Thursday 23 October, Swindon 9.30am-1pm

Wednesday 12 November, Dorset 1-4.30pm

An introduction to the Individual Placement & Support model, which is widely recognised as being an effective approach in helping people experiencing mental ill health find and remain in employment. These free events will be taking place in Plymouth, Swindon and Dorset and last half a day, including lunch.

Contact: leanne.caldwell@csip.org.uk ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 07/10/2008 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 02/10/2008 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 02/10/2008 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 30/09/2008 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 24/09/2008 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 24/09/2008 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 18/09/2008 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 18/09/2008 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 18/09/2008 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 18/09/2008 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 28/08/2008 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 15/08/2008 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 17/07/2008 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 17/07/2008 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 17/07/2008 12:00:00 GMT The South West Lifelong Learning Network is running a free interactive event for employers, education officers, curators and staff in libraries, museums, archives, galleries and heritage sites. ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 17/07/2008 12:00:00 GMT Following DIUS's consultations on informal learning and the statutory right to request time off for training, where next for adult learning? ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 17/07/2008 12:00:00 GMT Held in partnership with the SWitch & Peninsula Centres for Excellence in Teacher Training (CETT) ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 17/07/2008 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 25/06/2008 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT - the extent to which rurality creates barriers to training and skills development, for employers, employees and job-seekers;
- the nature of the barriers and reasons for their existence;
- how these barriers have been and could be overcome. ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT Arie de Geus, expert and sought after adviser and speaker on organisational learning; author of award-winning business book 'The Living Company', on his perspective for organisational longevity. ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT - Sharpen your leadership skills. Train to Gain is offering up to £1,000 towards the cost of development activity through their Leadership and Management Advisory Service;
- Find out how the National Skills Academy for Creative & Cultural Skills can help you;
- Find out future solutions for training in the creative and cultural industries: Creative Apprenticeships, E-Learning, Mentoring.

