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Direct linkMelia, Ed – Adults Learning, 2010
As part of its "Learning Revolution" plan for informal adult learning, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills asked NIACE to write guidance materials for managers of care homes about the impact learning is having--in the care homes that provide activities--on the residents and the staff. It became clear in the course of the…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Informal Education, Foreign Countries, Older Adults
Tuckett, Alan; Aldridge, Fiona – Adults Learning, 2011
The key message of NIACE's 2011 survey of adult participation in learning is that recession is bad for lifelong learning for anyone over the age of 25. The survey highlights the central importance of workplaces as sites of adult learning--and the challenges posed to a learning society when opportunities to learn reduce. It shows that the gap…
Descriptors: Social Class, Adult Education, Lifelong Learning, Adult Learning
Innocent, Natasha – Adults Learning, 2010
Everyone is living through a period of considerable demographic change, which is predicted to continue and escalate. People are living longer and, generally, healthier lives, and the lifelong learning system in the UK needs to catch-up with this new reality. There is a need for a much more flexible approach that offers choice and opportunities to…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Older Adults, Museums, Archives
Groombridge, Brian – Adults Learning, 2008
Foresight reports are meant to help "decision-makers" understand the possible future effects of their decisions. "Visions of the future", based on "robust science", should be used by policymakers "to inform government policy and strategy, and to improve how science and technology are used within government and by society". They are also intended…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Older Adults, Public Policy, Lifelong Learning
Taylor, Richard – Adults Learning, 2008
"Informal Adult Learning: Shaping the Way Ahead," the Government's consultation on the future of informal adult learning in England, was launched by Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, John Denham, on January 15, 2007. The consultation invites respondents to help shape "a new vision for informal adult…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Adult Learning, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
Janssen, Rosalind – Adults Learning, 2004
In this article the author discusses the learning and support needs of older women who, because they cared for elderly relatives, found it difficult to attend classes. She contends that there exists a gap in awareness and equal opportunities provision. In an in-depth investigation of the Government's new Access to Learning Fund (ALF) in relation…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Older Adults, Females, Caregivers
