Dance Off 2008
Dance organisations encouraged to hold events for Dance Off 2008

Commission of enquiry calls for evidence on lifelong learning
A call for evidence into lifelong learning, migration and communities.

Latest figures show further fall in 'safeguarded' adult learners
55,000 adult learners have been lost to publicly-funded ‘safeguarded’ adult learning in the last year according to the latest figures from the Learning and Skills Council.

Princess Royal to be patron of NIACE
HRH Princess Royal has agreed to be Royal Patron of the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education.

NIACE launches search for lost learners
Over the past two years there has been a fall of nearly one and a half million adult learners on publicly funded courses.

Opportunity to comment on informal learning for older people
In response to the Government’s consultation on Informal Learning, NIACE is providing opportunities for learners, practitioners and organisations to discuss the implications before officially responding.

Faith leaders, workers and volunteers successfully complete pilot community leadership course
Ministers announced fully accredited course in community leadership for the faith sector....

Herefordshire EarthWatch June 2008
To mark world environment day 2008, The Share Initiative is planning to hold a. Community Environmental Summit and Exhibition in Hereford, to run from Saturday 7th June until Monday 9th June inclusiv

26th February 2008
Sharing a regional vision of learning for the voluntary and community sector

Informal Adult Learning - Shaping the Way Ahead
The Government wants to know, by 15 May 2008, what people in the UK think about how public money should be used to support adults wanting to learn for purposes other than getting work skills and qualifications.

Consultation on informal adult learning launched
A national consultation about informal learning was launched on January 15th 2008 - by the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, the Rt. Hon John Denham MP

Without English 'you're excluded'
So how much of a difference does learning the language make?

Short Story Competition
RaW is inviting adults to have a go at writing a short children’s’ story using the weird and wonderful characters from Max and Lara’s Amazing Travelling Space Circus.

Increasingly desperate times as 700,000 adults are lost to learning
Alan Tuckett, Director of NIACE, said: “How much further does the Government think we can afford to go? These are increasingly desperate times for adult education.“...

The Future of Adult Learning
An inquiry into the future of adult learning was launched in London, on the Tuesday 25th September 2007. Experts from government, business, academia, trade unions and public service..........

Dance the nights away
Dance at 8's forthcoming program

NIACE merges with the BSA
Basic Skills Agency (BSA) merges into NIACE NIACE and Tribal form Alliance for Lifelong Learning to support literacy, language and numeracy across all age ranges Welsh Assembly Government to take forward the Basic Skills Agency’s work in Wales supported by NIACE

Post-16 committee report
NIACE welcomes select committee report on post-16 skills

Family Learning Best Practice Seminar 19th July
Best practice seminar Implementing policy at a local level: working with parents and family learning Thursday 19 July 2007

Winners Winners everywhere
Great and inspiring stories - the 2007 Adult Learners' Winners