Source: Tertiary Education Commission
Last updated 30 May 2024
Last updated 30 May 2024
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Employer-led Workplace Literacy and Numeracy (EWLN) Fund funding supports the delivery of literacy and numeracy programmes for employees to increase their literacy and numeracy skills, and to contribute to workplace productivity.
Employer-led Workplace Literacy and Numeracy (EWLN) Fund funding supports the delivery of literacy and numeracy programmes for employees to increase their literacy and numeracy skills, and to contribute to workplace productivity.
We fund Employer-led Workplace Literacy and Numeracy (EWLN) provision to:
raise adults’ literacy and numeracy skills, and
contribute to workplace productivity by providing and evaluating literacy and numeracy learning in the workplace.
This information relates to Employer-led Workplace Literacy and Numeracy funding. For information about TEO-led WLN funding, see TEO-led Workplace Literacy and Numeracy Fund.
EWLN Fund funding helps employers to:
provide high-quality literacy and numeracy programmes that are customised for their workplace,
address productivity problems due to employees’ literacy and numeracy skill levels,
raise adults’ literacy and numeracy skills,
increase opportunities for adults to engage in literacy and numeracy learning, particularly those in low-skilled employment, and
improve the quality and relevance of provision, including the ability to identify learner need and learning gain.
From research, employer reports and direct employer engagement, we know that high-quality literacy and numeracy provision in the workplace has positive effects for employers, employees and their families.
EWLN programmes are aimed at employees who have low literacy and/or numeracy skills and/or English as a second language. High-quality programmes can include:
describing the workplace issues, how these impact on productivity and how the impact is measured,
outlining the programme content and how it will address and improve the workplace issues,
assessing each learner’s literacy and numeracy skills at the start of the programme using the online adaptive option of the Literacy and Numeracy for Adults Assessment Tool (LNAAT), and
understanding and reporting on individual outcomes for employees that contribute to a higher-performing workplace.
Resources
Key resources for EWLN-funded programmes include: