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Adult learning in Hillingdon

Hillingdon Council’s adult education service has released its new programme of courses for the spring 2023 term which adults aged 19 and over can enrol on now to boost their professional or personal development.

The wide selection of more than 500 sessions on offer from January include cyber security and a six-week employability course that helps learners into work or a career change by identifying transferable skills and mastering CV writing and interviews.  There are new courses for adults interested in careers in childcare, which include support teaching and understanding specific learning difficulties, for classroom-based roles; along with courses suitable for wider school support roles, such as safeguarding and mental health awareness.

The new term also brings three new family focused learning courses — manage your money, healthy eating on a budget and how to emotionally support your child — which are free to residents and aimed particularly at parents with children attending Hillingdon schools.

Learn Hillingdon’s range of sustainable living courses have been enhanced for the spring term, with new sessions to help learners repurpose, reuse, recycle and save money in 2023. Among the short courses on offer are being kitchen savvy with leftovers and ways to conserve heat and save money.  The service also offers several courses for adults who want to improve their basic maths, English, or digital skills, which are completely free.

For more information about courses on offer at Learn Hillingdon, visit www.hillingdon.gov.uk/adultlearning

Latest HS2 works update 19 Dec – updated

Please see the works updates as follows:

Main site activities in the Breakspear Road area – https://www.hs2.org.uk/work-items/main-site-activities-in-the-breakspear-road-area/

Main site activities in the West Ruislip area – https://www.hs2.org.uk/work-items/main-site-activities-in-the-west-ruislip-area/

Main site activities in South Ruislip area – https://www.hs2.org.uk/work-items/main-site-activities-in-the-south-ruislip-area/

Main activities for utilities West End Road – https://www.hs2.org.uk/in-your-area/local-community-webpages/hs2-in-hillingdon/

Main site activities in the Colne Valley Viaduct area – https://www.hs2.org.uk/work-items/main-site-activities-in-the-colne-valley-viaduct-area/

Main site activities in the Harvil Road & Copthall area – https://www.hs2.org.uk/work-items/main-site-activities-in-the-harvil-road-area/

Please note that the TBM conveyor is due to come into operation by the end of February 2023. Until then, HS2 need to move more material away from the West Ruislip portal to allow the TBMs to continue their work. Some of this material will be temporarily stored on sites around the area. The material will be delivered to two locations:
– area north of the Chiltern Line, west of Breakspear Road South at site at Gate 2
– area south of the Copthall Covert at site at Gate 1 on Harvil Road

At present, the only way they can do this is by using lorries to transport the soil from the TBMs. As a result, there will be additional lorry movements on roads around West Ruislip. However, they will adhere to the total 550 movements per day in Hillingdon. The affected routes are Breakspear Road South crossing, Harvil Road, Swakeleys Road and Ickenham High Road. This means the route is from Swakeleys roundabout and Ickenham village to West Ruislip portal site, from there the material will be transported via the haul road at Breakspear Road South to gate 2 and 1 on Harvil Road.

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