News
The Skills for Life Quality Initiative – Simon Boyd reports of professional
development programmes

NHSU and Skills for life and health - a report on the first NHSU conference on basic skills

Literacy and Social Inclusion – Viv Bird, Project Director, Literacy and Social Inclusion, National Literacy Trust

Developing capacity in local partnerships

The Skills Strategy takes shape – George Low reviews the Learning and Skills Development Agency conference

Articles
Building Teacher Training Capacity – a South London perspective – By Katherine Fisher, Project Manager, The South London Learning Partnership

South East Focus on Essential Skills – Barbara Bicknell, Head of Basic Skills at SEEDA, reports on the strategy to tackle basic skills across the region

Stonham Housing Association – raising aspirations – Annette Dawson describes how Stonham tackles basic skills

Writing your own Basic Skills software – By Christine Pugh, Basic Skills Co-ordinator of WEA Eastern District, describes how to create locally made interactive learning materials

News from the NRDC – By John Kanefsky, Associate Director, Communication and Impact, NRDC

Website of the month – The Dyslexia Institute