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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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Stepping UP is free community-based computer training that builds digital skills and knowledge in small easy steps, in subjects that are relevant to learners' life or work.

The USA National Safety Council’s Campbell Institute has released the findings of a pilot study showing that employees who are trained on the concept of visual literacy are able to see workplace hazards that might have otherwise been unnoticed. 

The Bupa Christchurch laundry crew have always been experts in knowing their woollens from their linen, but they are now putting new skills into practice from a workplace literacy and numeracy programme they recently completed.