A recent report from the Canada West Foundation states that 'to keep pace with changes in current and future jobs, the ability to keep learning is the most important basic skill for any job.
The urban version of the iconic GoodYarn rural mental wellness programme will be expanded into more of New Zealand’s workplaces with the announcement of two new strategic partners.
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The annual ‘Epetoma o te reo Māori Kūki ’Āirani: Cook Islands Language Week is being held from Sunday 4 August – Saturday 10 August 2019.
Ako Aotearoa’s Project funding is now open for its second round in 2019. They invite proposals from teams seeking co-funding for projects in the $15,000 to $50,000 Ako Aotearoa funding category.
A ‘happy accident’ led to Gerald and Maricel Dailisan moving to New Zealand, to bring in-demand skills to the dairy industry. Support from English Language Partners is helping them settle into Kiwi life.
Upskills have started a series of blogs promoting resources for learners. The first of these focuses on local libraries.
Connecting Upskills learners to their local library was a collaboration developed in partnership with Skills Highway.
The Westpac Massey Fin-Ed Centre in collaboration with Alliance of Financial Capability Academics (AFCA) will be holding its first international academic and practitioner conference in Auckland, New Zealand from 28-30 November 2019.
Finalists in the 2019 Diversity Awards NZ™ have been announced, with judges recognising organisations that are embedding workplace diversity and inclusion into the way they operate.
Waitakere ACE Aotearoa will be hosting a one-day professional development hui. It is sponsored by ACE Aotearoa and will be held in West Auckland, but open to any ACE or adult education provider from the Auckland region who wishes to attend.
UK Apprenticeship and skills minister Anne Milton MP has announced that all adults in the UK over the age of 19 will be entitled to free ‘digital skills’ lessons from 2020.
