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Key skills

1. Basic Skills Agency
2. ECDL: European Computer Driving Licence
3. Future Problem Solving Program
4. Key Skills at the University of Central Lancashire
5. Key skills in Context
6. Key Skills Support Programme
7. UniS: Skills Unit

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Basic Skills Agency

National development agency which aims to improve basic skills. Its activities include funding research and demonstration projects, publishing teaching and learning resources, and running a free national telephone referral service to help adults join basic skills classes.
     Author: Basic Skills Agency
     Subjects: key skills, lifelong learning, literacy
     DeweyClass: 374
     Resource type: institution

ECDL: European Computer Driving Licence

Details of a European-wide qualification which enables people to demonstrate their competence in computer skills. It aims to raise the general level of competency in IT, to improve productivity at work, to enable employers to invest more efficiently in IT, and to ensure that best practice and quality issues are understood and implemented. The full syllabus is available online and includes modules in using the computer and managing files, word processing, spreadsheets, databases / filing systems, presentation and drawing, information network services.
     Author: British Computer Society
     Subjects: computer user support, key skills
     DeweyClass: 374
     Resource type: documents

Future Problem Solving Program

The mission of the Future Problem Solving Program is to teach students creative problem solving processes through competitive and non-competitive instructional programmes which help them learn to work with others in designing positive futures. Offers information on publications, training, events and research.
     Author: Future Problem Solving Program
     Subjects: educational methods, key skills
     DeweyClass: 378.17
     Resource type: productinfo

Key Skills at the University of Central Lancashire

Project established to develop students' key skills as required by employers and for lifelong learning. Describes the position of such skills within qualifications, education and training programs. Includes case studies of modern apprenticeships.
     Author: University of Central Lancashire
     Subjects: key skills, lifelong learning
     DeweyClass: 374
     Resource type: documents

Key skills in Context

A thematically-based resource for those who wish to consider a career and develop key skills in Europe and the world of work, nutrition and a healthy lifestyle, planning for the future, and news media.
     Author: MBA Publishing
     Subjects: key skills, lifelong learning
     DeweyClass: 374
     Resource type: documents

Key Skills Support Programme

Intended to run from 1999-2002, this resource aims to assist in the dissemination of information to training providers, schools, and colleges in order to improve the overall quality of key skills education, implementation, and provision in the academic and work sectors. Includes definitions of key skills, an analysis of the relationship between basic skills and key skills, assessment, progression, and support facilities. Documents are in Word and PDF format.
     Author: Key Skills Support Programme
     Subjects: key skills
     DeweyClass: 374
     Resource type: service

UniS: Skills Unit

Project aiming to improve the skills of new students in the first semester of university education, helping to ensure that requirements of employers and professional bodies are met. Resources for improving key skills for study, improving employability and job hunting are provided.
     Author: University of Surrey
     Subjects: key skills, study skills
     DeweyClass: 378.17
     Resource type: documents