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Adults Learning is essential reading for adult education practitioners and policy makers, offering an informed mix of news, analysis, expert commentary and feature writing, dedicated to adult learning. Published 10 times a year, each issue is filled with in-depth and topical articles written by leading practitioners and experts in the field.

 

Contents of current issue (June 2010):

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Commentary: Echoes of the Learning Age

The new minister responsible for adult learning faces significant challenges in securing the resources he will need to deliver his generous vision. He could do worse than start by encouraging employers to do more to pay their way, writes Alan Tuckett

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Breaking the age barrier

Education can be a fantastic way of dealing with the life-changing transitions of the ‘fourth age’, says Jane Vass. Policymakers need to look closely at the benefits of learning for the over-75s

Learning to manage change in the third age

Natasha Innocent considers what lifelong learning – and museums, libraries and archives, in particular – can do to help people in the third age manage the transition from fulltime work to a mix of work, caring or volunteering

We need radical new thinking on training

With four out of five people who will be working in 2020 already in the workforce, we need to improve access to training now. The challenge is to create a framework of obligations, incentives and statutory rights which prevents bad employers undercutting the good, says Tom Wilson

The future is theirs so let them have their say

We need to create structures and systems which support young people’s participation and influence even if, in so doing, we diminish our own. They deserve the chance to shape their own futures, writes Fiona Blacke

Where now for adult learning?

With £6 billion of public spending reductions already on the table, and far deeper cuts inevitable, what are the prospects for adult learning in the new Parliament? We asked some of our regular contributors what they expected and what they would like to see

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Learning for a stronger society

Education spending underpins social and economic progress. It’s vital that ministers recognise it as a solution to creating a fairer and more inclusive society in tough economic times, and not just another cost, says Tricia Hartley

Making the good society work

If David Cameron’s ‘big society’ is to embrace all our citizens, and not just the most articulate, confident and best-networked, it will present a challenging and exciting agenda for adult learning, argues John Field

Learning for life

In 10 years of supporting adult education and training, the European Commission’s Grundtvig programme has worked with hundreds of learning organisations in the UK and engaged thousands of learners. With Europe striving to be the world’s leading knowledge-based economy, it has never been more relevant, writes Jane Nimmo

Learners at the heart of improvement

On 1 July, Estyn, the education and training inspectorate for Wales, launches its new inspection framework for adult community learning, promising a more streamlined process with a new focus on learner voice. Enid Hankins, Estyn’s lead inspector for the area, considers the challenges and practical implications for providers

 

 

 

 

 

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