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Our amazing participating school, Moulsecoomb Primary School. 

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Our amazing participating school, Moulsecoomb Primary School. 

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School website created with School Jotter, a Webanywhere product. [Administer Site]

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MakerClub, our partners in delvering the family robotics project. .

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MakerClub, our partners in delvering the family robotics project. .

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The World's #1 Young Inventors Club - MakerClub

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A nationwide network of after-school technology clubs for children aged 8-13. Laser cutting, 3D printing, programming and more!

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Our funders for this project.

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The ability to use technology is essential for work, life and learning in the 21st century

Background

Approximately 12.6 million adults in the UK lack digital skills which are essential for full participation in 21st century society: for work, for life and for learning. By 2015, approximately 90% of all jobs will require basic ICT skills, yet an estimated 80% of people with low levels of education lack these skills and are more likely to be socially disadvantaged, suffer from isolation, have lower incomes and have children who underachieve at school. As technology evolves, more advanced digital skills are needed for people to remain in employment or progress in their careers.

Current education systems are failing to prepare people with the skills they need to thrive in the digital economy, as advances in technology put 10m low skill jobs at risk of redundancy in the next 20 years. If not addressed, uneven distribution of digital skills will compound the effects of social disadvantage. Digital skills are also essential to participate in learning, as technology can overcome barriers of geography, physical condition and finance, changing what, where, when and how people learn.

Our Policy Asks

Learning and Work Institute recognises the benefits of technology to widen participation in learning and the necessity for everyone to develop their digital skills.

We want:

Opportunities for everyone to develop the digital skills they need for future employment and to remain in employment.

To ensure that technology offers more learning for more people, especially those who could benefit most, including those who are most disadvantaged and excluded.

Support for people of all ages and backgrounds to use technology to fully participate in life, work and learning.

Digital skills for everyone

Our work increases opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds to develop basic and advanced digital skills

Some people face complex barriers to learning. Our resources help develop their digital skills in various contexts, for example digital skills for older people (through the Digital Age programme), those with low levels of numeracy (through our award winning Maths Everywhere app) and digital skills in communities through our European-wide Dlit programme.

Family learning offers a vehicle to developed digital skills, for example our work in Family Robotics helped disadvantaged families to develop advanced programming and digital making skills. Our Digital Families programme demonstrated how digital toolsd can be used to increase adult and children's progression.

More learning for more people

Release the potential of learners' own technologies with our Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) guidance

Overcome barriers to online learning for under - represented groups.

Our Implementing FELTAG resources informed policy makers and practitioners on the opportunities and challeges related to online and blended learning.

Learning and Work Institute's Citizens Curriculum uses contextualised resources to deliver ESOL, digital, civic, health and financial capabilities.

Influencing digital policy

Digital Learning Accross Europe

Our AE-Pro learning platform has used e-learning to share best practice in adult learning across Europe.

Our work on Open Educational Resources contributed to the OER UP! Training programme which supported learning providers across Europe with the development of open educational resources.

Want to know more?

To find out more about any of the work mentioned on this page, or to join one of our networks, please contact:
Susan Easton, Head of Digital Learning
Email: [email protected]

Twitter: @susaneaston

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The ability to use technology is essential for work, life and learning in the 21st century Approximately 12.6 million adults in the UK lack digital skills which are essential for full participation in 21st century society: for work, for life and for learning.

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Scan our QR code to save us to your smartphone

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Meet the Stars of the Attack of the Moulsecoomb Droids 

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Meet the Stars of the Attack of the Moulsecoomb Droids 

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Family robotics project

Moulsecoomb Primary School 

Learner feedback and photos

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Family robotics project

Moulsecoomb Primary School 

Learner feedback and photos

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Have a go and program a robot!

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Robots are There are lots of types of robots. They move in different ways and do all kinds of jobs.

Because a robot is a machine we have to it to do things. It only does what we tell it to do

At school you might have tried to program a floor robot.

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Robots are There are lots of types of robots. They move in different ways and do all kinds of jobs. Because a robot is a machine we have to it to do things. It only does what we tell it to do At school you might have tried to program a floor robot.

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Changing Lives event and meeting Princess Anne! 

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Changing Lives event and meeting Princess Anne! 

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In July, one of our families from Moulsecoomb Primary won a place to attend a celebration event of family learning at City Lit, where they got to show the groups  robotics work and meet the patron of the Learning & Work Institute,  Princess Anne.

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Learning & Work Institute - Family Robotics project

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A six week coding course at Moulsecoomb Primary School enabling parents and carers to learn with their children to develop code, and create instructions to move robotic 3D printed arms.

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View lawrencelatham's Flipagram created on 07/29/2016 .

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Print and make  our Community Learning  QR Coder Cube

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Print and make  our Community Learning  QR Coder Cube

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And make a QR dice that has links to coding projects on each throw!  Have fun!

