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In the spotlight
A NIACE briefing on participation in learning by adults from minority ethnic groups
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Fiona Aldridge, Yanina Dutton and Alan Tuckett ISBN: 978 1 86201 294 3 ISBN: 1 86201 294 6 May 2006
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When account is taken of the younger age profile of Britain’s black and minority ethnic communities, it is clear that the levels of adult participation in learning are strikingly low in some, but not all, groups.
The different experience of different groups is the starkest finding: for instance, adults from Bangladeshi and Pakistani communities fare worse than all other groups. Yet it is clear that the apparent cycle of low or no qualifications and poor participation rates disguises deeper, more complicated truths. When Bangladeshi adults begin to get qualifications their participation rates soar; Bangladeshi and Pakistani adults in work are much more likely to learn than those outside it; and Bangladeshi and Pakistani adults are exceptionally active in self-organised as distinct from taught learning.
These results leave room for sustained activity to ensure that all Britain’s communities can benefit from the government’s commitment to securing economic prosperity and social cohesion through lifelong learning.
Contents
| Introduction | Technical notes |
| Participation in learning | Type of learning |
| Learning and qualifications | Participation in learning by highest level
of qualification Learning for a qualification |
| Participation in job-related education and training | |
| Participation in learning – demographic analysis | Participation in learning by gender Participation in learning by age Participation in learning by economic activity Participation in learning by socio-economic classification Participation in learning by terminal age of education Participation in learning by marital status Participation in learning by religion |
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See Also:
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Green Shoots? - The NIACE survey on adult participation in learning 2006 |
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