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Apprenticeships / Opening Doors to a Better Future
Category: Essential skills
This website features articles, news releases and case studies involving apprenticeships in a wide variety of industry sectors and regions in the U.K. Whether you are an individual looking for an apprenticeship or an employer looking for an apprentice, there is a whole range of information here to help you decide if apprenticeship is the right workplace route for you.
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British Education Index
Category: Learning
The British Education Index supports the professional study of education by facilitating
the identification and use of specific reading matter and event-related information.
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Campaign for Learning/ National Workplace Learning Network
Category: Essential skills
The Campaign for Learning’s National Workplace Learning Network has been set up to promote a culture of learning in the workplace. Membership is free and open to anyone with an interest in workplace learning. Members are able to access a wide range of resources, share good practice via the online expertise exchange and discussion board, receive updates on networking and events, and have a say about workplace learning issues.
Centre for Education and Industry / University of Warwick
Category: Essential skills
The Centre for Education and Industry works in the field of education-business collaboration and work-related learning. The website provides resources for teaching and learning to aid educators in bringing awareness of industry into their teaching and gives further guidance on work-related learning.
Centre for Research in Higher, Adult and Vocational Education (HAVE)
Category: Essential skills
Research in the centre is organized around two key themes: Communities and Citizenship, and Pedagogies and the Education of Professionals.
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Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Category: Essential skills
The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) is a government department with responsibility for science and innovation, further and higher education, and skills. It brings together some functions from the former Department of Trade and Industry and the former Department for Education and Skills.
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Education and Skills Wales
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
The government of Wales aims to ensure that children and young people have improved levels of literacy and numeracy in addition to access to a broad and balanced curriculum. It is also the government objective to see that practitioners deliver high-quality teaching, training and leadership and that everyone has access to high-quality training to gain the right skills to increase sustainable employment and business growth.
Excellence Gateway
Category: Essential skills
The Excellence Gateway provides access to education information and resources from the UK for education and training practitioners working at all levels in the learning and skills sector. Users can search for news and event information or information resources collated from a number of learning and skills-related sites.
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FAS (Foras Áiseanna Saothair) Training & Employment Authority
Category: Essential skills
As the national training and employment authority for Ireland, FÁS anticipates the needs of, and responds to, a constantly changing labour market that employs over two million people. Through a regional network of 66 offices and 20 training centres, FÁS operates training and employment programs; provides a recruitment service to jobseekers and employers and an advisory service for industry; and supports community-based enterprises.
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Learning at Work Day
Category: Essential skills
National Learning at Work (LAW) Day is an annual awareness campaign, promoting and supporting workplace learning events across England. The Campaign for Learning started organizing LAW Day in 1999 as part of Adult Learners’ Week to draw attention to the importance of workplace learning and skills. Each year, thousands of organizations take part and stage fun and business-related learning activities to help their staff learn new skills they can put into action at work.
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Moving On: Essential Skills
Category: Essential skills
One in four adults in Northern Ireland has difficulty with reading, writing and math but most don’t seek help. This website offers help and advice if you need to brush up on these specific essential skills or your Internet skills. It features sections on learner stories, creative classes, handy tools and inclusive learning.
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National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA)
Category: Essential skills
NALA in conjunction with FAS, Ireland’s national training and employment authority, is developing a literacy support model to address basic education needs in the workplace for the Services to Business section of FAS. This project will take place under the Skills for Work initiative funded through the Workplace Basic Education Fund.
National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE)
Category: Essential skills
The aim of NIACE is to advance the interests of adult learners and potential learners. NIACE is committed to supporting an increase in the total numbers of adults engaged in formal and informal learning in England and Wales. It also strives to improve opportunities and widen access to learning opportunities for those communities that are currently under-represented.
Workplace Learning
Category: Essential skills
The Campaign for Learning’s National Workplace Learning Network has been set up to support individuals and organizations interested in developing a culture of learning in the workplace. Membership is free and open to anyone with an interest in workplace learning. Members are able to access a wide range of resources, share good practice via the online expertise exchange and discussion board, receive updates on networking and events, as well as have a say on workplace learning issues.
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Skills for Life in the South West
Category: Essential skills
The Skills for Life site is for everyone interested in improving adult literacy, language and numeracy skills. Raising standards in the basic skills, including reading and writing, speaking and listening, and math, will enable people across the South West (UK) to achieve their potential at work, and within their community, helping to build a vibrant and prosperous economy.
Success through Skills
Category: Essential skills
Success through Skills, the skills strategy for Northern Ireland, provides an overarching framework for the development of skills in that country. The website has valuable information for those who are unemployed, have recently left school or who want to improve their literacy, numeracy or IT skills. It has a section specifically for employers who want to develop the skills of their employees.
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The Network for workplace language, literacy and numeracy
Category: Essential skills
This site offers all workplace language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) stakeholders a complete portfolio of information plus an opportunity to understand how you can benefit by working with this organization. Whether it is strategic advice, professional development or general information that you require, the site can provide customized solutions to support your workplace LLN requirements.
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UK Commission for Employment and Skills
Category: Essential skills
The mandate of this organization is to benefit employers, individuals and government by advising how improved employment and skills systems can help the U.K. become a world-class leader in productivity, in employment and in having a fair and inclusive society − all this in an ever-changing global economy.
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Voluntary Worker
Category: Essential skills
VoluntaryWorker was formed to offer a unique reference point on the advice needed to find all types of voluntary work. On this site there is information and advice to help you find voluntary work anywhere in the world at any age. Features and articles are written by professional journalists and experts who have a particular interest or a background in this area.
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WBS & Partners
Category: Essential skills
WBS is a leading provider of employee and organizational development. Since its establishment in 1997 (as Workbase Scotland) it has developed over 12,000 employees, within more than 120 companies, ranging from small to very large enterprises. WBS works in the private, public and voluntary sectors to support the development of the skills, behaviours and attitudes that allow employees to contribute more effectively to their businesses and communities
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