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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/utility/feedstylesheets/atom.xsl" media="screen"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en-US"><title type="html">Announcements</title><subtitle type="html" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/atom</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/atom" /><generator uri="http://telligent.com" version="12.0.0.15013">Telligent Community (Build: 12.0.0.15013)</generator><updated>2026-06-19T11:00:00Z</updated><entry><title>Thinking about studying?</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/ucas" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/ucas</id><published>2026-06-19T14:31:00Z</published><updated>2026-06-19T14:31:00Z</updated><content type="html">Have you thought about going back into education and not sure where to start or do you have questions about how to balance studying around the strains of Armed Forces life?&amp;nbsp;
UCAS have a range of support available on their website which is focuse...(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/ucas"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=2354&amp;AppID=123&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Former Member</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/formermember</uri></author><category term="adult" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/adult" /><category term="Armed Forces Covenant" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/Armed%2bForces%2bCovenant" /><category term="careers" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/careers" /><category term="Adult education" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/Adult%2beducation" /><category term="education" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/education" /></entry><entry><title>Skills for Careers</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/skills-for-careers" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/skills-for-careers</id><published>2026-06-19T13:40:00Z</published><updated>2026-06-19T13:40:00Z</updated><content type="html">Skills for Careers is part of the Department for Education which provide&amp;nbsp;education and training choices via different ways to get the skills you need for your career.
They have:
&lt;a href="https://www.skillsforcareers.education.gov.uk/pages/training-choice/apprenticeships"&gt;Apprenticeships&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.skillsforcareers.education.gov.uk/pages/training-choice/t-levels"&gt;T Levels&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.skillsforcareers.education.gov.uk/pages/training-choice/htq-higher-technical-qualification"&gt;Higher technical qualifications (HTQs)&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.skillsforcareers.education.gov.uk/pages/training-choice/vtq-vocational-technical-qualification"&gt;Voc...&lt;/a&gt;(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/skills-for-careers"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=4943&amp;AppID=123&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>RN Forum Moderator</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/dutymoderator</uri></author><category term="careers" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/careers" /><category term="Adult Learning" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/Adult%2bLearning" /><category term="Adult education" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/Adult%2beducation" /></entry><entry><title>Forces Families Jobs</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/forces-families-jobs" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/forces-families-jobs</id><published>2026-06-19T13:31:00Z</published><updated>2026-06-19T13:31:00Z</updated><content type="html">Forces Families Jobs (FFJ)&amp;nbsp;is&amp;nbsp;the free careers platform for family members of currently serving UK personnel, run for you by the tri-Service Families Federations.
For more information on what it offers:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.forcesfamiliesjobs.co.uk/"&gt;Forces Families Jobs - Forces Fa...&lt;/a&gt;(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/forces-families-jobs"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=5353&amp;AppID=123&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>RN Forum Moderator</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/dutymoderator</uri></author></entry><entry><title>The Learning and Development Organisation</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/rnldo" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/rnldo</id><published>2026-06-19T13:20:04Z</published><updated>2026-06-19T13:20:04Z</updated><content type="html">The Learning and Development Organisation (LDO) enables Royal Navy&amp;nbsp;personnel to access learning, development and resettlement support. This is available when shoreside, or at sea when deployed on operations.
Some shoreside centres offer access t...(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/rnldo"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=13981&amp;AppID=123&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>ASK INFO</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/askinfo</uri></author></entry><entry><title>National Career Service</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/national-career-service" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/national-career-service</id><published>2026-06-19T13:05:00Z</published><updated>2026-06-19T13:05:00Z</updated><content type="html">The National Careers Service provides high quality, free and impartial careers advice, information and guidance. Our service is available to anyone aged 13+ no matter what stage of the careers journey you&amp;rsquo;re at.
Find out more here:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/"&gt;Careers...&lt;/a&gt;(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/national-career-service"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=2021&amp;AppID=123&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>RN Forum Moderator</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/dutymoderator</uri></author><category term="careers" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/careers" /></entry><entry><title>BFBS Academy</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/bfbs-academy" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/bfbs-academy</id><published>2026-06-19T11:49:00Z</published><updated>2026-06-19T11:49:00Z</updated><content type="html">
BFBS Academy has an outstanding track record in training individuals and teams across Government Directorates, Agencies and Public Bodies, including the Ministry of Defence and defence companies in digital, media skills and communications.&amp;nbsp;
In ...(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/bfbs-academy"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=6085&amp;AppID=123&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>RN Forum Moderator</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/dutymoderator</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Overseas Learning</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/overseas-learning" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/overseas-learning</id><published>2026-06-19T10:33:00Z</published><updated>2026-06-19T10:33:00Z</updated><content type="html">Guidance to Higher Education when moving overseas on assignment can be found here:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/higher-education-for-service-children"&gt;Higher education for service children - GOV.UK&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;

Before accepting an overseas assignment, we encourage all parents to contact the Overseas Education and Supp...(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/overseas-learning"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=10070&amp;AppID=123&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>ASK INFO</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/askinfo</uri></author><category term="Overseas Learning" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/Overseas%2bLearning" /><category term="Student Funding" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/Student%2bFunding" /><category term="Serving Overseas" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/Serving%2bOverseas" /></entry><entry><title>Adult Education Providers</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/adult-education-providers" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/adult-education-providers</id><published>2026-06-19T10:21:00Z</published><updated>2026-06-19T10:21:00Z</updated><content type="html">Are you looking for a challenge? Want a new career? Want to gain qualifications while fitting studying around your own circumstances?
