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Contents - December 2007
 | Editorial |
| News |
| Commentary: It’s about employment and
social cohesion |
| The very big numbers game The Government has been making encouraging noises about funding for adult learning and skills, but the numbers tell a different story, says Alastair Thomson |
| Second-chance learners lose out once again Under Government funding plans students embarking on a second degree will face almost certainly prohibitive fees. Whatever happened to the Government’s commitment to lifelong learning, asks Sally Hunt |
| Forward into the past There is a role for the past in the future of adult and community learning services, writes Sarah Housden |
| ‘My job now is to encourage’ These days Tony Benn sees himself as an ‘untrained classroom assistant to the nation’, encouraging people to take charge of their own olitical destinies. Education, he tells Paul Stanistreet, is a fundamental part of that process |
| We’re giving businesses a choice As it enters its second year, Train to Gain, the Government’s flagship training programme, is succeeding in meeting the needs of businesses across the country, says LSC Skills Director David Way |
| ‘My stammer doesn’t have to define me’ For the first time ever, an adult education college has been awarded the prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize. Rachel Everard explains why City Lit’s work with adults who stammer has won recognition |
| Gateway to improvement Quality is not being improved throughout the adult learning sector in the way it needs to be. That’s why the QIA has decided to make all its good practice guidance accessible in one online service, writes Andrew Thomson |
| Storybook soldiers Paul Stanistreet reports on a project that uses storytelling to maintain and strengthen links between British soldiers away on operations and their families |
| Building family capital Could the concept of ‘family capital’ offer a way of expressing outcomes of family learning not captured by qualifications? Penny Lamb opens up the debate |
| The independent learner Realising the potential for learning of information and communication technology depends on individuals becoming independent learners, argues Alan Clarke |
| There’s some good news… Adult learning and skills provision is showing signs of continuing improvement, according to Ofsted’s Annual Report for 2006-7. But there is still some way to go, writes Kate Watters Sang Tan/AP/PA Photos |
