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May 2002 Contents

National Tutor Service

learndirect helps Rob with plans for teaching career

Ufi/learndirect publishes Strategic Plan 2002-2005

Meet the Ufi Board - Margaret Salmon

Course profile - Working in Care - Induction Standards

learndirect helpline hits four million calls

ëSkills for lifeí and workforce development

Skills for life outreach project develops

Case study: The Mercia Partnership, Merseyside

The LSC: one year on

reach visits Northern Ireland

British Bakeries Newcastle opens on-site learning center

The British Chambers of Commerce and Ufi join forces

A look at the Barclays University

Brecon Pharmaceuticals logs on to learning

Channel 4 teams up with learndirect to find new comedy talent

Work underway to develop on-line assessment


Issue Index
   
  Ufi/learndirect publishes Strategic Plan 2002-2005
 

Ufi Limited has published it Strategic Plan 2002-2005 - Transforming Learning Changing Lives. The plan outlines Ufi's plans for expanding the adult learning market, improving the quality of e-learning and raising the skills levels of the workforce over the next three years. Launched at Ufi's annual Spring partner conference at Blackpool, the plan sets out targets and performance indicators for the next three years.

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   Tutor service launched

A public private partnership between Ufi/learndirect and Select Education, a leading education recruitment specialist, has produced the country's first national database of on-line tutors. More than 3,000 learning and training professionals have already registered to join the National Tutor Service - a unique on-line resource  to find and engage appropriate tutors to support on-line learners.

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  Skills for life outreach project develops
 

In the past couple of months, Ufi/learndirect has put together an Outreach Project Team to work with local community groups in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In this article, Linda Mears, manager of the project for Ufi/learndirect looks at the work that has taken place so far.

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  The British Chambers of Commerce and Ufi join forces to deliver on-line learning to small businesses

The BCC and Ufi Limited have signed an agreement that will see the BCC become a national provider of learndirect business courses to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). "A key part of Ufi's remit is to build the market for learning among SMEs, which account for 99 per cent of the nation's employers, 49 per cent of total employment and 49 per cent of total turnover," explains Pablo Lloyd, Ufi Director of Corporate Development.

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British Bakeries Newcastle opens on-site learning centre

British Bakeries, one of the UK's largest bread bakery companies, has opened an on-site flexible learning centre in Newcastle.

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Channel 4 teams up with learndirect to find new comedy talent

Channel 4 is launching a competition to find new comic talent with a flair for creating humour on the web.

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Work underway to develop on-line assessment

On-line assessment of learners in learndirect centres could be taking place by the end of the year.

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