** With apologies for cross-posting **
Understanding Campaigns in Adult Education - regional briefing events in
March 2004:
The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE), in partnership
with the Learning and Skills Council, will be hosting a series of regional
briefing events - entitled 'Understanding Campaigns in Adult Education'
between 3-12 March 2004.
The events are aimed at educators working in both formal and informal
education settings who have a responsibility for promoting adult learning,
and who (would like to) get involved in national and regional campaigns such
as Adult Learners' Week (15-21 May 2004), Bite Size, Get On, Family Learning
Weekend, Learning at Work Day, etc...
3 regional briefing events will be taking place in Leicester, London and
Leeds at the following venues:
3 March 2004 - NIACE, Leicester - Address: NIACE, Renaissance House, 20
Princes Road West, Leicester LE1 6TP.
9 March 2004 - The City Lit, London - Address: The City Lit, Stukeley
Street, London, WC2B 5LJ.
12 March - Yorkshire TV, Leeds - Address: Television Centre, Kirkstall Road,
Leeds LS3 1JS.
Places at these events are free of charge, limited to 50 delegates per venue
(and allocated in order of receipt of completed booking forms). The
programme for the day at each regional briefing session will run from 9.30am
- 12.45pm and will include presentations from stakeholder organisations such
as NIACE, DfES (Adult Basic Skills Strategy Unit), the regional Learning and
Skills Councils and Learndirect, etc.
For a booking form and further details about all 3 regional briefing events,
please contact:
Mariam Sidik (NIACE Campaigns and Promotions Team), Tel. 0116 204 4278, Fax:
0116 223 0050; Minicom: 0116 255 6049, Email [log in to unmask]
The closing date for applications is Friday 20 February 2004.
ADULT LEARNERS' WEEK - 15-21 May 2004
General information about how to get involved in Adult Learners' Week -
15-21 May 2004 - is available from the NIACE (National Institute of Adult
Continuing Education) website at www.niace.org.uk/ALW/2004/.
A beifing note for archive, library and museum practitioners in the London
region is also available from the LMAL website at www.lmal.org.uk
(http://www.lmal.org.uk/priorities/index.cfm?ArticleID=363&NavigationID=118)
SILVER SURFERS' DAY - 21 May 2004
Silver Surfers' Day is a series of events that will be held across the UK on
Friday 21 May 2004 as part of Adult Learners' Week. It aims to give older
people in the UK, who have not previously used a computer, a 'taste' of what
email and the Internet are all about.
The Silver Surfers' Day initiative is managed by an organisation called
Hairnet UK Ltd - a specialist IT training company that focuses on enabling
the 'hard to reach' from Britain's elderly population, and those lacking
confidence or experience in information literacy, to use IT.
Hairnet UK Ltd have been co-ordinating the national Silver Surfers' Day
programme since 2002 and are very keen to use more museums, libraries and
archives as venues for hosting these events, so if you work for an
organisation that is interested in supporting this initiative, please log on
to the Silver Surfers' Day website at www.silversurfersday.org to find out
how to register as an event holder.
Hairnet UK Ltd provide a Resource Pack for Silver Surfers' Day event holders
that contains advice on all aspects of running the day, handouts for Silver
Surfers, useful websites and advice on accessibility.
To obtain a Resource Pack, or for further details, please contact:
Bob Holmes
Development Manager: Silver Surfers' Day Project
Hairnet UK Ltd
3 Dean Trench Street
London SW1P 3HB
Tel: 0870 241 5091 / 020 7222 5160
Email: [log in to unmask]
Carol Dixon
Learning and Access Officer
London's Museums, Archives and Libraries
c/o London Libraries Development Agency
35 St Martin's Street, London WC2H 7HP
Tel: 020 7641 5276
Fax: 020 7641 5266
Email: [log in to unmask]
Website: www.lmal.org.uk
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