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Contents - September 2006

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Editorial

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News

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Commentary: It’s about getting the balance right

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Adult learning in the balance
How much adult learning do we need and who should pay for it? Our authors consider the perspectives of some of the groups currently under-represented in public debate, including part-time and temporary workers, migrants, older workers and people on welfare benefits. With Mike Stewart, Sonia McKay, Kate Jopling, Ewart Keep and Christine Lewis

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Talk to me
We asked the three main political parties to respond to NIACE’s concerns about the pressures on funding for adult learning. Bill Rammell, John Hayes and Sarah Teather set out the views of their respective parties

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A question of value
There is a growing consensus in OECD countries that the state, employers and individuals should share the costs ofadult learning. But decisions as to who pays what will be heavily shaped by the cultures we live in, writes Tom Schuller

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Building for sustainability
The Genesis Centre for Sustainable Construction is about much more than teaching facts – it is about leading by example, reports Simon Mauger

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Getting better all the time?
Making things better for our sector is about trusting people’s aspiration to be the best and providing services which are neat, joined-up, and devoted to helping them do it, writes David Sherlock

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‘This is our place’
Lynne Wilson and Judith Summers on how ‘real’ community learning – democratically delivered learning at the heart of a community – can put down roots for regeneration

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Acts of resistance
Keith Hammond reports from Balata refugee camp in Palestine on how education is kept alive in the occupied territories

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