News
Professional development – part of the way there

Planning Learning and Recording Achievement

A national strategy emerges

NIACE to launch 3Cs campaign – George Low reports

New learning materials

A step in the right direction

Articles
Supporting vocational students through projects – Clifford Mockett, Basic Skills Tutor, Knowsley Community College, on teaching Numeracy skills through other subjects

Basic Skills in Local Communities – the importance of Community Engagement – Sunil Naphray, of South Birmingham College, presents case studies of successful community based learning

Supporting basic skills in Hampshire – By Debby Miller, Manager of the Basic Skills Support Unit for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight

A Strategy to support Skills for Life in FE – Judi Alderson on West Nottinghamshire College’s strategy to support basic skills

A New Type of Centre for a New Type of Teacher – Elizabeth Mullins, Head of Basic Skills Teacher Training and Quality at Havering College, on the experience of new professional development centres

The NRDC International Conference 2003 – Diana Coben of the NRDC and the University of Nottingham, on the NRDC’s first international conference – “What counts as evidence?”

Financial Literacy Skills in Later Life

Website of the month – Observatory of Basic Skills