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Welcome to Update, the newsletter from the Skills for Life Improvement Programme. 

It brings you news from colleagues across the sector who are using our support services to improve their practice. It tells you about services and resources that you may want to take up for your own organisation, and for colleagues and learners.  

We hope you enjoy reading the features and articles and find it informative. If you, your organisation or your learners would like to be featured in a future edition or if you have any comments and suggestions please contact the editor at sflipeditor@cfbt.com

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Newsletter - 9th edition

sflip_newsletter_edition9_front_page1 - Foreword by Dame Ruth Silver, inaugural chair of LSIS
3 - Numeracy counts even more in 2008-09
4 - Numeracy FOR employability and IN employment
6 - Tourism and Skills Network on target for Tourism Skills 2015
8 - Very high satisfaction levels for providers
10 - Changing with the times improves Prospects
11 - Preparing for life outside prison
12 - Action in West London
13 - Skills for Life success at Shropshire County Training
14 - Building the learner's journey in the construction trade
15 - Award winning embedding of Skills for Life
16 - Skills for Life Improvement Programme 08-09 - Register now
16 - Excellence Gateway

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Newsletter - 8th edition

SfLIP Newsletter Edition 8 Front Page1 - Foreword by Madeline Held, Director, LLU+
3 - Prison cluster meeting highlights need for 'buy in'
4 - Guidance on assessment and learning - 'quick reads'
6 - A joy and indulgence  - Training the teacher trainer course
8 - Spotlight on focus groups
10 - Rural colleges work together to improve their offerings          12 - Numeracy challenges and issues: what people are saying
15 - New Skills for Life dissemination booklets                                15 - New resource films for Skills for Life trainers 
                             16 - Star Awards & Contacts

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Newsletter - 7th edition

SfLIP_newsletter_edition_7_index1 - Foreword by Alan Tuckett, Director, NIACE
3 - Evaluating the Improvement Programme
4 - Get On...with the new numeracy campaign
5 - Constancy through changing times
6 - Support for embedding Skills for Life into vocational learning
8 - Inclusive teaching and learning
10 - Improving basic language skills at Bradford College
12 - Skills for Life Workforce Development
                             14 - Solving problems at Jaguar and Land Rover
                             15 - Events
                             16 - Contacts

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Newsletter - 6th edition

sflip_newsletter_edition6_index1.jpg1 - Foreword by Graham Hoyle, CEO of ALP
3 - SfLIP - a need for more Skills for Life teachers
5 - Training literacy teachers to teach in prisons
8 - Out of the shadows and into the spotlight - focus on numeracy
10 - Creative Routes to qualified status - funding update
11 - Apply now for remaining places on 07-08 activities
12 - Events and contacts

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Newsletter - 5th edition

SfLIP Newsletter Edition 5 frontpage

1 - Foreword by David Lammy - DIUS
3 - Building on strengths - SfLIP 2007-08
5 - Skills for Life Resources
6 - Workforce Development and Cultural Change
8 - Supporting individual learners through improved assessment
10 - Partnership teaching to embed LLN at Northampton College
12 - Embedding Skills for Life in Entry to Employment

14 - Turning Point - a successful pilot at HMP Edmunds Hill and HMP Bedford
16 - Events and contacts

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Newsletter - 4th edition

SfLIP_Newsletter_edition4_index1 - Foreword by Ursula Howard - NRDC
2 - Sharing good practice in numeracy teaching
3 - Compact and motivational - Literacy teacher training programme at the University of Sunderland
4 - Key skills flourishing after college's systematic health check
5 - Fruitful collaboration to develop embedded schemes of work
6 - Reflective Practice in Skills for Life teaching - preview of a new resource for teacher trainers
7- Engaging young adults not in employment, education or training
8 - Inspired delegates at the Developing Excellence events
9 - Events, courses and contacts and QIA star awards

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Newsletter - 3rd edition

Newsletter 3 Front Page

1 – Foreword by Neil Robertson  - DfES
2 – Improving Family Learning in Berkshire
3 – West Cumbria add value for Jobcenter Plus
4 – A4e Success in Offender Learning
5 – Evaluation of DfES Assessment tools
6 – Inclusive Teaching
7 – Better Skills for Life through teamwork
8 – Events, courses and contacts

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Newsletter - 2nd edition

Newsletter Front Page  1  - Foreword
  2  - Support in a time of change
  3  - Planning for teacher education reform
  4  - Opportunities for ESOL: find out what's on offer
  6  - Development projects for priority settings
  8  - Skills for Life in Bromley College
10 - Raising the game - the role Union Learning Representatives
11 - Harnessing technology for sharing good practice
12 - Better learning - key to offender employment prospects
14 - The Numeracy Minimum Core: Addressing the Needs of Trainee Teachers
15  - Professional Management Team and Changes in teaching qualifications
16  - Free professional development events

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Newsletter - 1st edition

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