Staff at Caledonian Building Systems in Newark are constructing a great line up to celebrate Adult Learners’ Week (9-15 May).
Staff at Caledonian Building Systems in Newark are constructing a great line up to celebrate Adult Learners’ Week (9-15 May).
London Fire Service staff will be taking up the Six Book Challenge and hearing from Quick Reads author Lola Jaye on Thursday 14 May, as they celebrate Adult Learners’ Week (9th-14th May).
Over 1,000 prison staff at HMPs Elmley, Swaleside and Standford Hill will be focusing on learning as they celebrate Adult Learners’ Week (ALW 9-15 May).
Staff at The Priory School, Orpington will be sitting in the students’ seats as they take part in a seminar on autism as part of Adult Learners’ Week (9-15 May).
A little revolution has been taking place on the Holmbush Industrial Estate, St Austell. A drab industrial building rented from Teddingtons has been transformed into an exciting and vibrant St Austell Learning Centre ready to help meet the learning needs of union members and the adult workforce.
Barrie Hughes, aged 58, from Burgess Hill, has worked for the parks department in Brighton and Hove for 14 years and had always hidden the fact that he couldn’t read and write, before finally deciding it was time to seek some help.
Maria Gough, aged 50, from Harlow, left school with few qualifications, but 24 years later, she has fulfilled her ambition of becoming a Senior Nurse, while gaining a Master’s degree in Law.
Ged Bretherton, aged 45, from Warrington, has gone from working in a warehouse to attending meetings at Westminster, since he took his first tentative steps into learning.
Skills Secretary and Labour MP for Southampton Itchen, John Denham, Sarah McCarthy-Fry, Labour and Co-operative MP for Portsmouth union learning representatives (ULRs) from Unite, PCS, CWU, Unison, FBU, ATL, Prospect and SCPOD will today (Thursday 30th April) meet to discuss how local people and employers are benefiting from union-led learning. The Portsmouth and Southampton MPs will meet reps from Southampton City Council, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Hampshire Fire and Rescue and Eaton Aerospace.
As the annual Black Workers’ Conference opens in Scarborough today (Friday 24th), the TUC is calling for more training opportunities for Black and Asian workers.