NEMLAC Basic Skills Awareness Training for Museum, Library and Archive Staff
Date: 5th December 2003
Time: 10.00am - 4.00pm
Venue: Sunderland City Library & Arts Centre
Cost: Free for Museum, Library, Archive and IAG Staff
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The North East Region faces some of the toughest challenges in tackling low
literacy and numeracy skills amongst the adult population. The Local Learning &
Skills Councils are tasked with addressing these issues and wish to involve the
museum, library and archive sector. In addition, the Regional Basic Skills
Taskforce has also highlighted two areas of urgent need: to increase and
improve capacity, and to raise demand.
As a result of the need to increase the sector's capacity for supporting adult
learners, NEMLAC is in the process of delivering a series of Basic Skills
Awareness sessions to museum, library and archive staff/volunteers across the
region. (Ten sessions have already been delivered to over 150 members of staff)
The session will focus on Working in the Sector and Supporting Learners. This
includes an overview of the National Strategy 'Skills for Life', as well as
looking at Basic Skills in context - the impact of poor Basic Skills, everyday
literacy, language and numeracy skills, barriers to learning and strategies to
overcome barriers.
The training has been specially tailored for our sector and tutors from the
City of Sunderland College will deliver the session at Sunderland City Library.
Please contact Steven Hughes, Basic Skills Officer at NEMLAC, if you require
further details.
Steven Hughes
Basic Skills Officer
North East Museums, Libraries & Archives Council (NEMLAC)
House of Recovery
Bath Lane
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE4 5SQ
email: <[log in to unmask]>
Tel: 0191-222-1661
Fax: 0191-261-4725
www.nemlac.co.uk <http://www.nemlac.co.uk>
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