2020
We weren’t able to host our annual Adult Learning Awards celebration event this year due to the pandemic, so we visited our winners individually to present them with their awards. We value all our learners and being nominated for an award is a fantastic achievement. This year we selected winners from our four curriculum areas, […]
Our Lip-reading tutor, Molly Berry, has written this blog about the problems people with hearing loss experience now that we are required to wear facemasks and gives some tips on how to overcome them. https://medium.com/staff-blogs/facemasks-and-hearing-loss-e08b3735cf93
Are you aged 16-24 and want to gain work experience and a Level 1 Employability and Digital Skills qualification? Enrol now for our next Bucksinspired Traineeship programme starting in January 2021. This education and training programme with work experience, is focused on giving young people the skills and experience that employers are looking for. You […]
Following the latest government announcement that we will be entering another lockdown from 5 November, we’d like to reassure you that Buckinghamshire Adult Learning will remain open. Adult Learning is exempt from the new restrictions but the guidance advises that as much learning as possible should be delivered online. Where online learning is not possible, […]
Buckinghamshire Adult Learning recently teamed up with Wycombe Wanderers Sports and Education Trust to provide a six-week Woodworking Skills course for people with mental health problems, as part of their ‘Keep Moving Forward’ Project. The project helped members to learn a new skill, meet new people and provide them with an activity to focus their […]
Places are still available on our free* online, one-hour Employability Workshops. CV Writing – Monday 21 September, 1-2pm Completing Application Forms – Monday 28 September, 1-2pm Preparing for Interviews – Monday 5 October, 1-2pm Video Interview Dos and Don’ts – Monday 12 October, 1-2pm
Our AAT Foundation Certificate in Bookkeeping Level 2 course starts on 23 September. You will learn basic accounting principles, how to use manual accounting systems and how to work with purchase, sales and general ledgers. This course is for those who wish to develop their accountancy role and can be studied as part of an […]
You may have seen that Jobcentreplus are recruiting to thousands of new Work Coach positions throughout the UK, as advertised on https://www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cgi Work coaches are Executive Officers in the Civil Service who help people get the support they need to find a job. As a result of Buckinghamshire Adult Learning’s excellent long-standing working relationship with […]
Family Learning are currently running all their courses online. They ran some workshops in August and had some great feedback from their learners. To find out which courses they have coming up this September, visit https://www.adultlearningbc.ac.uk/family-learning/ “Thank you so much for sharing! It’s been a pleasure to meet you Sarah and I loved your way of […]
We have a number of language courses starting this week and next in Spanish, German, Italian, French, Polish, Russian and Swedish. We also run Sign Language, Lip-reading and Deaf Awareness courses and workshops. If the course has already started you will still have the opportunity to enrol. Our courses are based across the county including […]