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High-tech digital pioneer Ian Taylor is bringing virtual reality to Otago prison to help inmates learn to read while they fix cars.

It's estimated that 65 percent of people in prison need help with literacy and numeracy.

Sanford has taken the MinterEllisonRuddWatts Excellence in Governance award in 2018, in recognition of the company's strong focus on being a good corporate citizen, with broader considerations beyond its commercial activity.

The Australian Industry Group has released their 2018 survey report on the Australian workforce development needs. Of interest in this report:

This video shows how the Work Connect programme of free workshops and 1:1 coaching for skilled migrants and international students can help with job searching in New Zealand.

Lifewise Health and Disability Service is a community-based healthcare provider, based in Auckland. Lifewise has 180 staff who make 250,000 visits a year to some 1,400 clients. A literacy and numeracy workplace programme, provided by Edvance Workplace Education, has increased trust

Talking with babies and children in their first 1000 days needs to be at the top of the Government's agenda for its child wellbeing strategy. 

Staff at CAL ISUZU are benefitting from custom designed training, with a focus on workplace communication, delivered in the workplace by English Language Partners. Read the full story here.

Reviving the Tokelauan language is the theme of Tokelau Language Week 2018, Te Vaiaho o te Gagana Tokelau, which runs from October 21-27.

Greg Turrell, T&G Academy Manager, says: 'the rate in which organisations are evolving means that workplace literacy must form an integral part of the capability framework otherwise we risk leaving a significant portion of the NZ workforce behind'.

Health Literacy Month is a time for organisations and individuals to promote the importance of understandable health information.

This annual, worldwide, awareness-raising event has been going since 1999.