting up groups for asylum seekers, supported by volunteers, to meet weekly and help each other

Quick Reads get Adults Reading
Quick Reads are having an overwhelmingly positive impact on improving the reading levels of adults. Evaluation data from hundreds of literacy tutors shows that nearly all of them (98%) believe Quick Reads have been useful in helping their learners progress.

Invitation to Lifelong Learning UK Consultation
Invitation to Lifelong Learning UK Consultation: ‘The shape of things to come’ Defining roles and responsibilities in the further education workforce

WEST MIDLANDS REGIONAL ACHIEVEMENT DIALOGUE
SKILLS FOR LIFE: YOUR FLEXIBLE FRIEND - event 25th February 2009

The Secretary of State engages with CALL
John Denham, Secretary of State at the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills, will meet representatives of CALL’s five founding organisations (NIACE, NUS, UCU, UNISON, WEA) in the next few weeks

Learning is vital to labour market” NIACE response to government consultation
Given the current economic climate, the welfare system faces even bigger challenges, but learning of all kinds can empower people to take control of their lives.