Adult Education can be carried out in various ways whether in person or via distance learning.&amp;nbsp;
Here are some s...(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/adult-education-providers"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=2360&amp;AppID=123&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Former Member</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/formermember</uri></author><category term="careers" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/careers" /><category term="Adult education" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/Adult%2beducation" /><category term="education" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/education" /></entry><entry><title>Chartered Management Institute (CMI)</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/chartered-management-institute-cmi" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/chartered-management-institute-cmi</id><published>2026-06-19T10:06:00Z</published><updated>2026-06-19T10:06:00Z</updated><content type="html">Chartered Management Institute (CMI) offers accreditation to service personnel who have completed Naval Service courses. For further information, please follow the link below.
&lt;a id="" href="https://www.managers.org.uk/education-and-learning/qualifications/armed-forces/royal-navy/"&gt;https://www.managers.org.uk/education-and-learning/qualifications/armed-fo...&lt;/a&gt;(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/chartered-management-institute-cmi"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=10068&amp;AppID=123&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>ASK INFO</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/askinfo</uri></author><category term="Accreditation" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/Accreditation" /><category term="Royal Navy Courses" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/Royal%2bNavy%2bCourses" /><category term="Chartered Management Institute" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/Chartered%2bManagement%2bInstitute" /></entry><entry><title>The Open University</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/the-open-university" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/the-open-university</id><published>2026-06-19T10:04:00Z</published><updated>2026-06-19T10:04:00Z</updated><content type="html">The Open University offers flexible part-time study, supported distance and open learning for undergraduate and postgraduate courses and qualifications.
For more information about the Open University, please follow the link below.
&lt;a title="https://www.open.ac.uk/" href="https://www.open.ac.uk/"&gt;https://www.open.ac...&lt;/a&gt;(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/the-open-university"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=10072&amp;AppID=123&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>ASK INFO</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/askinfo</uri></author><category term="Open Learning" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/Open%2bLearning" /><category term="Open University" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/Open%2bUniversity" /><category term="postgraduate" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/postgraduate" /><category term="qualifications" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/qualifications" /><category term="Courses" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/Courses" /><category term="Part Time Study" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/Part%2bTime%2bStudy" /><category term="undergraduate" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/undergraduate" /></entry><entry><title>BBC Skillswise</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/bbc-skillswise" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/bbc-skillswise</id><published>2026-06-19T10:02:00Z</published><updated>2026-06-19T10:02:00Z</updated><content type="html">BBC Skillswise provides resources to help adult learners improve reading, writing and numeracy skills.
For further information about BBC Skillswise, please follow the link below.
&lt;a id="" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/skillswise"&gt;https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/skillswise&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/bbc-skillswise"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=10073&amp;AppID=123&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>ASK INFO</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/askinfo</uri></author><category term="Reading" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/Reading" /><category term="Adult Learners" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/Adult%2bLearners" /><category term="BBC Skillswise" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/BBC%2bSkillswise" /><category term="Adult Learning" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/Adult%2bLearning" /><category term="Numeracy Skills" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/Numeracy%2bSkills" /><category term="writing" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/writing" /><category term="Numeracy" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/Numeracy" /></entry><entry><title>Learn Direct</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/learn-direct" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/learn-direct</id><published>2026-06-19T10:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-06-19T10:00:00Z</updated><content type="html">Learn Direct for online courses, please follow the link below to find out what&amp;#39;s on offer.

&lt;a id="" href="https://www.learndirect.com/"&gt;https://www.learndirect.com/&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/learn-direct"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=10074&amp;AppID=123&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>ASK INFO</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/askinfo</uri></author><category term="Online Courses" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/Online%2bCourses" /><category term="learning" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/learning" /><category term="qualifications" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/qualifications" /><category term="Learn Direct" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/Learn%2bDirect" /></entry><entry><title>Student Finance Northern Ireland</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/student-finance-northern-ireland" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/student-finance-northern-ireland</id><published>2026-06-19T10:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-06-19T10:00:00Z</updated><content type="html">Student Finance NI assist in applying for postgraduate and undergraduate funding and provides step by step guidance on what is available and how to get it.
They also have a bespoke area for Parents and Partners.
Find out more here:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.studentfinanceni.co.uk/"&gt;Student Finan...&lt;/a&gt;(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/student-finance-northern-ireland"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=2426&amp;AppID=123&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Former Member</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/formermember</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Student Finance Wales</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/student-finance-wales" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/student-finance-wales</id><published>2026-06-19T10:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-06-19T10:00:00Z</updated><content type="html">
Student Finance Wales provide support around applying for funding as a undergraduate, postgraduate, as well as Further Education funding and Loan repayments.
Find out more here:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.studentfinancewales.co.uk/"&gt;Home | Student Finance Wales&lt;/a&gt;(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/student-finance-wales"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=2425&amp;AppID=123&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Former Member</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/formermember</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS)</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/student-awards-agency-scotland" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/student-awards-agency-scotland</id><published>2026-06-19T10:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-06-19T10:00:00Z</updated><content type="html">The Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS) is an Executive Agency of the Scottish Government, and help higher education students find the right information, support and funding.
What do they do?
Assess applications for living costs and bursaries for e...(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/posts/student-awards-agency-scotland"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=2358&amp;AppID=123&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Former Member</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/formermember</uri></author><category term="Adult education" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/Adult%2beducation" /><category term="SAAS" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/SAAS" /><category term="Scotland" scheme="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/adult_education/b/announcements/archive/tags/Scotland" /></entry></feed>