It Doesn't Get Any Better: the Impact of Poor Basic Skills on the Lives of 37-Year-Olds / The Learning Divide: a Study of Participation in Adult Learning in the United Kingdom

It Doesn't Get Any Better: the Impact of Poor Basic Skills on the Lives of 37-Year-- Olds J. Bynner and S. Parsons The Basic Skills Agency ISBN 18 5990 068 1997 L6.50 (summary free)

The Learning Divide: a Study of Participation in Adult Learning in the United Kingdom N. Sargant, with J. Field, H. Francis, T. Schuller and A. Tuckett MACE ISBN 186201 0161 1997 L20

Social class is moving back towards the top of the political and educational agenda. Both of these reports highlight social class as the primary reason for non-participation in adult learning, and as a cause of low skills and consequential social exclusion. The learning revolution seems to have completely bypassed significant numbers within the United Kingdom.

The Learning Divide is a powerful statistical analysis of the state of adult...