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Relevant maths

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New rights for students with disabilities

Interactive version of the core curriculum

Articles

The Peaks and Troughs of Outreach Work – In the first of a series of practitioner articles, Alan Scarisbrick, of Hertfordshire Regional College relates his experience of meeting basic skills needs at Tesco.

Skillswise

Recognising Learner's achievements – Tony Forster, Basic Skills Strategy Manager of City and Guilds, on the National Test and alternatives.

Basic misunderstanding – Annette Zera, Principal of Tower Hamlets College, gives a dissenting view on why testing is not the best way to develop basic skills. This is an extended version of an article which first appeared in the Times Educational Supplement.

Sharing Good Practice

Initial Certificate in Teaching Basic Skills – Literacy – Judith Beer of Tower Hamlets College, on how the college has extended the City & Guilds 9281 Initial Certificate in Teaching to train literacy teachers.

Changing Faces of Adult Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL – Iffat Shahnaz writes

Meeting local needs and national standards – Teresa Bergin, Director of Quality at the National Open College Network, outlines the ways in which NOCN is contributing to the basic skills agenda.

Website of the month – Basic Skills Agency