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Learning & Work and MakerClub Digital Family Robotics video. 

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Learning & Work and MakerClub Digital Family Robotics video. 

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A short video on the amazing projects that MakerClub offer across the city.

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More information about the Brighton and Hove City Council Community Learning team

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More information about the Brighton and Hove City Council Community Learning team

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The Community Learning team provides short informal courses . Our courses are free and some even lead to qualifications.

Courses include: Food Safety, Family First Aid for Babies and Children, Mindfulness and Confidence Building.

How to get a free place on one of our courses

To be offered a free place you will need to be:

19 and over

Living in the EU for at least 3 years

Living in Brighton and Hove area

Unemployed (or working less than 16 hours) or on a low

income (less than £13,500 for a single income or less than £18,500 for a combined household income)

Or have no qualifications

Or you volunteer and are unemployed

Contact us on 01273 810210 for information about courses to help get you back into learning and volunteering.

Our courses

Learning across the city

Many organisations inBrighton& Hove offer opportunities for adults to learn. Some of these are voluntary or charitable organisations, and some are supported by the government's Skills Funding Agency to provide education for those who might not have had opportunities whilst at school. There are also private learning providers offering learning opportunities across the city. You can find out more by going to our directory of adult learning providers.

Level 2 Food safety course

Who is this course for?
Anyone volunteering in catering, or a setting where food is prepared cooked or handled. We give priority to people who are currently volunteering within their local community.
What will I be able to do by the end of the course?

Understand how to control food safety risks (personal hygiene, food storage, cooking and handling) in a food preparation area

Give you confidence and the skills to prepare, cook and store food safety

On successful completion you will receive a Level 2 accredited qualification

What learners had to say about the course
"Great course, and great tutor, who made it easy to understand. I feel ready to continue with my plans to look for work in catering now."

Download our brochure for upcoming course dates.

Family First Aid for babies and children course

Who is this course for?

Parents, grandparents, carers, volunteers working with children, anyone with younger babies or young children in their family

You might also want to attend the course if you are preparing for working with babies or young children

If you are involved with local community groups, community nurseries, or children's sports clubs

What will I be able to do by the end of the course?
Know what to do in an emergency situation, including when a baby or child:

Becomes unconscious or stops breathing

Gets burned

Is choking

Bleeding heavily

Has an asthma attack, or suffers from an anaphylactic shock

Has signs of meningitis

Fits with febrile convulsion

Goes into shock

What learners had to say about the course.
"I feel like I have learned so much. The course is really practical and was easy to understand, and the tutor was so helpful."

Download our brochure for upcoming course dates.

Emergency first aid for adults - Central Brighton

Who is this course for?

If you want to have experience for a real life emergency

If you want to be able to help family, friends or neighbours in an emergency

Are involved with local a community group, faith group or sports club

You might also want to attend the course if you are preparing for volunteering or work

What will the course cover?

dealing with an emergency

unresponsive - breathing

unresponsive - not breathing (cardiopulmonary resuscitation - CPR)

seizures

burns

bleeding heavily

head injury

choking

heart attack

stroke

allergic reaction

diabetic emergency

Download our brochure for upcoming course dates.

Functional Skills courses

We offer Functional Skills English and maths classes at various schools and Children's Centres across the city. The classes are free, friendly and supportive. to find out more, please ring Kirsty Cregan on 01273 810213 or 07795 336142. You can also email Kirsty at
If you do not have any English or maths qualifications and would like k.cregan@friendscentre.org.

English and maths tasters

Are you nervous about studying English again?

Do you fancy a taster in English to brush up your skills before taking on a qualification?

If you don't have any English or maths qualifications and would like to find out more about starting a non exam course in January, call Kirsty Cregan on 01273 810213 or 07795 336142. You can also email Kirsty at k.cregan@friendscentre.org.
The classes are at Woodingdean Library and Moulsecoomb Primary School, the classes are free, friendly and supportive.

Information, advice and guidance service (IAG) at Children's Centres

If you are not sure about what course to take next, we can offer you free personal support to help you find the information you need.

We can offer you:

an individual session to discuss what you are interested in

information on other courses and services

impartial guidance to help you make the right choices

advice on volunteering and training.

Contact Friends Centre reception on 01273 810210

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Watch our family robotics project where we used the six week course create robotic characters to star in our 'Attack of the Moulescoomb Droids' Star Wars movie.

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Teach Toddlers Colors Numbers Preschool Race Cars & Magnet Truck

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A short film created by the students of Moulescoombe Primary School, using the MakerClub Robotic Arm and Hornet Board, as part of the Nominet Trust 'Digital Families' project. Students aged 9 and 10 built and programmed 3D printed Robotic Arms, and then used them to create characters.