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NICVA welcomes government announcement on academic selection
Save the Children welcomes today’s announcement by the Education Minister that next year will be the last for children taking the transfer test at age 11.
The UK Workforce Hub are currently undertaking a project to review and refresh the Management of Volunteers National Occupational Standards to ensure they meet the needs of managers in the sector. The Belfast consultation event is being held on 05 December 2007
The answer to this question was revealed at the 2007 Opportunities for Women Learning (OWL) certificate ceremony held on November 23 in the Hillgrove Hotel, Monaghan with Teresa McKiernan from Cavan Town named as the 15,000th OWL learner.
The WEA recently held a successful training day for voluntary and community groups across Northern Ireland focusing on Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP).
Public Achievement is excited to announce that the ‘Histories, Heritage and Communities’ course, accredited by Queens University, Belfast, as a module of their ‘Certificate in Community Learning and Development’, is now open for applications
DEL is pursuing a policy too narrowly focused on the skills needed for the economy at the expense of citizenship, personal and community development and creativity, argues Johnston Price, director of the Ulster People’s College, whose funding is also affected by the DEL decision.
EGSA is celebrating 40 years of educational guidance for adults, but its funding is due to end in March 2008 and there is still no timetable for tendering to provide services after that date. Eleanor Speers, assistant director, fills in the background.
The WEA, facing a decision by the Department for Employment and Learning to end its funding next year, has launched a campaign to protect learning. Director Stevie Johnston sets out the case for continued funding and calls for support.
While MPs spend this week gearing up to debate the Government’s Climate Change Bill, 22 schools from Northern Ireland will be commencing a month activities aimed at coming up with their own plans for saving the planet, to coincide with Friends of the Earth’s ‘Shout about climate solutions‘ (5-9 Nov) week.
The Probation Board for Northern Ireland wishes to make grants in 2008/09 to the voluntary and community sectors to fund services for offenders.
The WEA recently held two very successful media training days for voluntary and community groups across Northern Ireland. The training was part of the Creating Change Programme which aims to support groups to work together across the sectarian divide and lead positive change in their areas.
NICVA’s seminar on Collaboration & Mergers was a great success with those who attended on the 25 October. The aim of this morning session was to equip those organisations embarking on a merger or collaboration, with the “need to know” elements of these type of ventures.
The UPC have just released their training calendar. A range of courses are on offer including Community Publicity Skills, Developing Facilitation Skills, Introduction to Community Development, Race & Ethnicity and Women & Leadership (details on the attached document).
The NØW Project, helping individuals with learning disabilities to access and keep employment, has, for the second year running, scooped three awards at the prestigious National Training Award Event. Winning awards at Regional and National level NOW were also presented with the Special Category Award for Diversity and Social Inclusion, sponsored by 'Skills for Business'
The stresses and strains of school life are being stretched away for Craigavon children thanks to a new addition to the curriculum – yoga
An arts based regeneration programme developed by the Workers’ Educational Association (WEA) in partnership with Strabane District Council has won a prestigious National Training Award at gala ceremony in Belfast.
Community Direct, a social economy enterprise, based in Belfast, has won a much coveted National Training Award. The award, which recognises outstanding achievement and success through training and development was presented at a gala ceremony in the Culloden Hotel, on 16 October.
An overview of upcoming business at the Assembly from 15 October 2007 to 19 October 2007.
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