Adult learners are amazing, they carried on through the pandemic, juggled - work, child care and home schooling and nearly 50,000 took their maths GCSE with 75% of the over 25’s achieving 4 and above. Incredible and well done. It’s never too late to up-skill. #speakup4adulted

📣 NEW RESOURCE! We're delighted to share a new resource the #OTLA team has been working on, on behalf of the Education and Training Foundation (ETF): "Doing Action Research" An accessible and practical guide with lots of real-life examples of #FEresearch bit.ly/3oGQViJ

💻 📱 Really interesting to hear from TechAbility about a whole host of useful technology tools and software that can help to support learners of all abilities develop their skills 👏 #wsukCPD

Very interesting and informative session by TechAbility Off to try out the immersive reader now! Thank you

Watch out there’s a Fantastical Beast on the loose #BarnsleyBrightNights Barnsley Council

Wondering what #EssentialDigitalSkills and the digital entitlement are all about? Not sure what fully-funded CPD is available? 📢 “Read all about it” in the blog by Vikki Liogier #FE 🇪🇺 #FBPE #EnhanceDTP #EdTech, our National Head of EdTech and Digital Skills 👉 buff.ly/3oWdv5q #edtech #ETFSupportsFE

What a lovely reminder of the research completed (with a super mentor 😀) and a great start to the year, let’s hope #OTLA8 will be as inspiring.

Some good tips being discussed by the Digital Champions today #ACEDigitalChampions #holex

.#ANDYSMANCLUB have opened a second Barnsley venue at Honeywell Sports Village to host their free talking groups where men can chat and challenge male mental health stigma. Sessions, which also run at the Library @ the Lightbox, are at 7pm on Mondays: andysmanclub.co.uk

Thank you to Emley Brass Band for a very enjoyable evening at All Saints Church in Clayton West. Pinball Wizard definitely a favourite.

Looking forward to seeing as many projects as possible #OTLA

Teacher friends - please could you complete this poll for me and RT? It’s for a piece of research. Thank you 🙏 If your school has a policy whereby pupils have to remove their coats BEFORE entering the school buildings, what is the reason given for this?

As part of #DeafAwarenessWeek we have teamed up with LipspeakerUK for a Lipspeaking challenge. For this Lipspeaking challenge, you have to try and lip-read the 3 different words in each video starting today ⬇️ Good Luck! #Lipspeaker #DeafAwarenessWeek2023

A new #trend in #scams.. AI Voice Scams.. We are seeing a rise in this, and you need to beware, because scammers could be targeting YOU.. do not give your money to these criminals!~ Make sure your loved ones know about this! #dontgetscammed #scammerpayback #pierogi #aivoice

Man Behaving Dadly You have a wide reach - we put this in our school newsletter last week. Hope this helps.

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#IsthisJoe Cheapskate bridge? 😂🤣. news.sky.com/story/maryland…