Return-Path: <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g0VGXon22080; Thu, 31 Jan 2002 11:33:51 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 11:33:51 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <7823222F821AD311844800204840353A069A1D6C@exchange2.lancs.ac.uk> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Frank, Fiona" <f.frank@lancaster.ac.uk> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WORKPLACE:398] News from the Workplace Basic Skills Network X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Status: O Content-Length: 17340 Lines: 356 > News from the Workplace Basic Skills Network > > > See below for news of events and professional development opportunities > being coordinated by the Workplace Basic Skills Network to help providers to > develop your capacity to deliver quality language, literacy and numeracy > programmes in the workplace. Events are coming up in London, Yorkshire and > the South East, Professional Development opportunities are coming up all over > the country (including our on-line Post-Graduate workplace basic skills > module, enrolling now). We're also looking for experienced workplace basic > skills trainers who may be interested in doing some survey and analysis work > with us - see below for further details. > > There's also news from other organisations about other events, > conferences and campaigns around the country relevant for workplace basic > skills providers. This is a very England focussed 'update' due to the amount > going on funded under Skills for Life. There is a lot happening in Wales, > Scotland and Northern Ireland too - watch this space for further news from > around the United Kingdom. > > If you'd like to join the Network to receive our bulletin and other > member benefits, please contact Sam Coram on email s.coram@lancaster.ac.uk. > > > Best wishes > > Fiona Frank and the Workplace Basic Skills Network team > Workplace Basic Skills Network > CSET, Lancaster University, > Lancaster LA1 4YL > Tel 01524 593405 > Email wbs.net@lancaster.ac.uk > Fax 01524 844788 > > > > Events > > London Regional Workplace Basic Skills Forum: Funding & Delivery > Issues. > Wednesday 6th February 10am-2pm at MIC, 81-103 Euston Street, London, > NW1. > This event is part of our work with the London Regional Development > Agency and a range of other key partners - training providers and agencies - > in the region. (Other work we're doing in London includes the putting > together of a directory of providers delivering workplace basic skills > training, working with the TUC on Union events, a survey of professional > development needs, and the provision of professional development and > consultancy). This event is free to London based organisations and > practitioners, and costs £65 plus VAT for Network members from outside > London, £90 plus VAT for non Network members. It will include a presentation > by the LSC who will provide an update on funding for workplace basic skills > and plans for 2002/03, and workshops on workplace language, literacy and > numeracy programmes in the Transport sector. There are still one or two > places left. For further information please contact Roberta Herd on 01524 > 592274, e-mail r.herd@lancaster.ac.uk or visit the website at > www.lancs.ac.uk/wbsnet. > > Building Professional Capacity in Workplace Basic Skills in South > Yorkshire > > As part of our RDA funded work in Yorkshire and the Humber in > partnership with Yorkshire Training Partnership - which also includes a > survey of the professional development needs of practitioners in South > Yorkshire - we are running a networking event for providers on Thursday, 7th > March at Sheffield Wednesday Football Club. This event is free to Yorkshire > based organisations and practitioners, and costs £65 plus VAT for Network > members from outside Yorkshire, £90 plus VAT for non Network members. It > will include a presentation from Philippa Lester who's the new Yorkshire and > the Humber Regional Coordinator for the Adult Basic Skills Strategy Unit, > workshops on different models of delivery, and a chance to network and share > information about your own work. For further information contact Roberta Herd > on 01524 592274, e-mail r.herd@lancaster.ac.uk. > > Workplace Basic Skills in the South East of England > As part of our SEEDA funded work in the South East we are currently > mapping provision and professional development training needs, and planning > for additional professional development delivery in the new financial year in > the region. We have a practitioner networking event planned for Thursday, > 21st March in Reading, which will include case studies of good practice from > the region, including Ford Partnership, Kent Adult Education Service, > Oxfordshire Adult Education Service, and others. This event is free to > South East based organisations and practitioners, and will cost £65 plus VAT > for Network members from outside the region, £90.00 for non Network members > outside the region. For further information contact Roberta Herd on 01524 > 592274, email r.herd@lancaster.ac.uk. There will be a further practitioner > networking event on 8th May 2002 in the region. > > > PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT > > Breaking Down Barriers 1 > The Workplace Basic Skills Network continues to work with the DfES and > LLSCs to accelerate the building of professional capacity in workplace basic > skills. To date there have been 39 Breaking Down Barriers 1 courses taken up > by LLSCs with a few left to run up to the end of April - contact the > Professional Development Team or the basic skills contact at your local LLSC > for details of the courses coming up in February, March and April in Norfolk, > Northumberland, London South, South Yorkshire, Shropshire, Sussex, Hereford > and Worcestershire, Suffolk, Gloucestershire, Staffordshire, Bucks, Cheshire, > Coventry and Greater Merseyside (dates at the end of this email). > > If your LSC is not listed here but you or your staff are qualified > basic skills tutors who'd like to access a BDB1 Certificate course to equip > you to deliver in the workplace, contact the Professional Development team > here and also let the Basic Skills coordinator at your local LSC know that > you're interested: we have some more funding from the DfES to allow us to > offer these courses through to September 2002 and beyond. > > Participants on the courses say: > "I found the course very valuable, professionally run and enjoyed the > stimulation of working with colleagues on shared tasks" > "The course was invaluable in realising that there are many differences > between delivering basic skills in the workplace as opposed to the way it is > done in community settings" > > Breaking Down Barriers 2 > The Network is currently enrolling for the next on-line delivery of the > Advanced Certificate in Workplace Basic Skills (BDB2). This course will be of > particular interest to practitioners who have attended a BDB1 course. The > start date for this course is 1st March and the deadline for applications is > 11th February 2002. Please note that there are some FREE places on the BDB2 > course for London providers as part of the LDA funded regional development > project. For further details please contact the Professional Development team > on 01524 592273. > > Postgraduate Studies in Adult Basic Education > A Workplace Module > Applications are also now being taken for this Postgraduate Module > which starts on 11th April. The closing date for applications is 11th March > 2002. > This innovative module is offered by the Workplace Basic Skills Network > in partnership with Lancaster University's Educational Research Department > and available to you if you can access web-mediated distance learning. The > course provides extensive learning support materials. It is aimed at > students, education professionals working in adult/further education and/or > others who intend to move into or who are already involved in workplace basic > skills education. > > The specialist programme will focus on: > * Definitions of Adult Basic Education > * Socio-cultural approaches to Workplace Literacy > * Reflective Practice and Research > * Stakeholders in Workplace Literacy provision > * International Policy Comparisons > * Implications for practice > This module is a free-standing unit, and can be credited towards a > Diploma or Masters Degree at Lancaster University or elsewhere. The course > starts on 11 April 2002 with an induction day at Lancaster. The closing date > for applications is 28th February. > For further details and an application form please contact the > Professional Development team at the Network, email > r.horsfield@lancaster.ac.uk, tel 01524 592273. The tutor is Chris Holland > and you can contact her to discuss the course further on email > chrisholland@paradise.net.nz <mailto:chrisholland@paradise.net.nz> > > > > Workplace Basic Skills Network Bulletin > The Network is keen to include information about your workplace basic > skills project, forthcoming events, or news items, in our next Bulletin. > Contributions to the bulletin should be no more than 600 words and should be > forwarded to neil.chatterjee@lancaster.ac.uk by 7th February. Any photographs > that would accompany any news item or article would also be welcome. You can > also contact Neil directly on 01524 592350. > > To ensure that you or your organisation are kept fully up to date of > our events and other activities please become a member of the Network. For > details on membership please contact Sam Coram on 01524 592274 or e-mail > s.coram@lancaster.ac.uk. > > > > > > CONSULTANCY OPPORTUNITIES > > We are currently looking for expressions of interest from experienced > workplace basic skills trainers who are interested in working with us on a > consultancy basis on: > > a) carrying out interviews with providers - initially in the Greater > Merseyside area - about their workplace basic skills provision and their > organisation's professional development needs > b) analysing and reporting on surveys > c) becoming Approved Network Trainers and delivering our Professional > Development programmes > > If you're interested in these opportunities, please send your CV and a > brief outline of your relevant experience to Sue Batt on > s.batt@lancaster.ac.uk, (for a) and b) and to Jaine Chisholm Caunt for ( c) > . To discuss these opportunities further telephone Sue on 061 448 1836 or > Jaine at 01524 593498. > > > > Other News > > > News from the Adult Basic Skills Strategy Unit > > On 7 January 2002 the second burst of advertising kicked off with a new > advert, which shows people overcoming their 'gremlins' and improving their > lives as a result. You should ensure that information about your courses > and your contact details are on the national learndirect database, to ensure > you can benefit directly from the campaign. You can check your details via > the search option at www.learndirect-advice.co.uk > <http://www.learndirect-advice.co.uk> or simply telephone the usual > learndirect number (0800 100 900) and an adviser will be able to take your > details and send information about the service. In the meantime if you want > more details of the 'Get On' campaign you can call the Strategy Unit's 'Get > On' campaign office on 020 7544 3130, or e-mail get.on@fishburn-hedges.co.uk. > > Work is now in progress on a follow-on 'Get On at Work' campaign with > work also progressing on a comprehensive 'Employer Toolkit' covering all > aspects of introducing workplace basic skills at work - more details as we > have them. > > The Basic Skills Agency 'Broker Scheme' is currently being rolled out > further. Under this scheme 'brokers' are being trained to market basic > skills to companies, working with several 'approved providers' in each > region. Contact the Basic Skills Agency or your local Learning and Skills > Council for further information. > > > > Workplace Basic Skills in the South West of England > 'SLIM' is the Skills and Learning Intelligence Module, based at Exeter > University. They've been coordinating a SWERDA funded Workplace Basic Skills > project, which came to an end with a well-attended dissemination event at the > beginning of January, addressed by Eoin McLennan-Murray, head of Employer > Initiatives at the Adult Basic Skills Strategy Unit, as well as Fiona Frank > from the Workplace Basic Skills Network, and TUC, employer and provider > inputs. A very active email discussion had raised all the usual issues about > uncertainties about funding, and difficulties in marketing to SMEs, and > well-organised discussion sessions took place at the event too. A report by > SLIM on the work they've been doing will be available shortly and it's hoped > that the project will lead to further regional work in the South West. > > > > Skills Insight's Annual Conference 2002 > > Skills Insight works in the South East of England to provide a > comprehensive central resource for labour market information and > intelligence. They will be holding their 2nd Annual Conference on 6th March > 2002. The theme for this year's conference is 'Skills, Productivity and > Economic Growth'. > > Keynote speaker is: John Healey MP - Parliamentary Under Secretary of > State for Adult Skills. > > As well as featuring prominent speakers, the conference will identify > the critical skills and related issues that the region faces over the next > five years, which will help provide a context for the skills challenges that > organisations will be tackling and provide an opportunity to network with the > key policy makers on skills issues, both at regional and local levels from > across the South East. Further details on the Skills Insight website, > http://www.skills-insight.org.uk > > > > ESOL training > > NIACE is a member of the DfES's national ESOL Training and Development > project consortium led by the London Language and Literacy Unit. NIACE is > organising ESOL Core Curriculum Training courses as part of this work, and is > particularly keen to recruit tutors from workbased learning providers. > Recruitment for a second phase of training, taking place between May and > November 2002, is happening now and will close on 12th April. The programme, > booking form, course dates and locations are available on the NIACE website, > http://www.niace.org.uk/projects/esol or from Carl Liquorish at NIACE, tel > 0116 204 4274. > > > RAPAL Conference > > The annual Research and Practice in Adult Literacy conference takes > place on June 28/29 2002 in London. > Strands include Developing Inclusive Research Methodologies, and > Reflections on the current changes in basic skills. If you'd like to lead a > workshop on one of these topics, send an outline proposal to Wendy Moss on > w.moss@citylit.ac.uk by Friday 22nd March. > > > > Learning at Work Day, 2002 > Thursday 16th May > Part of Adult Learners' Week > > Learning at Work Day, coordinated by the Campaign for Learning, > generated an enormous amount of media coverage last year and reached 500,000 > employees. The main aim of Learning at Work Day is to make learning a part > of everyday working life, especially for those employees that do not > traditionally benefit from workplace learning. Key themes this year are: > - coaching skills for managers and supervisors (stimulating staff > learning) > - learning from meetings (making your meetings more productive) > - learning from experience (ensuring you don't lose the knowledge of > your retired staff) > - fit for growth (developing a learning plan for SMEs) > > All the themes will incorporate a basic skills element. and the > Campaign for Learning is keen to ensure that Learning at Work day stimulates > workplace basic skills programmes. > > The Campaign for Learning and Niace will be working with The Mirror to > produce a learning supplement for Adult Learners' Week in May, 2002. A public > relations campaign for Learning at Work Day, targeting national and regional > media, will be launched in January 2002. The Campaign for Learning will > produce planning and publicity materials for Learning at Work Day 2002. They > will be available free of charge by calling 0117 966 7755. Materials will > include a planning guide, posters and a flyer. Regional partners will be able > to sponsor their own version of the Learning at Work Day flyer. See the CFL > website , www.campaign-for-learning.org.uk for further information. > > > > > > For reference - 'BDB1' forthcoming course dates: > (contact the Professional Development Team at the Network or the Basic > Skills coordinator at your local LLSC for more information) > Norfolk 7,14,21 February, Northumberland 11-13 February, London South > 13,20,27 February, South Yorkshire 26-28 February (with additional courses > being run through our RDA funded project in South Yorkshire on 5-7 March, > 12-14 March and 9-11 April, contact the Professional Development team at the > Network for details of these), Shropshire 1,8 and 15 March), Sussex 1,8,15 > March, Hereford and Worcestershire 4,11,18 March, Suffolk 5-7 March, > Gloucestershire 6,13,20 March, Staffordshire 6,14,21 March, Oxfordshire Bucks > and Milton Keynes 12,13,14 March, Cheshire and Warrington 12,19 and 26 March, > Coventry and Warwickshire 20-22 March and Greater Merseyside 12,19 and 26 > April. > > > > > Best wishes > > Fiona Frank > > Fiona Frank > Workplace Basic Skills Network > CSET > Lancaster University > Lancaster > LA1 4YL > 01524 593405 > fax 01524 844788 > email wbs.net@lancaster.ac.uk > http://www.lancs.ac.uk/wbsnet > > >
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