UfI to open 50 learning centres across wales
Ufi Ltd is to open a network of up to 50 easy-access, on-line learning centres in Wales during 2000. Ufi aims to transform how and where people learn, help businesses become more competitive and help individuals to improve their employment prospects. Ufi learning centres will operate under the brand name learndirect and will be run […]
Government announces launch of e-University and vocational route into HE
As heralded in a news story in the Independent on Sunday last weekend, David Blunkett is today using a speech at the University of Greenwich to announce plans for the radical use of technology in higher education.He announced the introduction of the Foundation Degree as a new vocationally-focused route into higher education. Currently, more than […]
UfI sets up Basic Skills cluster
Information from the UfI website:-A range of Ufi partners are involved with the Basic Skills Cluster, either because they are working directly on ESF ADAPT Round 3 or ESF Objective 4 projects or they are projects. The aims and objectives of the Basic Skills Cluster are covered in the Overview. For more details please contact […]
Corporate University Week 2000
The Corporate University is now viewed as one of the single most effective ways of driving business development for the next millennium: companies worldwide are realising the quantifiable commercial benefits of aligning employee development with high-level corporate strategy.Corporate University Week 2000 will run in London next month (21-25 February), Cannes in June, and San Francisco […]
New publications from CEDEFOP
You can find and download the following publications from the CEDEFOP website free of charge: 1. The financing of Vocational Education and Training in the United Kingdom – Financing portrait1999, 75 pp.2. Fields of Training1999, 45 pp.There are also a range of other online publications on vocational training issues throughout Europe on this site. You […]
‘What should I delegate – and what not?’
DelegationWhat should I delegate?Managers should delegate any task which somebody else can do…..1. ….better than they can. Managers should ensure that they are taking advantage of anybody who has work-related, specialist knowledge, so that the talents of individuals work for everyone’s benefit.2. ….cheaper than they can, because staff get paid less.3. ….with better timing – […]
Mental Athletics Programme – a website about creativity and innovation
Walmly recommended by a TrainingZone member is the Mental Athletics Programme website which aims to help users develop their creativity and learn about innovation.The Contents list offers:“MAP uses 7 modules to cover Creativity and Innovation * Introduction – some background on creativity & innovation* Assessment – interactive exercises to test your creativity* GYM – a […]
NVQs/SVQs and competency markers into the New Millennium
The Institute of Science Technology is pleased to announce our Annual Meeting. The theme this year is “NVQ/SVQs and competency markers into the New Millennium”. The meeting will be held at Stowe House in Lichfield, Staffs. on Thursday 13th and Friday 14th April 2000.Three speakers have agreed to contribute on Thursday. James Holyfield, Vocational Qualifications […]
Personal learning plans
Personal learning plans have been around for centuries. Anyone who has been able to sustain personal growth through intellectual, physical or spiritual pursuits has done so with the help of a personal learning plan.Barrie Oxtoby offers some suggestions on their form and use in this succinct new article on the LearningBuzz website. Personal learning plans […]
My relationship with my mentor
Sir Christopher Ball asked Barrie Oxtoby to be his mentor after hearing Barrie speak about the Rover process using Personal Learning Plans.Here he describes their mentor/mentee relationship which is informal, with no rules, and a very happy one. The article appears in the most recent items on the LearningBuzz website. Sir Christopher Ball asked Barrie […]
Effective leadership
The twelve principles of effective leadership Being a leader of others is just about the most demanding role that you might face in your career. The bad news is that there are no short-cuts to effective leadership. It’s pretty much hard work all the time; often with no thanks or recognition from those you ‘serve’. As […]
Learning and Skills Council prospectus launched
Following the white paper on ‘Learning to Succeed’ and the announcement of legislation in the Queen’s Speach at the opening of this parliamentary session, the DfEE has now published its prospectus for The Learning and Skills Council David Blunkett, speaking to a business audience about the new Learning and Skills Council at 10 Downing Street […]
National Adult Learning Survey report findings
In the current issue of Individual Learning News, Richard Ingham, reports – ‘PATHWAYS IN ADULT LEARNING’, a report written for the DfEE by Ivana La Valle and Steven Finch of the National Centre for Social Research, draws together research into four and a half years of learning activity or inactivity. Three of those years involved […]
Electronic Training Village seeks survey respondents
In a continuing effort to understand and meet needs in the field of vocational training, we at the Electronic Training Village will be conducting a series of on-line surveys where information will be collected that will help us improve our services. The first survey in the series, ‘Technology Supported Learning’ will be sent out in […]
Vacancies for Development Officer with Basic Skills Agency in N. England
Pending the creation of the new Jobs area on TrainingZone, this recruitment advert is placed on the Tenders page for information:——————–Basic Skills AgencySenior Development Officer – North of EnglandWe have four Senior Development Officers who are responsible for managing and leading our teams of Development Officers. This post is concerned with managing our team responsible […]
IT, learning and legal education: April 2000 conference
BILETA 2000 Conference: ‘World Wide Law’The 15th Annual BILETA (British & Irish Legal Education Technology Association) International Conference.Thursday 13-Friday 14 April 2000Scarman House Conference CentreUniversity of WarwickCoventry, UKPlease note the 15th Annual BILETA Conference will now take place on Thursday 13th to Friday 14th April 2000 (previously 17-18 April) in the new venue of Scarman […]
Livening up lunch breaks with literature
If the scheme had a slogan, it might be “the company that reads together succeeds together”. At least 100 workplace reading groups have grown out of “Orange Talks Books at Work” – this year’s education initiative from the Orange Prize for Fiction, and part of the government’s Year of Reading – and have brought some […]
Vocational Education: study visits
The Study Visits programme has been a specific CEDEFOP activity since 1985. Study visits allow small groups of vocational training specialists of different nationalities to visit locations that provide insight into the vocational training situation in the host country. To date, specialists from 27 countries have taken part in the programme. In the course of […]
Urban technology job training
CitySkills.org is the first interactive web community devoted to urban technology job training. CitySkills.org works with community-based trainers and helps build capacity to train motivated adults from “under-represented neighborhoods” with the right skills for careers in web development. CitySkills.org is the first interactive web community devoted to urban technology job training. CitySkills.org works with community-based […]
Networking with The Consultants’ Network
The Consultants’ Network – a network of around one hundred self employed training, personnel and management consultants (including a number of learningwire subscribers) has gone on-line @ Membership of the network is free! They have a national membership, although most of the membership is based within two hours of Milton Keynes. They […]
