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The RISE English Language Support Group Celebrates its First Anniversary
A superb interpretation of Cinderella illustrates the improvement of the standard of English among the students.
RISE English Language Support Group Anniversary
STAR - Study Tips to Achieve Results
This study skills handbook has been developed to support all community learners and offers advice on how to develop effective study strategies to help you make the most of your learning experience.
To access the handbook, and download the pdf, please click on the below link and complete the short registration form.
RISE English Language Support Group
RISE volunteer Learning Advocates receive recognition for their hard work and inspiration in Newport.
RISE English Language Support Group
AbilityNet - Adapting Technology and Enhancing Lives
AbilityNet is a national charity that helps disabled adults and children use computers and the internet by adapting and adjusting their technology.
AbilityNet - Adapting Technology and Enhancing Lives April08
The Monmouthshire Learning Festival Starts its Work
The Monmouthshire Learning Festival Starts its Work.pdf
Learning for Regeneration Conference
RISE, and the University of Wales, Newport, hosted a Learning for Regeneration Conference on 14 December 2007, supported by Jane Hutt, Minister for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills
The objective of the conference was to review and debate the role of lifelong learning in the context of the Leitch and Webb Reports.
Conference Program:
Conference Program English.pdf
Conference Program Welsh.pdf
Background to the Participants:
Background to the Participants English.pdf
Background to the Participants Welsh.pdf
Keynote Presentations:
Learning and Regeneration.pdf
The People Need to See Clearly.pdf
Conference Background Documents: Please click here
Useful Links: Please click here
University Leads Development of Online Games that Tackle Serious Issues
The University of Wales, Newport, has launched an innovative new range of online learning materials, developed to support frontline workers across the RISE Partnership.
Read more: University Leads Development of Online Games that Tackle Serious Issues
Beverley Williams – Scaling New Heights
Beverley Williams has an enormous amount of energy, which you feel as soon as you meet her. It is this energy that she will need to harness when she takes on the extreme challenge of scaling the volcanoes in Ecuador next May, culminating in a glacier climb of the world’s highest active volcano, Mt Cotopaxi.
PDF file: Full article for Beverley Williams – Scaling New Heights
New Learning Action Centre for the RISE Network in Abertillery
Abertillery Learning Action Centre (LAC) has been officially opened, completing the first stage of the creation of the RISE adult learning network in Blaenau Gwent.
PDF file: Full article for New Learning Action Centre for the RISE Network in Abertillery
New Learning Opportunities for Visually Impaired Learners in Newport
The RISE Partnership aims to encourage more people back into learning, particularly addressing the hurdles faced by those who are most disadvantaged, and collaboration across RISE is resulting in improved provision for visually impaired learners in Newport.
PDF file: Full article for New Learning Opportunities for Visually Impaired Learners in Newport
Helping Learners to Lead the Way in Monmouthshire
RISE Learning Advoates are active in the many centres across Monmouthshire.
PDF file: Full article for Helping Learners to Lead the Way in Monmouthshire
AbilityNet
RISE has been successful in its bid to be the Welsh Community Partner for the Switched On Communities Project.
Get hold of a copy of RISE's Toolkit, a step-by-step guide to help you get the most out of learning.
Produced by the National Institute of Adult continued Learning(NIACE), the toolkit explains how everyone in Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport and Torfaen can access RISE's learning facilities and - most importantly - make their own voices heard.
PDF file: Full article for RISE's Toolkit
Help Make Learning for Everyone
We want to make learning opportunities available to everyone across the five counties but we need your help to make this happen.
Our goal is to establish a network of volunteer Learning Advocates who'll share their learning experiences and give help and guidance to set people on the road to learning.