This is a group for motor vehicle lecturers.

A group aimed at those who attended the Four Nations Quality Improvement Seminar in September 2006.

This group is for people interested in employer engagement strategies and approaches in both work based learning and main stream further education. The group is for people who have a management or support role in this crucial area.

This group if for lecturers working with 14-19 leaners in all forms of vocational education.

Discussing ways to promote Science and Science Related subjects within FE through curriculum development.

Group for work-based learning providers

Resources and information for work-based learning providers

Looking at curriculum development within Construction in line with current national policies such as the use of renewable energy to counter the effects of global warming and assessing the innovative practices of industry.

Defines Good Practice in the delivery of the New Deal programmes.

For issues relevant to managing Essential Skills (and Key Skills too).

To exchange information with anyone undertaking this role within their own college.

This is for tutors who are teaching Essential Skills from Entry 1 - Level 2.

This is for ILT Co-ordinators

For people who are co-ordinating staff development in their college

This group, led by Roy Logan as LSDA's Policy Officer, will focus on informing and dicussing pending policy changes in Further Education, in Northern Ireland and the UK. Policies and thoughts most welcome to this area.

This group is for people involved with or interested in curriculum development projects that were established by ANIC and Operated by LSDA from 2003 to 2005. Resources in this group are based on the legacy of the curriculum development projects.

This group is for all providers interested in using the LSDA Listening to Staf, Listening to Learners or Listening to Employers Surveys. These three surveys form the Listening Benchmarking Tools used by the FE and Training Sectors in Northern Ireland. Col

This group is for all those people who work in Software Enginnering, Software Development, Web Development or Web Arthouring at National Diploma or Higher in Further Education Colleges.

This group is for senior managers or curriculum managers in Further Education Colleges. It highlights good practice and discusses the role of a curriculum manager.

This group is for all those interested in TLC or who just want to find out more about it. Group members can join just to make a comment about the site, or to add interesting ways of working with the site. Comments, good and bad, are very welcome. We'll al

Any relevant literature, teaching resources or worldly advice in relation to Health, Exercise, Sport & Sport Science.

This group consists of all Essential Skills co-ordinators in other FE Colleges. If you have any resources or other information you wish to share with other Essential Skills practitioners do join our group. I am a literacy tutor but I would welcome

For Numeracy tutors delivering Entry to Level 2 qualifications

This group is for the Action Research Project in Business HN Curriculum. It will look at developing an employer led HN framework, and will seek approval from EDEXCEL and the Sector Skills Councils. This group is open to anyone interested in HN Business.

This is the group for the Action Learning Programme for Middle Managers in Further Education. This group is for participants, but anyone can join.

Details of the ARP to be carried out by Dungannon Consortium headed by Sinead Mullan and Omagh Consortium in association with the LSDA.

- Drama -Music -Film -Video -Photography New Technology Games Web Interactive - Craft Ceramic Jewellery Traditional and Contemporary -Design -Graphics -Product - Interior - Fashion - Textiles -please add to this

This area is for those colleagues involved in the ILM Level 7 Executive Diploma delivered by LSDA NI. Use the area to communicate, discuss, raise issues and share learning. Resources will include the ILM units and other relevant materials.

These resources provide valuable information on careers information and guidance in a range of vocational areas. They will be of support to careers advisers and vocational tutors.

Citizenship education gives young people the knowledge, skills and understanding to play an effective role in society at local, national and international levels.

A website for participants on the LSDA NI 'ILM Train the Trainer' programme to share resources and post discussion threads.

After a recent ETI inspection carried out at North Down and Ards Institute (NDAI)some good practice in delivering the New Deal programme in a number of areas have been highlighted.

The Functional skills writers group is designed for writers for materials and resources for functional skills. The materials produced will then support the pilot sites from September 2007. The forum is designed for writers to share ideas and materials.

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Forum for New Deal discussion

Keep in touch with the world of ESOL

Steps to Work - Flexible Menu Pilot (New Deal)

LSDA have a research facility that has provided a rich source of material and evidence relating to education and training. This area of TLC has drawn together digests of the research relevant to those working in education and training in Northern Ireland

Group designed for those involved in management and delivery of management of the new Work Based Learning Training Sector of the new Training for Success programme

Participants on Teaching Thinking Certificate from Training Organisations and other Work Based Learning Providers.

This group is for the second cohort of the ILM level 7, Sept 2007 - Sept 2008

For all providers of New Deal Programmes to provide interesting topics of positive discussion on issues of general concern and to provide examples of good practice

This is an SFEU project to utilise free online resources in the form of games and worksheets for a Scottish Numeracy Unit D01C 10. It covers topics like reading/drawing scales, graphs, charts and basic calculations.

