News
New developments in the Quality Initiative

New ESOL test takes shape

JSA pilot

Learning difficulties in FE

Lessons from the BSA annual conference

Spotlight on Wales

Successful work-based pilots in Northern Ireland

Developments

Articles
The Numeracy and Mathematics Conference – Richard Evans reports on the NRDC Numeracy conference

Basic Skills - An Overview of Army provision - Martin Rose explains why the army considers basic skills an essential investment

Reform needed in Adult Teacher Training – Alan Wells, in his second article, reflects on the need for better skilled teachers

Lessons from a long term ESOL strategy - Jenny Cronin, Further Education consultant, interviewed Sandra Haynes MBE about her work with ethnic minority learners in Birmingham

Developing Embedded Basic Skills – Chris Taylor of NIACE reports on the DEBS project

Developing Basic Skills with Careconnect Learning – Margaret Ball, Director of Quality & Operations, describes Careconnect's approach to basic skills learning

Website of the month: Workplace provider toolkit