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 g4UFrNO01200; Thu, 30 May 2002 11:53:23 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 11:53:23 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <7823222F821AD311844800204840353A08976979@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:555] News from the Workplace Basic Skills Network for May X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Status: O Content-Length: 17027 Lines: 400 (apologies for crossposting, if you receive the RaPAL list, the NIACE and JISC basic skills lists, the NIFL list and the Workplace Basic Skills Network 'wider interest' list you'll see this more than once.) > In this Workplace Basic Skills Network update > Free Places on BDB1 - Breaking Down Barriers 1 Certificate in Workplace Basic > Skills Training for ABE tutors and practitioners > Changes to Network Staff > New 'One Day' Courses > BDB2 > Forthcoming Events > LSC Consultation > Delivering 'Skills for Life' > BSA News > Swap a Book > Basic Skills in the Health Sector > National ESOL Training > TALENT Website > NIACE Publication > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > *FREE Places on Breaking Down Barriers 1 (London region only) > > The Workplace Basic Skills Network will be running 2 BDB1 courses in June > 2002, > both of which will be fully funded by the London Development Agency as part > of > the London Regional Workplace Basic Skills Forum project. > There are 3 classroom days which are being offered consecutively or over a 3 > week > period: > > Course 1: June 10th, 17th & 24th > > Course 2: June 26th, 27th & 28th > > This course is designed for qualified basic skills practitioners who would > like > to extend their provision into the workplace. It is suitable for > practitioners > who are just getting started, as well as those with some experience of > workplace delivery. > > There are places allocated for each of the five London LSC's. Spaces are > limited and are available for London based organisations and individuals > only, > so please register your interest with the Professional Development Team on > 01524 592273 or e-mail <pdenquiries@lancaster.ac.uk> > > *Other BDB1 Courses > > Kent & Medway: 6, 13 & 27 June > Lincs & Rutland 11, 18 & 25 June > Tees Valley 12,13, & 14 June > Essex 19, 26 June & 3rd July > > There are still a few places available on these courses. If you live in those > areas and would like a place on these courses contact Helen Bressington on > 01524 594239. > If you would like to book a 'Breaking Down Barriers' course in your area for > a > group of qualified basic skills tutors, contact the Professional Development > Team (contact details below). > ------------------------------------------------------- > > *Changes to Network Staff in Professional Development > Gill Plant has left the Network after two years and has taken up a post at > Lancaster University's new Staff Learning Centre. Many thanks to Gill who has > made a major contribution to the success of the professional development > programme. > Pippa Kingsley and Helen Bressington are now dealing with all our pre-course > administration. Sam Martindale is dealing with post-course administration and > student portfolios. > Helen Bressington - tel: 01524 594239, e-mail: > <h.bressington@lancaster.ac.uk> > Pippa Kingsley - tel: 01524 592273, e-mail: <p.kingsley@lancaster.ac.uk> > Sam Martindale - tel: 01524 593526, e-mail: <s.martindale@lancaster.ac.uk> > > *New Professional Development Admin. Assistant > We would also like to welcome Christopher Dealtry to the Professional > Development Administration Team. He will be taking on the administration for > the BDB2 course, the Postgraduate module and the Approved Network Trainer > course. Chris will also be assisting with the administration for the > Network's > forthcoming series of informative and practical 'One Day' courses. > Chris Dealtry - tel: 01524 592887, e-mail: <c.dealtry@lancaster.ac.uk> > *One Day Courses > These new courses are being designed in response to practitioner needs, on a > variety of topics including 'Organisational Needs Analysis' and 'Marketing > Workplace Basic Skills', and much more besides. Watch this space for further > information on these useful new courses. > > *Breaking Down Barriers 2 (BDB2) > BDB2 will be running again in September 2002 > This is a great learning opportunity for practitioners of workplace basic > skills. This on-line programme will equip you with in-depth professional > knowledge that will enhance your expertise and ability to co-ordinate and > plan > the management of basic skills training in the workplace. This course is an > 18 > week, web-mediated distance learning course. For an information sheet please > contact Chris Dealtry. > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > *Forthcoming Network Events > > London Regional Workplace Basic Skills Forum: Dissemination Seminar > Tuesday 2nd July 2002, 10am - 4pm > Commonwealth Institute, Kensington High Street, London > Seminar Topic: Project Achievements and Outcomes - Next Steps > > This seminar will provide an overview of the London Regional Workplace Basic > Skills Forum project, which has been running in London over the past year, > managed by the Workplace Basic Skills Network and involving a range of > provider > and agency partners. > > Keynote speakers will include: > *Tony Green, Chief Executive of EMPNTO > 'Competence in the Workplace- Embedding Basic Skills from an > Employer/Employee > Perspective'. > *Tania Fletcher, Senior Skills and Employment Manager, London Development > Agency > 'Embedding Basic Skills in a Workforce Development Strategy for London' > - (including plans for the next three years of workplace regional > networking). > *Alison Hay, Regional Co-ordinator for London