News

When asked about the contribution government, employers and individuals should make towards lifelong learning, adults think that overall, the public subsidy should be lower. This is the headline finding of the NIACE survey - Who should pay for adult learning?

Adult Learners' Week - 9 - 15 May is approaching and this year it has the backing of radio and television presenter and adult learner, Philippa Forrester

Responding to the Budget and the announcement of help with jobs and training for people under-25, NIACE is urging the Government not to neglect older workers.

The publication of The Learning Revolution has prompted a widespread and thoughtful debate across the adult learning sector. NIACE will be holding a policy briefing on Tuesday 21 April 2009, in London, to examine how The Learning Revolution will achieve its aims.

A NIACE seminar looking at the use of phonics in teaching adults found that there is almost no research and little indication of it being used in adult learning.

Free resources for tutors who want to introduce their learners to reading are available through a new website - Reading for Pleasure - launched by NIACE on 1 April 2009.

Over the last six months 160 Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Somali women from Tower Hamlets, Newham and Islington have been given access to adult learning through the ground-breaking NIACE project, A Woman's Place.

In partnership with GMTV, NIACE is calling on all UK families to encourage everyone over 50 to improve their computer skills and learn how to use the internet.