About NATFHE : Events & Conferences

NATFHE organises events and conferences on issues of specific interest to members in FE or HE and on broader subjects of interest to the whole union. Also listed on this page are events organised by other trade unions and other organisations that may be useful to NATFHE members. There are separate pages on this website about NATFHE's Annual National Conference, which was held on Saturday 28-Monday 30 May 2005 in Eastbourne.

Training courses for NATFHE officers and activists are located in the 'Branch Resources' section of the website.

NATFHE events

ANNUAL NIACE & NATFHE CONFERENCE

Tuesday 9 May 2006
NATFHE Conference Centre
27 Britannia Street
London WC!X 9JP

LLN tutors are increasingly using ICT to deliver their programmes: Is it a useful tool or just sugar-coating the pill?

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is an increasing feature of literacy, language and numeracy teaching, as a tool for delivery, as a learning resource, and now as one of the Skills for Life. This conference aims to give practitioners an opportunity to consider all of these issues, focusing particularly on embedding literacy, language and numeracy within ICT Skill for Life. It will enable literacy, language and numeracy practitioners to become more familiar with the role that ICT and e-learning can play in their practice.

There will be opportunities to get hands-on experience of a number of new learning materials and approaches, the chance to discuss the process of embedding with a college who has piloted the approach, and the keynote speaker will provide an update of current work on ICT Skill for Life. This conference will be of interest to literacy, language and numeracy practitioners, staff from colleges, Local authorities, voluntary and community organisations.

To reserve a place using the Online Conference Reservation facility (OCR), visit www.niace.org.uk/Conferences. Enquiries to Gurjit Kaur, tel 0116 2042833 or email [email protected].

BRAIN DRAIN IN A GLOBALISED WORLD
NATFHE/AUT joint conference

23 March 2006, 12.00-16.30
NATFHE Conference Centre
27 Britannia Street
London WC1X 9JP

The conference will explore the brain drain in relation to African higher education.

Speakers include:

Dr John Rowett, secretary general, Association of Commonwealth Universities
Monique Fouilhoux, higher education coordinator, Education International
Dr Alex Nunn, Leeds Metropolitan University and author of the AUTNATFHE brain drain report
Nick Sigler, head of international relations, Unison

Panel sessions include: 'Impacts in Africa' and 'Towards policy and action'.

If you wish to register or to receive a copy of the final programme, please e-mail Afshan Khan at NATFHE: [email protected].

For further information about the brain drain project, visit: www.aut.org.uk/braindrain.

See information leaflet and registration form.

Other events

OLIVE CO-OPERATIVE TOURS TO PALESTINE AND ISRAEL

Olive Co-operative has organised two tours of Palestine and Israel in spring 2006. The 12-19 March tour offers includes a visit to Nablus, as well as experiencing Palestinian hospitality in Bethlehem and visiting Palestinian and Israeli groups working for a just peace. A second tour (13-20 April) focuses particularly on Israeli peace groups, and also includes a rare opportunity to visit the West Bank village of Yanoun.

Olive Co-operative is a small Manchester-based co-operative which aims to contribute to a just peace in Palestine and Israel by offering travellers the opportunity to visit Palestine and Israel, to learn more about the situation in the region, and to contribute to the Palestinian economy. Olive Co-operative also sells a range of fairly traded Palestinian products.

For more information, please contact [email protected], call +44 (0)161 273 1970 or 0845 456 1472 (UK local rate) or visit www.olivecoop.com.

See leaflet or go to www.uaf.org.uk for more information.