- Adult Learning Inspectorate
The Adult Learning Inspectorate is a government funded body responsible, with others, for raising the standards of education and training for young people and adults in England, by inspecting and reporting on the quality of learning provision they receive.
http://www.ali.gov.uk/htm/index.htm
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- Financial Literacy for Older People
The attached learning materials were created as the result of consultation with older people in Canvey Island, Oxford and Coventry. They were intended to help older adults and those who work with them to make better sense of the financial world around them. Not just in terms of making decisions about financial matters of immediate importance, but also around forward planning, budgeting, saving and understanding some of the factors and concerns behind the issues being faced.
http://www.niace.org.uk/research/older_bolder/Projects/Default.htm#FCOP
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- LearnDirect
Online Learning for All. choose from over 750 learndirect courses - study at home, at work or at one of our nationwide network of learning centres
http://www.learndirect.co.uk/
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- Learning and Skills Council
The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) is responsible for funding and planning education and training for over 16-year-olds in England
http://www.lsc.gov.uk
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- Lifelong Learning
leading web site for the encouragement, promotion and development of lifelong learning. Lifelong Learning is supported by the Access to Learning for Adults Division of the Department for Education and Skills.
http://www.lifelonglearning.co.uk/
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- National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE)
NIACE's formal aim is:
"to promote the study and general
advancement of adult continuing education"
Less formally, we interpret this to mean advancing the interests of adult learners and potential learners. Our strategic plan commits NIACE to:
"support an increase in the total numbers of adults engaged in formal and informal learning in England and Wales; and at the same time to take positive action to improve opportunities and widen access to learning opportunities for those communities under-represented in current provision."
http://www.niace.org.uk/
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- Neighbourhood Learning in Disadvantaged Communities
Neighbourhood Learning in Disadvantaged Communities is a DfES initiative designed to assist and inform the LSC development of community-based learning for disadvantaged adults. This includes the establishment of a series of demonstration projects exploring different models of neighbourhood learning centre.
http://www.skills.org.uk/
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