13 May 2013
The National Poisons Information Centre at Beaumont Hospital was amongst the winners at today’s Crystal Clear MSD Health Literacy Awards for their project, ‘Say NO To Poisons!.’At a ceremony in Dublin, the team was rewarded for their project which they developed when in 2011 they received over 9,...
10 May 2013
We are looking for your help to achieve changes to the Further Education and Training Bill (SOLAS) Bill 2013.
The law to set up SOLAS as the national Further Education and Training (FET) authority is currently going though the Dáil. It is called the FET (SOLAS) Bill 2013. SOLAS will co-ordinate...
10 May 2013
NALA and Institute of Technology Tallaght (ITT) are hosting a Numeracy conference on Thursday 13 June in ITT. The focus of the conference will be supporting adult numeracy practitioners in delivering maths provision.
Helping to meet the challenges of delivering maths provision: Supporting adult...
8 May 2013
The Family Project is a new six-part series that follows families from around Ireland working together to overcome educational issues that affect their lives. Each week, a different family sets out to tackle a problem that has a particular impact on them, whether it’s Dad wanting to return to...
23 Apr 2013
Research into adult literacy and numeracy has been has been neglected in an Irish context and we currently know relatively little about the teaching methodologies and pedagogies amongst Irish adult literacy and numeracy tutors. In an attempt to address the dearth of research in this area the...
15 Apr 2013
The Crystal Clear MSD Health Literacy Awards 2013 have announced the fifteen shortlisted candidates that have been recognised for their outstanding efforts to communicate with people in a crystal clear way.
As a result of being shortlisted, the shortlisted entries will be invited to attend the...
4 Apr 2013
Grants of up to €650 for NALA group members. The fund can be used for events such as
to invite literacy students from another centre to visit your centre,
for your student group to visit another literacy group,
to go on a trip with students from another centre.
This fund permits NALA to...
22 Mar 2013
Details of the National Adult Literacy Agency’s response to proposed new SOLAS legislation will be announced at its AGM in Dublin tomorrow, Saturday 23 March.
The National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) is asking that the new education and training authority addresses adult literacy and numeracy...
6 Mar 2013
It’s World Book Day on Thursday 7 March and the National Adult Literacy Agency is encouraging parents, grandparents or any carer of children to try to take 10 minutes a day to read to their child.
“Reading aloud is much more than just telling a child a story and if you can spare 10 minutes a day...
1 Feb 2013
Animo TV is producing a new six part documentary series, which will look at promoting education in the home for families who struggle to overcome many of the obstacles that modern life can create.
This series will follow 6 families as they take a journey to integrate learning into everyday life....