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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 4 times a year in print and digitally, each issue is filled with in-depth and topical articles written by leading practitioners and experts in the field.
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Contents of current issue (Summer 2012):
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Still learning after all these years
Adult Learners’ Week, the UK’s annual celebration of the achievements of adult learners and the impact learning has had on their lives, is twenty-one this year. A survey of past winners demonstrates the long-term impact learning can have, not only on individual lives, but on families and communities, writes Paul Stanistreet
An idea whose time had come
As the twenty-first Adult Learners’ Week gets underway, Alan Tuckett reflects on the origins of the week and the elements that have made it a longrunning success
The confidence to make a difference
Ely is one of the most deprived areas in the UK, with a bad reputation for crime, poverty and educational under-achievement. But a group of mums from Ely’s most disadvantaged neighbourhood have shown how learning can help grow the confidence and self-belief people need to change their lives and revive their communities. Paul Stanistreet reports
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‘Reading Blake can change your life’
Dismissed as ‘brainless’ at school, Alan Markland’s one saving grace was his ability to read. It grew into a passion for books and reading which survived years of alcoholism and eventual homelessness. He was in his sixties when he began to realise his true vocation as a writer, he tells Paul Stanistreet
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Helping ourselves, helping others
Jonathan Rose’s account of working-class adult education reminds us of the hugely impressive efforts of nineteenth and twentieth century adult learners, and of how they helped each other to learn, writes Tom Schuller
Making an adult careers service work
With the launch of the new National Careers Service, adult guidance appears to be getting the attention it deserves. But we will have to find ways to demonstrate its impact if it is to survive future Treasury scrutiny, warns Stephen McNair
Closing time?
Pubs often play an important role at the heart of their communities, offering spaces for social networking and civic participation. But with an average of 14 pubs closing in Britain each week, community pubs need more public support, argues Rick Muir
Continental drift
With little acknowledgement of demographic change or the role of non-formal education, the European Commission’s redesign of its education and training programmes looks like a bundle of missed opportunities, writes John Field
‘We need to make it easier for people to change their lives’
Ruth Spellman joins the Workers’ Educational Association with a reputation for driving change in the organisations she leads. But, she tells Paul Stanistreet, her first priority will be to listen to staff and to think about how the WEA’s founding mission can be revived for the twenty-first century
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Helping neighbourhoods help themselves
There is renewed political interest in helping communities do more for themselves. New research shows that bringing neighbourhood working and learning together can strengthen active citizenship and help make the localism agenda a reality, writes Liz Richardson
To grade or not to grade
The grading of lesson observations is a burning issue in further education. While tutors accept the need for accountability, grading lessons can undermine professional relationships and create a climate of fear in institutions, where even experienced staff can be reluctant to take risks in their teaching, says Frank Coffield
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The trouble with professionals
A sense of vocation and the ability to work autonomously should be at the heart of being a ‘professional’ in the further education sector. Yet, all too often, institutions are unable or unwilling to do more than pay lip service to their tutors’ professional autonomy, writes Bea Groves
Inspiring a life full of learning
Secrets and Words, the BBC’s daytime drama series exploring issues related to adult literacy, is part of the corporation’s long-term commitment to literacy
learning. Its multi-disciplinary approach provides an exciting model for future work, says John Ludlam
It’s about more than getting a job
An innovative HE employability award, which looks beyond narrow vocational definitions of skills and encourages participants to become ‘career researchers’ rather than passive recipients of information, demonstrates the benefits of a wider, more personalised approach to skills development, argues Wayne Clark
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