{"id":182,"date":"2012-03-15T15:12:40","date_gmt":"2012-03-15T14:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.futuretrend.co.uk\/blog\/?p=182"},"modified":"2012-03-15T15:20:45","modified_gmt":"2012-03-15T14:20:45","slug":"public-informal-adult-community-learning-consultation-findings-published","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.futuretrend.co.uk\/blog\/public-informal-adult-community-learning-consultation-findings-published\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Informal Adult Community Learning consultation findings published"},"content":{"rendered":"

The views of thousands of people on the future for informal adult and community learning have been published in a NIACE report<\/a> of a public consultation, commissioned as part of a wider government consultation on further education.<\/p>\n

6,306 individuals and 227 groups from diverse backgrounds across England responded to the consultation. They said that:<\/p>\n

\u2022 people want to learn a wide range of different topics and most prefer to learn in a class with a paid tutor;
\n\u2022 most people who can afford to pay are willing to pay fees if they think they are fair and affordable;
\n\u2022 most people agree with using fees to cross-subsidise learning, so that people with higher incomes pay more and those with low incomes pay low fees or nothing;
\n\u2022 over a quarter of people who replied are keen to help organise learning activities in their local area or workplace or to get involved as learning champions; and
\n\u2022 most people who replied believe that local people should be involved in making decisions, but disagree with \u2018tokenism’ – they want a real voice and influence in decisions about the learning in their area.<\/p>\n

Review of Informal Adult and Community Learning – Download full report<\/a><\/p>\n

courtesy of
\nElina Kumpina
\nCurriculum and Quality Co-ordinator
\nEnfield Community Learning Service
\nEnfield Council
\n1st Floor Marsh House
\n500 Montagu Road
\nEdmonton
\nN9 0UR<\/p>\n<\/span>