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Big Learn competition aims to upskill the nation

Lifelong Learning charity the Campaign for Learning has teamed up with Reed Learning to launch the Big Learn 2008 competition.

The Big Learn runs from 1 March 2008 until 30 April 2008, and offers the chance to win one of three learning experiences from Reed Learning worth a total of £6,000.

Entrants will be asked to look forward to the year 2020 and say what one skill they think will be the most important and why. The three prize winners will be drawn at random on National Learning at Work Day.

National Learning at Work Day is an annual awareness campaign co-ordinated by the Campaign for Learning that aims to highlight the importance of workplace learning for individuals and organisations, taking place this year on Thursday 22 May.

The people behind the Big Learn hope that even those that don't win the learning prize will spurred into taking steps to learn themselves.

Chief executive of the Campaign for Learning, Tricia Hartley explains, "Skills development has always been important for business and career success but by 2020 as workplaces develop and change, experts predict that UK employees are going to need to make a real step change in their skills levels in order to compete and succeed.

"We are hoping the competition, and Learning at Work Day itself, will kick start the desire to learn in all the entrants and send people off on the learning journey that could take them and the UK to a very bright future."

The Campaign for Learning says employers and workplace organisers who want to encourage colleagues to enter the competition can download free posters from the competition website: www.learningatworkday.com

Entrants to the Big Learn 2008 competition must be over 18 and UK citizens. Terms and Conditions apply.

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