Basic Skills Agency > 'An update on the BSA Broker Scheme and Approved Provider Initiative' > *Christine Mills, project co-ordinator, Heathrow Airport Ltd. > 'An Employer's Perspective on Workplace Basic Skills'. > > For further information and registration form please contact Roberta Herd, > tel: > 01524 592280, e-mail: r.herd@lancaster.ac.uk > You can also download the registration form from our website: > <www.lancs.ac.uk/wbsnet> > > Workplace Basic Skills Network Annual International Residential Conference > and AGM > Wednesday 13th & Thursday 14th November 2002 > The Stakeholder in Workplace Basic Skills > Central England > > We are currently inviting contributions of employer/provider/union/learner > partnerships to present examples of good practice at this conference. Please > email us at the Network (contact details below) if you'd like to present a > partnership case study at this conference - and please put the date in your > diary now. > > > Other Events > > RAPAL Conference > Friday 28th June (4pm) - Saturday 29th June (4pm) > Queen Mary's College, Mile End Road, London E1 > Conference Topic: Inclusion and Exclusion > Does a government basic skills strategy prioritising economic growth, a > centralised curriculum and a standardised teacher training programme fit with > participatory approaches to literacy? > > Cost £120 residential & £85 non-residential. > > For more details and a booking form, contact Liz Harris > Tel: 020 7404 8138, e-mail <lizh@citylit.ac.uk> > Website: <www.literacy.lancs.ac.uk/rapal/confbookingform.htm> > > Learning and Skills Development Agency Summer Conference > 18th/19th June > Lords Cricket Ground, London > Keynote Speaker: Rt Hon Estelle Morris MP > For more details see the LSDA website: <www.lsda.org.uk> > > Adults Learning Mathematics International Conference > The 9th International Conference on Adults Learning Mathematics will be held > at > Uxbridge College, 17-20 July 2002. The theme of the conference is Policies > and > Practices for Adults Learning Mathematics: Opportunities and Risks. Further > information from the Adults Learning Maths website > http://www.alm-online.org/, > or by emailing alm902@uxbridgecollege.ac.uk > > Bulletin > The Workplace Basic Skills Network's bulletin will soon be available to > Network > members. The bulletin is full of useful information including case studies, > research articles and news from around the regions. To ensure that you are > kept > fully up to date with all the latest developments in workplace basic skills > you > can subscribe to become a member of the Network. For further information > please > contact Sam Coram, e-mail: <s.coram@lancaster.ac.uk> or look on our website > http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/wbsnet > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Delivering 'Skills for Life > The Adult Basic Skills Strategy Unit Website, > http://www.dfes.gov.uk/readwriteplus provides a comprehensive update of the > latest developments on Skills for Life, the national strategy for improving > literacy and numeracy skills. There's a new national and regional Events > page, > information about the Employer Toolkit, and new consultations and documents. > These include a new consultation document on the Common Inspection Framework: > > 'Success in Adult Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL: A Guide to the Common > Inspection > Framework'. This document aims to help support learning institutions in the > process of self-assessment and continuous improvement by interpreting the > questions set out in the Common Inspection Framework. Currently this is a > working document and the ABSSU is inviting feedback and comments (by 21st > June > 2002). You can download the document from the ABSSU website, or order a hard > copy of the guide from Tel: 0845 602 2260, Email: dfes@prolog.uk.com, > Reference: DfES/CIFG01/2002 (When ordering please quote the full title and > reference). > The Government's National Research and Development Centre for Adult Literacy > and Numeracy is now using the acronym 'NRDCALN'. It's hosted at the > Institute > of Education with a consortium of partners, including national organisations, > FE colleges, and the Universities of Lancaster, Nottingham and Sheffield - > and > including the Workplace Basic Skills Network. One of the Centre's research > projects is on the impact of workplace basic skills - watch this space for > further details. > > Basic Skills Agency News > The Basic Skills Agency is currently leading a project to recruit 6000 > volunteers to motivate and support adults with literacy, language and > numeracy > needs. This is a pilot project and will run until 2004. > Volunteers will take on a variety of roles including Community facilitators, > mentors, Frontline Workers and Volunteers Supporters. Part of the project > will > be to offer training for each volunteer specific to these roles. Within each > area, trainers with expertise in the voluntary sector, the workplace and/or > basic skills will deliver this training. > > The Basic Skills Agency is looking to recruit trainers with workforce > experience to deliver this training. They are primarily looking for trainers > who live in or near the pilot areas of Camden, Brent, Thanet, Isle of Wight, > Basildon, Great Yarmouth, Plymouth, Penwith, Derby, Leicester, Birmingham, > Stoke on Trent, Blackburn, St Helens, Middlesbrough and Stockton.Payment of > trainers would equate to £250 per day. For further please contact Jessie > Buscombe, Senior Officer Link Up, Basic Skills Agency on 0207 4406509 or > e-mail > jessieB@basic-skills.co.uk <mailto:jessieB@basic-skills.co.uk> > > ------------------------------------------------ > > Draft Workforce Development Strategy > The Learning and Skills Council has