As I write this, we have just come to the end of Lifelong Learning week 2024. We’ve been sharing inspirational stories of learners who have changed the direction of their lives by learning something new, whether for self or their career. With the focus heavily on individuals I turned my thoughts to how Lifelong Learning...
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Lifelong Learning Week 2024
Lifelong Learning Week has given us a wonderful opportunity to celebrate our learners who exemplify lifelong learning and share stories of those who transformed their lives through ACL Essex. Lifelong learning comes with so many benefits, including, keeping up with the latest technologies and trends, developing new skills, and finding new opportunities in both your...
ACL Essex to support businesses in Braintree to upskill employees
ACL Essex, part of Essex County Council, has partnered with Braintree District Council to offer a range of green skills courses. In collaboration with Braintree District Council, the adult education provider’s new programme will support employers to upskill staff on the practice of retrofitting. The courses are available to anyone who lives or works in...
New Reflexology Course at ACL Chelmsford
Looking to start a new career in holistic wellness or add a valuable skill to your therapeutic practice? ACL Essex is launching an exciting Level 3 Diploma in Reflexology in January 2025, perfect for those eager to learn the art of reflexology and achieve a professional qualification in this growing field. Course Details: Location: ACL...
Digital courses at ACL Essex boost Gary’s skills and confidence
Adult education provider, ACL Essex, is offering a range of IT courses across Essex for beginners through to experts. Gary Starkings, from Clacton became unemployed during the Covid pandemic, but decided he wanted to get back into work. Wanting to boost his CV, knowledge and skills, Gary joined a digital course at ACL Essex in...
Thailand-born Kanjanarawan boosted English skills with ESOL courses at ACL Essex
Adult education provider, ACL Essex, is offering a range of courses across Essex for beginners through to experts. Kanjanarawan Lees lives in Chelmsford but is originally from Thailand and moved to the UK six years ago. She struggled with her English at first but found ACL Essex and has taken English for Speakers of Other...
Clacton resident Claire ‘never passed a maths exam’ in her life before ACL Essex
Adult education provider, ACL Essex, is offering a range of courses across Essex for beginners through to experts. Clacton resident Claire Fletcher has taken various courses at ACL Essex to support her career goal of becoming a midwife. After walking in to ACL Essex in Clacton and joining an English class, Claire has progressed on...
Cornelius embraces lifelong learning at ACL Essex
Adult education provider, ACL Essex, is offering a range of courses across Essex for beginners through to experts. Cornelius Keating from High Wych is encouraging other people to embrace lifelong learning. Cornelius, 60, studied at ACL Essex in Harlow and believes he’s more adaptable to learning now than he ever has been. Here’s Cornelius’s story:...
ACL Essex and Colchester City Council celebrate one year of the Digital Hub
Hundreds of students supported with computer-related courses over the last year. Adult Community Learning Essex and Colchester City Council are celebrating one year since Colchester’s Digital Hub opened. The Digital Hub opened in October 2023. It provides a space for local residents and businesses to access advanced technological equipment. It also allows ACL Essex to...
New woodworking courses on offer at ACL Essex’s Basildon studio
Adult education provider, ACL Essex, is offering a range of woodworking courses in Basildon for beginners through to experts. Budding carpenters can learn new skills thanks to ACL Essex’s new woodworking courses at the ACL Basildon Craft Studio. Learners will have the opportunity to work on personal projects or follow a structured learning path that...