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Other Websites of Interest

On this page you will find a list of interesting and relevant websites. If you would like to suggest a site for consideration please contact us at Navig8.

Basic Skills Agency - visit Basic Skills Agency website
The national development agency for basic skills. The Agency works to improve basic skills and has a number of activities aimed at doing this.

DfES Adult Learners Gateway - visit Adult Learners website
A portal for those looking for advice or wishing to find out about government policy on adult learning.

Learning Services - visit Learning Services website is a Trade Union Congress site, which is designed to support and encourage union members to make the most of the learning opportunities that are on offer and improve their skills.

Lifelong Learning - visit Lifelong Learning website
DfES - supported website for the encouragement, promotion and development of lifelong learning.

Ruskin College - visit Ruskin College website , specialises in providing educational opportunities to enable adults with few or no qualifications at all to act more effectively on behalf of working-class communities and organisations - trade unions, political parties etc. Over the years, Ruskin students have gone on to work in education at all levels, in social work and social care, in media, in trade unions, in management and in politics.


NewBattle Abbey College - visit NewBattle Abbey website, Scotland's only adult residential college, offers a flexible approach to learning with a range of educational courses available on a full-time, part-time and modular basis for adults with few qualifications.


NHS Learning Account Scheme - visit NHS Learning website The NHS operates a Learning Account (LA) scheme for non-professional qualified staff, e.g. Healthcare assistants, operating department supports and pharmacy technicians and helps to raise standards in the fundamentals of patient care.

Northern College - visit Northern College website, has pioneered an innovative mix of full and part-time programmes of study, which offer accredited pathways starting from basic literacy and numeracy through to higher education.


At Coleg Harlech - visit Harlech website WEA in the community and in the workplace, specialises in providing courses tailored to the needs of adults, e.g. providing learning in the workplace.

TUC - visit TUC website
The TUC offers a range of education services for trade unionists. This includes:

TUC Education Service which offers a programme of accredited courses for stewards, safety representatives, pension scheme trustees and other trade union representatives.


TUC National Education Centre which provides training and development services for professional trade union officers and staff.

Ufi - visit Learn Direct website
Ufi is taking forward the Government's vision of a 'University for Industry', by stimulating and meeting demand for lifelong learning among businesses and individuals. Working as a public-private partnership in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, Ufi aims to put individuals in a better position to get jobs, improve their career prospects and boost business competitiveness.

Unison Ulearn (Northern Ireland) - visit Ulearn
A UNISON workplace learning initiative website providing infomation on courses and training for union members in Northern Ireland.

WEA - visit WEA website
The Workers' Educational Association is the major national voluntary adult education organisation in Britain providing over 10,000 courses each year for over 100,000 students. It is recognised and financially supported by central and local government. The WEA is a registered charity and non-party political. The WEA is a partner of UNISON Open College in the delivery of workplace learning programmes.

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