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Safeguard, a New Zealand publication on workplace health and safety, recently featured an article on the connection between literacy and numeracy and health and safety. The article was written by Mike Styles, Primary ITO's national literacy and numeracy specialist.

Annette van Lameon, from the ALNACC team at Ako Aotearoa, has shared this very interesting article, in which Ulrike Hanemann examines the application of the UN's fourth Sustainable Development Goal which is about ensuring 'inclusive and equitable quality education' and promoting

Adult Learning Australia, with endorsement from several adult education organisations, has called for a federal government commitment to a national lifelong learning policy that outlines economic and social goals; integrates equity and efficiency, and defines roles and responsibilities for c

Ako Aotearoa has announced the revised guidelines for the 2019 national Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards.  They encourage nominations from across the entire tertiary sector:

Ai Group are completing a pilot project called ‘Laying Foundations for Apprenticeship Project’, funded by the NSW Department of Industry.

In this article, Jane Kjersten discusses what inspired a book on adult dyslexia. Adult Dyslexia: A Guide to Understanding the World of Adult Dyslexics was written primarily for the adult dyslexi

In this opinion piece, Jane McCarroll of industry training organisation The Skills Organisation reflects on how workers benefit from employers investing in their devel

A Taranaki woman who can't read numbers is helping to open doors to thousands of other people who struggle with maths.

The 20/20 Trust announces that delivery of the Computers in Homes programme is restarting in 2019, as a result of a successful application for funding under the ‘Digital Literacy – Computers in Homes’ Fund operated by the Tertiary Education Commission.

Details of Ako Aotearoa's Adult Literacy, Numeracy and Cultural Capability (ALNACC) Professional Learning and Development Programme are now available on the Ako Aotearoa website.

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