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UK wins WorldSkills 2011 bid
The UK has won its bid to host the world’s largest skills competition for young people.It offers Scotland a fantastic opportunity to showcase its talents...

Learning for life
A presentation Castle Douglas IT Centre in Dumfries and Galloway  marked the achievements of learners throughout the Stewartry. A learndirect scotland...

Special delivery - the Provider Post
A newsletter for learning and training providers, The Provider Post, has just been produced by learndirect scotland. It includes details about the national...

New look at Castle Douglas
Learners were presented with...

Use of Glasgow libraries soars
Glasgow’s libraries have been swamped by a wave of cyber surfers. Figures show that Glaswegians' use of their local libraries has soared since the first...

North Glasgow Housing Association wins award
The North Glasgow Housing Association (NGHA), a learndirect scotland branded learning centre, has been officially recognised for its dedication and commitment...

Dundee company gets in step with learning network
A Dundee company that is committed to helping businesses in Tayside and beyond to develop the skills of their employees has become part of Scotland’s...

Making A Difference
Formula 1 racing, football and ‘speed-dating’ for employees and employers are just a few of the innovative learning programmes being offered to senior...

Battle of the Bands
More than 500 young people from Skye and Lochalsh proved that there is more to the Highland music scene than pipes and ceilidhs when the first ‘Battle...

LT Scotland and SQA to share premises
The two bodies responsible for Scotland's curriculum and qualifications are to move to shared premises in Glasgow. Learning and Teaching Scotland (LT...

Boomerang joins network
A charity based in the heart of the Stobswell community in Dundee is helping local people get into learning – and into work.Boomerang, attached...

Online learning offshore
Apache North Sea Ltd, an independent exploration and production company with operations worldwide including the United States, Western Australia, China,...

Learning centre staff find out about m-learning
Staff from learndirect scotland branded learning centres attended a workshop recently to find out more about m-learning (mobile learning) technology.This...

Certificates for learning centre staff
Staff from Reid Kerr College Learning Centres are shown with the certificates they received after completing a course in learning centre operations. The...

Satisfied customers at branded learning centres
Over the past three years, learndirect scotland has engaged market research companies to carry out a Mystery Shopping exercise to explore the quality...

Business benefits of volunteering
Small businesses in Scotland are being urged to discover the business benefits of volunteering, in a campaign launched as part of Year of the Volunteer...

Launch Of Learning In Regeneration Skills Pack
A pack to support the learning needs of people involved in regeneration is to be launched by the Scottish Centre for Regeneration in partnership with...

New principal at Ayr College
Diane Rawlinson has been appointed Principal and Chief Executive of Ayr College. Diane started her career in education in the primary sector in Leicestershire...

Parents’ group welcomed to network
A charity that helps people become better parents has been welcomed into learndirect scotland’s national network of learning centres. Parent Network...

learndirect scotland's 5th birthday
Since learndirect scotland was established in October 2000, its helpline has received 600,000 calls from Scots seeking information...

Lifelong Learning Forum
The Scottish Executive has published Skills, Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours: Report of the second meeting of the Lifelong Learning Forum 2004. The...

Award for Glasgow Metropolitan College
Winner of the Student Learning category at this year’s Scotland’s Colleges Annual Awards was Glasgow Metropolitan College.The award, sponsored by learndirect...

PDA success
Staff from three learning centres recently achieved the PDA in Learning Centre Operations qualification. The learners took the course over three months,...

Speyside Challenge
learndirect scotland staff have just taken part in the annual Speyside Challenge to raise money for The Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice. A team...

Botanic Garden joins network
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is dedicated to discovering and describing plants and their relationships, evolution, conservation and biology. It...

Housing award for learning centre vice-chair
David Cowan, vice chair of North Glasgow Housing Association – a learndirect scotland brandled learning centre – is the winner of this year’s The Scottish...

Branded centre celebrates Modern Apprenticeship success
Arbroath-based Angus Training Group Ltd has been named Training Provider of the year at an awards ceremony celebrating Scotland’s Modern Apprenticeship...

Learning tasters offer to voluntary sector
Games that offer an introduction to computing skills are being offered free to the voluntary sector, to help develop the skills of staff,...

learndirect scotland appoints finance director
Andrew Livingstone, who has been with learndirect scotland for three years, has been appointed  finance director and company secretary. Prior to...