What are

1
(No Transcript)
2
Everyday Skills

• What are Everyday Skills?
• Everyday Skills are the skills people need to
• function, not only in the workplace, but at
  home, with family, in their community and wider
  society.

3
Everyday Skills

• Everyday Skills, such as
• Literacy
• Numeracy
• Basic I.T.
• English language for migrant workers
• Financial capability
• Digital skills
• We also offer support to those who may have
  dyslexia, or other learning differences.

4
Everyday Skills

• What do we do
• Scottish Union Learning works with unions to
  raise awareness of Everyday Skills issues, and to
  support members who want to improve their skills.
  Everyday Skills courses are often the first
  learning activity people have been involved in
  since they left school, and quite often, they
  require confidence building skills and basic
  communication skills.

5
Everyday Skills

• Popular courses
• Basic I.T.
• Writing Better Reports
• C.V. Writing
• Presentation Skills
• Personal Finance
• Understanding Pensions
• We dont call them literacy and numeracy
  courses.

6
ALiS 2020

• Adult Literacies in Scotland 2020
• Scottish Union Learning also works with the
  Scottish Government and other partners to take
  forward the strategy for adult literacies, which
  is known as ALIS 2020. This is Strategic
  Guidance, not government policy, but we are
  working to improve the current system for funding
  and provision of adult literacies, particularly
  workplace literacies.

7
ALiS 2020

• Literacies for Employability and the Workplace
  Definition
• the reading, writing, speaking, listening and
  numeracy capabilities needed to handle
  information, express ideas and opinions, make
  decisions and solve problems, in order to work
  towards, gain, keep or progress in paid or unpaid
  work.

8
Digital Participation

• Digital skills have become Everyday Skills.
  SUL works with unions to encourage more people
  to get online
• Learning
• Shopping
• Banking
• Social networking
• Schemes to promote cheap PCs and laptops for
  ULRs
• http//www.getonlineathome.org

9
Digital Participation

• Scotland has the lowest broadband uptake that
  the rest of the UK 60 against a national
  average of 71.
• The fact that 90 of all new jobs require basic
  internet skills means there is a role for the
  unions here. In addition, changes to welfare
  benefits (including those available to people in
  work) will have an impact. Universal benefits
  are going online next year, so if people cant
  access the internet they will be excluded.

10
Financial Capability

• There has been a growing interest in financial
  capability skills, particularly given the current
  economic climate. Numeracy isnt just about
  counting. It has strong links with financial
  capability issues such as
• budgeting
• understanding mobile phone tariffs
• interest rates
• Pensions
• mortgages etc.

11
Dyslexia

• The SUL Dyslexia Group
• Dyslexia awareness sessions
• Dyslexia Guide
• Workplace events
• National Dyslexia Awareness Week
• Dyslexia training for ULRs and union members
  (PDA)

12
thank you