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Contents - June 2008
 | Editorial |
| News |
| Commentary "There may be trouble ahead" |
| There is an alternative We need a new settlement to keep the idea of an equitable and inclusive lifelong learning system alive, say Ann Hodgson, Ken Spours, Frank Coffield, Sheila Edward, Ian Finlay and Richard Steer |
| Slow train coming To meet targets set out by Lord Leitch we need to do more than define employability – we need to transform teaching and learning practice, Chris Humphries, Chief Executive of the new UK Commission for Employment and Skills, tells Paul Stanistreet |
| Framework for the future The main goal of the Inquiry into the Future for Lifelong Learning is to provide a ‘strategic framework’ for the future. Tom Schuller considers the key components which will make up the framework |
| Spaces of hope Information and communication technologies are providing environmental – and other – activists with new spaces for collective action, write Jim Crowther, Akiko Hemmi, Ian Martin and Eurig Scandrett |
| Let’s cook! Diane Sanderson reports on a project which is teaching young parents, most of them from disadvantaged backgrounds, the skills they need to shop and cook healthily on a tight budget |
| Thinking allowed With disability equality high on the Government’s agenda, Viv Berkeley examines the key issues facing staff working with disabled learners |
| Listening to learners How do we turn the rhetoric of ‘learner voice’ into reality, ask Michael Tedder, Paula Jones and Simon Mauger |
| All change please Kate Watters considers how local authorities have fared under changes to the inspection regime |
| Reading lives In the first of an occasional series marking the National Year of Reading, Mae Shaw discusses the books that have influenced her thinking and practice in community work |