The group discusses plans for LSRN activities at national level. Convenors of the nine regional and the NI groups are members, as are representatives from organisations supporting LSRN. Discussion threads on this forum take forward points raised at pre

A place to discuss classroom behaviour issues. All contributions are welcome on recognising, understanding, preventing and dealing with disruptive behaviour.

A place for sharing and discussing research findings relating to literacy and numeracy

The official group for Essential Skills on TLC

A Podcast and final report concluding the research into an Enhanced Induction Process and Motivation led by Michelle Scullion and Una Walsh from BCW Training in Ballycastle.

Find out about the work of our Active Learning Literacy project team. From here you can download the activities created by the group, ask questions and share your active learning resources.

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A place to discuss Family Learning and share resources.<P> <p>Get the latest news on LSDA NI’s Family Learning project.

A place to discuss Family Learning and share resources.<P> <p>Get the latest news on LSDA NI’s Family Learning project.

I would like to exchange ideas, tips and resources on how to make the Language Class fun and effective - if you teach a language in FE why not join us? Au revoir!

Materials, presentations used at STW events.

I would like to hear from members their opinion on the use of the portfolio to assess numeracy ability at levels 1 and 2. Do your students enjoy and value the portfolio building experience? Have you adequate time to give the help neccessary to build

VQRP Support Group for Training Organisations preparing for the introduction of QCF in September 2010

Unlocking Excellence Case Studies and Resources

Theme: Learning Together across the World. Keynote speakers included John Stone (LSN), John Smyth (Dept of Education, Tasmania), Karen Hughes (Edexcel) and several others. Presentations are available to download from the resources section of this group.

Theme: Delivering Public Value Keynote speakers included Marty Linsky (Harvard University), Mitch Benson (Microsoft) and several others. Presentations from the conference are available to download from the resources section of this group.

Theme: Delivering a Demand Led System! Keynote speakers included Dr. Bruce Leslie (The Alamo Community Colleges, Texas), Mitch Benson (Microsoft) and others. Presentations fro the conference are available to download from the resources section of this

Theme: Learning & Skills 2010

The Development Adviser for Lecturers Into Industry works in conjunction with the Engineering Training Council (www.etcni.org.uk) and Semta the sector skills council for Science, Engineering, Mathematics and Technology (www.semta.org.uk) to identify place

The Development adviser for Lecturers Into Industry works in conjunction with the Construction Industry Training Board (www.citbni.org.uk) and ConstructionSkills in Northern Ireland (www.constructionskillsni.org.uk) to identify placements within industry.

Lecturers into Industry

The Development Adviser for Lecturers into Industry works in conjunction with Skills for Care and Development (www.skillsforcareanddevelopment.org.uk), Skills for Health (www.skillsforhealth.org.uk) and the Northern Ireland Social Care Council (www.niscc.

The Development Adviser for Lecturers Into Industry works in conjunction with the Sector Skills Council for Hospitality and Tourism, People 1st (www.people1st.co.uk) to find placements within Industry.

The Development Adviser for Lecturers into Industry works in conjunction with Skills for Logistics, the sector skills council for the freight logistics industry (www.skillsforlogistics.org), GoSkills the sector skills council for passenger transport (www.

The Development Adviser for Lecturers Into Industry works in conjunction with Momentum, the Trade Association representing Northern Ireland's Information and Communications and Technology (ICT) industry (www.momentumni.org) and e-Skills UK (www.e-skills.c

The Development Adviser for Lecturers into Industry works in conjunction with SkillsActive (www.skillsactive.com), the Sector Skills Council for Sport, Health and Fitness, to find placements within industry.

The Development Adviser for Lecturers Into Industry works in conjunction with the Engineering and Training Council (www.etcni.org.uk) to identify placements within Industry and Semta the Sector Skills Council for Science, Engineering, Mathematics and Tech

Lecturers into Industry - Business IT

Essential Skills - Literacy Resources

Essential Skills - General Numeracy Resources

Essential Skills - General ICT Resources

ES Articles

Professional Support - Essential Skills Resources

ES - General

Listening resources with Northern Ireland accents and themes

Useful websites for ESOL tutors

Celebration and Dissemination of the EU Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP)

Potential Enrolments Information Exchange

My Story is a new BBC project to gather the Nation's true stories and publish them online. It launches in early September 2009 on the One Show. The BBC wants to hear from everyone.

ESOL Network Meetings - academic year 2009 to 2010.

Northern Ireland Focused Resources for ESOL.

Discussion Group for VQRP Learning Providers

VQRP discussion group - Sector Skills Councils

VQRP discussion group - Learners

VQRP discussion group - Employers

VQRP discussion group - Awarding Bodies

VQRP discussion group - Higher Education