NCS News

We are proud to announce that our NCS Open Space is now open. Here you can try out a small range of course ’snippets,’ from Egyptian Archaeology, to astronomy. We are launching this as part of Adult Learners’ Week 2008, but NCS Open Space will remain open from now on.
The course snippets themselves will change, so [...]

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Peter Davies, principal of City Lit, is concerned that the Government’s desire to promote what it terms “informal adult learning” may herald the decline of traditional classes and leave many learners to study alone with little more than the support of the internet.
A consultation paper published in January by the Department for Innovation, Universities and [...]

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As part of our contribution to Adult Learners’ Week we are launching our NCS Open Space.
In the NCS Open Space you can try a sample of our courses - course snippets - and try a liitle light learning. Each snippet should take no more than around 15 minutes to complete.
To find out more visit our [...]

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Ever wanted to learn in your sleep? Forget playing a tape beside your bed, just switch on your iPhone and slip it under your pillow when you go to sleep.
All you need to do is download and install a new application for the iPhone - iSleepLearn. Once installed you copy over any online course via [...]

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An example of how students are using online learning to augment or replace classroom activities. Read the full story in the Olympian.

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