Adult Education: vision, reality and policy
Posted: June 13, 2012 Filed under: Grundtvig | Tags: adult education, adult learners' week, Adult Learning, alw, Ecorys, Further Education, grundtvig, llpukecorys, NIACE, policy, student loans 1 Comment »You may have seen us tweeting during May about a range of activities taking place across the UK to celebrate Adult Learners Week.
So with my fifteen years of experience working in the field of disadvantage and having a particular interest in the topic of adult education, off I went on the train to the ‘Adult Learners’ Week Policy Conference; Widening Participation in Adult Education: vision, reality and policy’, to see for myself what is happening.
Despite the damp weather, the atmosphere in the conference hall was lively, The 2012 Adult Learners Week Awards celebrations had taken place the day before, so there was lots of feel good factor about adult education and anticipation of hearing from an impressive line up of speakers talk about their visions for the future of widening participation in adult learning. Read the rest of this entry »