Please RSVP to href="mailto:guinevere.nwaobilo@ccskills.org.uk">Guinevere Nwaobilo. ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT The event will be held on Wednesday 4th March at Taunton Racecourse. A draft programme and booking form are attached. Please return all completed booking forms to the address below or by emailing Jack Horwood ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT Sam Gates ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT Policy briefing: Realising The Learning Revolution
21 April 2009, The Abbey Centre, London
Migration and Community Cohesion: The Implications for Lifelong Learning
22 April 2009, NIACE, Leicester
Freedom to teach, freedom to learn
11 May 2009, London
Gender on the Agenda: Women, skills and work seminar
18 June 2009, London
The Public Value of Adult Learning
30 June 2009, London ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT APEL and Accreditation Conference
21 May 2009
click here
Entry to HE: IAG, Admissions, Transition Conference
2nd June 2009
click here
SWLLN CPD and Work-based Learning Conference
23rd June 2009
click here ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT 12 May 2009, Sandy Park, Exeter A highly skilled workforce has never been more important to business, and the Government is committed to achieving the target of 40% of adults holding higher education qualifications by 2020. In order to do this universities and FE colleges are going to have to do more with business. This event brings together speakers from business and higher education from other regions in order to:
- Describe models that are being successfully rolled-out and
- Stimulate increased higher level skills development activity directly between employers, their staff and HE institutions in the South West
For more information contact Hannah Saxby. ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT Fair Chances for the Future - What does it mean for adults? ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT - the extent to which rurality creates barriers to training and skills development, for employers, employees and job-seekers;
- the nature of the barriers and reasons for their existence;
- how these barriers have been and could be overcome. ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT - 27 November – The Innovation Centre, Exeter University
Arts Compass is a practical training course to develop advisors’ skills in helping artists and creative enterprises navigate their way to business and creative success. It offers you a chance to develop your skills and knowledge in a fun and relaxed environment and network with peers from across the region. ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT - Tom Wilson, Head of Organisation, TUC
- Elaine McMahon, Principal, Hull College
- David Scott, Headteacher, All Saints' College, Newcastle upon Tyne
- David Willetts MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills. ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT To register and to reserve a place at this conference, please contact Dr Don J Webber, Department of Economics, Bristol Business School, University of the West of England, Bristol, BS16 1QY, UK. E-mail: Don.Webber@uwe.ac.uk ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT For more information contact Sally Chaplin at Gloucestershire County Council 01242 864181 ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT - Tom Wilson, Head of Organisation, TUC
- Elaine McMahon, Principal, Hull College
- David Scott, Headteacher, All Saints' College, Newcastle upon Tyne
- David Willetts MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills. ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT To register and to reserve a place at this conference, please contact Dr Don J Webber, Department of Economics, Bristol Business School, University of the West of England, Bristol, BS16 1QY, UK. E-mail: Don Webber ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT - Practical learning to learn approaches that are creating motivation and raising achievement in schools across the country
- How learning to learn is a key catalyst in developing your 2020 approach to Personalising Learning
- What part Learning to Learn plays in the Every Child Matters outcomes
- Implementing the SEAL framework in the classroom
- Developing a competency based curriculum based on Learning to Learn following changes in KS3 orders
- How Learning to Learn is the first step to creating independent learners
- The new exciting future of learners with ICT in schools
- Cover Bug - an amazing new system for covering absent teachers and students' learning to learn. ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT 10 December 2008, Birmingham, 10:00am - 3:30pm
11 December 2008, London, 10:00am - 3:30pm ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT Debra Allcock Tyler, Chief Executive, Directory of Social Change
Ben Bradshaw MP, Minister for the South West
Faith Davey, South West Regional Manager, Age Concern England
Nick Hurd MP, Shadow Minister for Charities, Voluntary Bodies and Social Enterprise
Mark Sharman, Chief Executive, Help and Care, and
Peter Wanless, Chief Executive, Big Lottery Fund ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT Debra Allcock Tyler, Chief Executive, Directory of Social Change
Ben Bradshaw MP, Minister for the South West
Faith Davey, South West Regional Manager, Age Concern England
Nick Hurd MP, Shadow Minister for Charities, Voluntary Bodies and Social Enterprise
Mark Sharman, Chief Executive, Help and Care, and
Peter Wanless, Chief Executive, Big Lottery Fund ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT - Day 2 is dedicated to the Qualifications & Credit Framework Readiness and is free of charge. ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT - Day 1 is dedicated to the sectoral approach to UK economic recovery.
- Day 2 is dedicated to the Qualifications & Credit Framework Readiness and is free of charge. ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT
Further details will be available soon. ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT
The SW Regional LSC, the SW Local Authority Adult Learning Executive Group and NIACE have now developed a series of four seminars for 2010, with a particular focus on adult learning and skills in the economic recession, the value of local intelligence, and personalization. The Seminar format is designed to provide:
- national perspective(s);
- regional contexts, methods and resources;
- practical case studies demonstrating how strategic direction is managed in terms of ‘on the ground’ reality.

The Seminars are all half-a-day, followed by lunch. The venue is Learning South West near Taunton. You can book into as many of the Seminars as you wish - they are free of charge. When you sign-up to a Seminar(s) you will be sent log-on details of our dedicated Information Platform - and there you will be able to access a wide range of resources related to the Seminars’ topics. The Seminars are:
- January 21 - Adult Learning and the Economic recession
- February 25 - Developing Community Intelligence
- March 16 - Community Cohesion
- March 30 - Personalisation of the Service Offer

If you wish to register on one or more, or want further information, please mail: Simon Mauger. ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT Marie ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT Learning Theme brings together policy-makers and practitioners in the region to understand better the issue of green jobs and green skills. It will produce up-to-date research reviews, and incorporate a workshop. Through this participants will be able to share ideas, develop recommendations, and indulge in a good dose of networking. ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT Diana Blake to book a place. ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT Carrie at SW TUC. ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT Ruth. ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT February 2010
3 February, Frome
10 February, Exeter
16 February, Bristol
17 February, Dorchester
24 February, Plymouth

