The Sign Up Season campaign is taking place this year between the 18^th August and the 19^th September ,  this will be a smaller campaign than normal due to funding issues.  However Niace are still going ahead with newspaper supplements and are keen to promote open days and enrolment events.   If you could provide Niace with the details highlighted below as soon as possible, they will insure that details are included in the supplements due to be published in early September. 

  How would you spend £500?

There is £500 for each regional Network of Excellence to spend on an agreed project or idea. 

What would you use it for?  What would your branch or learning committee spend it on?  Maybe you have got an idea for your regional network or maybe you have got an idea for the whole Network of Excellence!

We are asking you to think of ideas and bring them to the regional meetings in September.  The final decisions on what to spend the money on will be made at the Network of Excellence meeting at the November ULR Conference.

This is your chance to put in an idea, suggestions or lots of ideas into the pot!

The Ross Pritchard Memorial Fund

was established to commemorate the life of one of the Graphical Paper & Media Union's best known rank and file members

Number one July 2008 in this issue:    

• All Wales Network Meeting
• Bridgend College receives Quality Award
• Learning Agreement
• Calling Health & Social Care Workers
• Banner Theatre
• ULR of the Year
• How would you spend £500
• Dates
• Year of Reading Wales

The first all Wales Network of Excellence meeting took place at the City Hall in Cardiff on July 7^th.  Because of the large turnout with over 50 people in the room, the meeting was held conference style but just like the regional meetings, there was plenty of time before the end to network with a cup of tea and a welsh cake!