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Application of Online Learning - Course starts Monday 2nd February 2009 – places still available
NIACE are pleased to announce an online staff development opportunity.  NIACE has successfully run online staff development training since 2006. Exploring new and creative ways of delivering learning makes this ideal continual professional development for anyone in the education sector including teachers [...]

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Does online learning matter to you?
Limited places are left at the following one-day training events: “Online learning matters – Extending your organisation’s learning provision”. 
Wednesday 21 January 2009 – Sheffield
Monday 26 January 2009 – London
Tuesday 3 February 2009 – Derby
Book now to secure a place on one of these practical, one-day training events.
The one-day training events [...]

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Nominate Now for the Adult Learners’ Week Awards 2009.  The first 100 nominations received will be sent a free USB stick.
If you know someone whose remarkable learning achievements deserve recognition and could inspire others, then nominate them for an Adult Learners’ Week Award. NIACE want  to hear the remarkable stories of how learning has transformed people’s lives. 
The awards [...]

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NIACE is pleased to announce that booking is now open for the E-Guides National Event 2009 to be held at the EMCC at the University of Nottingham on 26 March 2009.
* Book before Friday 30 January 2009 and get an Early Bird discount.
* E-Guides (those who have completed or are booked to attend the three-day [...]

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NIACE are pleased to announce an online staff development opportunity.
NIACE has successfully run online staff development training since 2006. Exploring new and creative ways of delivering learning makes this ideal continual professional development for anyone in the education sector including teachers maintaining their qualified teacher status, the course is NOCN accredited.
Application of Online Learning: A 12 week online course [...]

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Digital Inclusion
Thursday 27 November 2008
East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham
How do we ensure that all citizens, especially the disadvantaged, benefit from new technologies?
The keynote address ‘A strategy for digital inclusion’ will be delivered by Wayne David MP, Deputy Minister for Digital Inclusion.
In January 2008 the government recognised the importance of ICT and social [...]

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Employability and Young Adults: Driving the Agenda Forward
Thursday 6 November 2008, Sheffield, 9:30am – 4:15pm
http://www.niace.org.uk/Conferences/employability.htm
“What does ‘employability’ mean for young adults? How can the transition to work be best supported?” 
The focus on reducing unemployment sits alongside the drive to create a highly skilled and competitive workforce and remains central to government ambitions.  For young adults [...]

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NIACE are pleased to announce a new round of online staff development opportunities which include the brand new blended course, Exploring Successful Learning Online. 
NIACE has successfully run online staff development training since 2006. The courses aim to enable participants to experience online learning and provide them with the knowledge and skills to develop online learning [...]

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How do we ensure that all citizens, especially the disadvantaged, benefit from new technologies?
Digital Inclusion Conference
Thursday 27 November 2008
East Midlands Conference Centre (EMCC) University Park, Nottingham, NH7 2RJ
In January 2008 the government recognised the importance of ICT and social inclusion by appointing a Minister for Digital Inclusion, with a cross-departmental cabinet committee working to develop [...]

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The programme is delivered by NIACE on behalf of the Quality Improvement Agency (QIA) as part of the Teaching and Learning Programme.
E-Guides is an introduction for post-16 practitioners to e-learning and using technology effectively in teaching and learning. The E-Guides programme aims to increase the use of e-learning through developing the skills and knowledge of [...]

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