a consultation out on their Draft > Workforce > Development Strategy to 2005. Responses are due in by 21st June. Basic Skills > are foregrounded in the document - which you can download from the LSC > website: > <www.lsc.gov.uk/news_docs/LSC-WFD.PDF> > > Swap a Book > How about some light relief from the world of tests, targets and training? > They > National Reading Campaign has announced that it will be running its Swap a > Book > promotion on Friday 6th September this year. Focused on the workplace once > again, Swap a Book provides an opportunity to get tutors and learners talking > about books and reading of all kinds. The Campaign will be sending out a > resource pack in June, so please register now if you would like to receive > one. > Contact Lisa Young on 0207 828 2435 or e-mail lisa.young@literacytrust.org.uk > <mailto:lisa.young@literacytrust.org.uk> > > ---------------------------------------------- > > Basic Skills in the Health Sector: The NHS University - YOUR IDEAS WANTED > This new development is a well funded initiative, headed by Professor Bob > Fryer, chair of the National Advisory Group for Continuing Education and > Lifelong Learning. The NHS is the biggest employer in the UK, and this > institution, which will become a bona-fide University, seeks to provide > training for all staff within the NHS, from cleaners to consultants, covering > learning from basic skills to patient care and project management. Peter > Lavender, NIACE's Associate Director with special responsibility for Basic > Skills, has been seconded to this project for two days a week to ensure that > its commitment to basic skills is taken forward into reality. > > Peter wants to find out where innovative and successful basic skills > programmes > are already taking place around the UK with the NHS - and how you think these > programmes could be even better if you had much more funding or unlimited > support and encouragement to develop the work. Please contact Fiona Frank at > the Workplace Basic Skills Network (e-mail: <f.frank@lancaster.ac.uk>) with > an > outline of your NHS partnership programme, and how you would like these to > develop. The NHS University Prospectus can be downloaded from > www.doh.gov.uk/nhsuniversity > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > National ESOL Training and Development Project: ESOL Core Curriculum Training > > > Two-day training courses: > Day 1 takes place in the Summer > Day 2 takes place in the Autumn > > Spaces are still available on the following courses: > > *Wednesday 12 June and 9 October, Wembley Park - Course Ref: 11LO Elephant > & Castle - Course Ref: 12LO > > *Thursday 13 June and 10 October, Elephant & Castle - Course Ref: 13LO > > *Wednesday 19 June and 16 October, Ealing - Course Ref: 16LO, Elephant & > Castle - Course Ref: 17LO > > *Thursday 20 June and 17 October, South Woodford - Course Ref: 19LO, > Whitechapel - Course Ref: 20LO > > *Thursday 20 June and 17 October, Elephant & Castle - Course Ref: 21LO, > > *Wednesday 26 June and Liverpool - Course Ref: 6NW Taunton - Course Ref: 2SW > > *Thursday 27 June and 7 November Liverpool - Course Ref 7NW Northampton - > Ref. 4EM West Malling, Kent - Ref: 4SE > > *Friday 28 June and 8 November Ealing - Course Ref: 25LO Stratford (London) - > Ref: 26LO > > *Wednesday 3 July and 30 October West Malling, Kent - Ref 5SE Westminster - > Ref: 28LO Whitechapel - Ref: 29LO > > *Thursday 4 July and 31 October Tottenham - Course Ref: 31LO > > *Wednesday 10 July and 13 November Milton Keynes - Ref: 7SE Westminster - > Ref: 32LO Stratford (London) - Ref: 33L > > For more information, phone Carl Liquorish at NIACE 0116 204 4274 or e- mail > carl.liquorish@niace.org.uk > > TALENT Website > The TALENT website, http://www.talent.ac.uk, is an excellent resource for > adult > literacy, numeracy and ESOL practitioners. Originally a London project funded > by the London Development Agency, it's now designed to provide information > for > practitioners nationwide. It includes information about professional > development courses, events, jobs, materials and the latest news on adult > basic > skills. It also brings together the 'Partners in Learning' teacher training > initiative for East London, the Central London Learning Partnership teacher > training initiative, the London Pathfinder Project, and the Professional > Development Centre for Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL in East London. All > providers of professional development courses, events and materials are > invited > to post information on the TALENT website for others to access. > > NIACE Publication: 'The give and take of writing' - Jane Mace > > In a new book out this month, 'The give and take of writing' published by > NIACE, Jane Mace shows how scribing is still a commonplace activity in many > situations in the present. Using examples from film, fiction, social history > and autobiography the book shows a range of ways in which authors and scribes > collaborate in everyday situations. > > You can celebrate the publication of this new book with Jane Mace on > Wednesday > 26th June, 5pm - 7pm at > Blackwell's University Bookshop, 119 - 122 London Road, London. > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > This email was originally sent out to members of the Workplace Basic Skills > Network's 'Wider Interest' e-mail list, and is now being forwarded to the > RaPAL, NIACE and NIFL lists. If you'd like to receive this monthly email > update directly, please email the Network (contact details below). > > > > Workplace Basic Skills Network > CSET > Cartmel College > Lancaster University > LA1 4YL > > Tel: 01524 593405 > Fax: 01524 844788 > > wbs.net@lancaster.ac.uk > > www.lancs.ac.uk/wbsnet >
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