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| Path: Home > CALL |
CAMPAIGNING
ALLIANCE FOR LIFELONG LEARNING
NIACE, NUS, UNISON, UCU, and the WEA have formed CALL to rescue adult education after the loss of 1.5 million course places in the last two years. There now over 60 supporting organisations.
CALL is a non party-political alliance. The only qualification for joining is commitment to our six founding principles below.
CALL believes our education system should provide:
- equality of access to high quality education for all learners and a statutory right to learning in the workplace
- universal access to basic skills, ESOL and ICT courses and a first level three
- learner, teacher and community involvement in all levels of decision-making
- learning for personal wellbeing and development and the maintenance of local authority adult education
- a path out of poverty and disadvantage including widening participation in higher education and the provision of a second chance later in life
- a stable, motivated and rewarded workforce of professional practitioners.
Our founding conference took place on 30 September 2008. Discussions focussed on a new manifesto for the expansion of lifelong learning.
For up to date information on the CALL campaign website at www.callcampaign.org.uk
CALL in the media...
The Guardian - What is the meaning of lifelong learning, by Peter Kingston
TES - Women defend 'leisure courses' by Joseph Lee
TES - The Great Train to Gain Robbery, by David Collins, President, Association of Colleges
TES - Let down again over surplus cash, Letter from Beth Walker, Vice-President NUS
TES - Universities Scoop College Cash
TES - New Coalition Fights for Adult Students
TES - Editorial: The trouble with Train to Gain
Founding Members:
Organisations supporting CALL (as of 22 October 2008):
Founding Organisations
 | NIACE |
| NUS |
| UNISON |
| UCU |
| WEA |
Supporting Organisations
| ACM (Association of College Management); |
| AOC (Association of Colleges); |
| ARCA (Adult Residential Colleges Association); |
| BECTU; |
| BFAWU (Bakers Union); |
| Centre for Post 14 Research and Innovation at Institute of Education; |
| Church of England; |
| CRISIS; |
| CWU; |
| CYWU/Unite; |
| Deaf Positive; |
| Digital Unite; |
| Former Students of Adult Residential Colleges; |
| Green Party Trade Union Group; |
| GMB; |
| Green Party Trade Union Group; |
| Help the Aged; |
| HOLEX; |
| Imaan; |
| Learning Links International; |
| Muslim Council of Britain; |
| NAAR (National Assembly Against Racism); |
| National Federation of Women’s Institutes; |
| NATECLA (National Association Teachers of English and Community Languages to Adults); |
| National Literacy Trust; |
| Northern College; |
| NUJ (National Union of Journalists); |
| NUT (National Union of Teachers); |
| PCS; |
| POA (Prison Officers Association); |
| Prospect; |
| Refugee Council |
| RMT; |
| Ransackers - an educational adventure for older people; |
| Ruskin College; |
| Senior Learners’ Society; |
| Save Adult Education Campaign; |
| SKILL; |
| Staffordshire University; |
| TAEN - The Age and Employment Network; |
| UALL (Universities Association for Lifelong Learning); |
| UCATT (Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians); |
| UNITE (TGWU); |
| Working Lives Institute, London Metropolitan University; |
Local Organisations
| Bassingbourn Village College; |
| Bradford Resource Centre; |
| Brampton Business centre; |
| Broadway Street to Home; |
| Career Paths Ltd; |
| City Lit College; |
| Education Centres Association (Norwich); |
| Enfield Over 50s Forum; |
| Friends Centre (Brighton); |
| Fircroft College; |
| Granville Park Users Group (Lewisham); |
| Harrow College; |
| Jamaica 2K; |
| Mary Ward Centre; |
| Novas Scarman Group; |
| Right to Learn Campaign (N.E. England); |
| SAFE Campaign (Liverpool); |
| SCAE (London) |
| Swarthmore Education Centre in Leeds; |
| The Changing Lives Project; |
| The Institute Hampstead Garden Suburb; |
| WEA Peterborough; |
| West London Lifelong Learning Network; |
| Working Men's College; |
