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Creating Opportunities for Ongoing Learning (COOL)
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BLC E-zine - Inside Learning May 2008
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Skills Development Scotland
learndirect scotland is part of Skills Development Scotland, Scotland’s new skills body.  This organisation brings together four partner...

Annual conference 2008
More than 250 delegates from across learndirect scotland’s national network of branded learning centres attended the 5th annual conference at the Hilton...

Remote Assessment Project for Scotland
Latest News from Abilitynet, our partner in the RAPS Project 120 AT Videos at www.youtube.com/abilitynet  Our information resource at YouTube...

Minerva Ministerial visit
Cabinet Secretary, Fiona Hyslop visited a Dumfries learning centre last week, as part of her summer ministerial tour. An award-winning organisation with...

learning bytes for business
learning bytes for business is a different approach to providing access to learning. It is designed for managers who are employed in small and medium...

Training Matters 5th Annual Awards Ceremony
Celebration of Success! learndirect scotland branded learning centre Training Matters hosted their 5th Annual Awards Ceremony on Thursday 7th...

Fife Adult Learning Awards
Organised by the Fife Community Guidance Network the Fife Adult Learning Awards were held in the Rothes Halls on Wednesday 30th May.  learndirect scotland...

HRH opens Lochaber College extension
Princess Anne officially opened Lochaber College's new extension on Friday 11 May.  The extension will nearly double the space offered by the learndirect...

DIY Give it a Go
Give it a Go! events are community-based family fun days, aimed at encouraging people to see the benefits of learning and show them ways to get involved....

Learning Principles
A second series of Learning Principles papers has now been added to the toolkit.  These papers make academic research available as a resource to assist...

Royal visit to Success Training Scotland Ltd
HRH Prince Edward visited the learndirect scotland branded learning centre whilst he was in Airdrie to officially open Airdrie Business Centre. Success...

Realising the Network's Potential
learndirect scotland launched in October 2000 with a core goal to drive demand for lifelong learning, placing the learner at the heart of our mission....

Minerva People Award Ceremony
learndirect scotland branded learning centre, Minerva People celebrated the success of its learners recently at an awards ceremony in Easterbrook Hall,...

Local Lifelong Learning Landscapes
During 2006/7 learndirect scotland undertook a mapping and research exercise to quantify and understand the “learning landscape” in local areas of the...

Networking for Success
Your participation in the NfS events gave us useful information about how to serve...

New content in learning bytes
The following materials are now available: Legislative Bytes series – with support materials available in the cluster toolkit. Disability Discrimination...

learning bytes catalogue
learning bytes is a catalogue of online learning materials made available to learners through Skillnet, the learndirect scotland learning management system...

The Urban Avenger
A high quality poster to support the Life Skills Urban Avenger series of learning bytes is now available. Simply add your learning centre details to the...

Updated NETg courses
Ninety five updated NETg courses are now available. There have been minor interface changes in the new version, but end users will just need to launch...

Create your own clusters
Create your own clusters of learning bytes courses for learners. A new feature of learning bytes makes it easy for you to choose clusters...

Training Provider of The Year
learndirect scotland branded learning centre Training Matters is celebrating its success in winning the Training Provider of the Year title at the Modern...

Virtual focus on skills strategy
The power and potential of using the internet to communicate with the Highlands and Islands was underlined last week at the Highlands and Islands Learning...