March 2010
3 March, Torquay
10 March, Taunton
16 March, Bristol
17 March, Barnstaple
24 March, Bournemouth

If you are a social enterprise or established community organisation and need good advice to develop your ideas further, here is an opportunity for a one-to-one chat with one of their qualified business advisors. The advisors are social enterprise specialists and will provide no-obligation, practical advice on how to grow your organisation to the next stage. Contact: Maria White ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT
A Bulletin and further details will be available soon from the SLIM website. ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT Simon Mauger. ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT - Tough times for Adult FE: implications for Further Education Colleges
- University not the Dole: more places and fair funding for HE ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT Nina Allen asap please as places are limited. ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT - Overview of current futures-oriented research in education.
- Where this work has come from, and the institutional and cultural contexts and values frames through which such work is being developed.
- Models of the future inherent in such work.

In this way they intend therefore to expose the assumptions, the values, the economics, resources and gaps in research in educational futures in order to develop strategies for “getting better at futures thinking in education”. ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT - Optional site tours of the innovation facilities during the morning
- 'Innovate to survive' with Dr Richard McIntosh MAS-SW
- 'Technology Roadmapping within Olympus' Steve Brown,Director of R&D and Manufacturing. ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT - 14 July 2009, Coventry
- 16 July 2009, London
Functional skills are practical skills in English, mathematics and Information and Communication Technology (ICT). They help you to gain the most out of work, education and everyday life. Functional skills are vital to the personal development of all learners aged 14 and above. The functional skills qualifications will be widely available, for example in schools, colleges and the workplace. ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT - practitioner engagement with research or R&D;
- collaborative working;
- increasing the influence of research findings;
- action research and its role in improving practice.
Guidelines for the content and format of presentations and the process of submission of contributions can be downloaded from: ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT - Effectively Tackling Youth Unemployment ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT
The seminars and the conference aim to stimulate debate by bringing together a range of speakers with different perspectives on key policy issues. The events will be of interest to those who work in intelligence gathering and analysis as well as those involved in policy and decision making. The dates are:
Population, 5 November, Shire Hall Gloucestershire
Land and Food, 8 December, Larkbeare Exeter
Energy , 26 January, Plymouth Pavilions
Skills for the Future, 24 February, Government Office Bristol

To register click the link below: ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT - Chair of the National Lifelong Learning Network Steering Committee, Colin Mellors
- SWLLN, Information, Advice, Guidance and Learner Support Worker, Lynn Sturch
- HEFCE's Nicola Oates
- South West Policy Manager, Federation of Small Businesses, Vivienne Rayner
- Chair of the SWLLN Strategy Board, Professor Mark MacNair
- SWLLN Director, Belinda Payne ]]> a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andrew Dean) 12:00:00 GMT The power of storytelling as a teaching tool – half-day workshops – Fee £99
19 June 2009, London
10 July 2009, Leeds
15 September 2009, Durham
Storytelling is currently undergoing a huge revival as educators everywhere are re-discovering its power as a teaching tool. Apart from being entertaining, a good story has the capacity to attract and hold our attention as it teaches us important lessons. Storytelling is relevant to adult learning today, because it encourages the development of emotional intelligence, cultural awareness and social inclusion.

Enhancing the reading experience – full-day conferences – Fee £150
26 June 2009, London
3 July 2009, Birmingham
11 September 2009, Newcastle Upon Tyne
NIACE has developed a range of materials with the aim of encouraging practitioners working with adults, (including families), to introduce more reading for pleasure into their sessions. The work was developed in partnership with The Reading Agency’s Vital Link programme and NIACE’s campaigning work for Quick Reads in order to promote wider use of reading for pleasure in a range of settings.

The Public Value of Adult Learning
30 June 2009, 12.30pm to 4pm, London
The independent Inquiry into the Future for Lifelong Learning (IFLL) has brought together an impressive range of national experts whose contributions will inform an authoritative and strategic framework for lifelong learning in the UK. The framework will include a broad rationale for public and private investment in lifelong learning, and a re-appraisal of the social and cultural value attached to lifelong learning by policy-makers and the public.
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