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Learning in later life
— a public spending challenge | | Author(s) | Andrew Harrop, Stephen McNair, Jim Soulsby |
| Corporate Author | NIACE - National Institute of Adult Continuing Education; Age Concern England - ACE; Centre for Research into the Older Workforce (CROW), University of Surrey |
| Publisher | NIACE, Leicester, 2006 |
| Pages | 38 pp |
| Source | NIACE, 21 De Montfort Street, Leicester LE1 7GE. www.niace.org.uk |
| Keywords | Training [elderly workers] ; Adult Education ; Employment of older people ; Social policy ; Public expenditure. |
| Annotation | The government is assessing future spending priorities and goals during autumn 2006, in preparation for a Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) in 2007. "Learning in later life" reviews existing policies, and comments on how government strategies and spending decisions on skills and ageing are often made in isolation from each other. The authors discuss two main themes. The first - learning for work - stresses how training can help extend working life, by giving older people the skills to move back into work, retain their jobs, or move on to new challenges. Put another way, will there be enough older workers in 2020, and will these workers have the right skills? The second - learning for life and access to education in retirement - considers the benefits to physical and mental health, well-being, self-confidence and increased community activity. While government is recognising the 'invest to save' arguments as ways of off-setting health and social care needs, there are barriers to participation in learning such as transport problems and reduced availability of learning opportunities. In all, under-participation by older workers in training and older people in learning requires government attention in the forthcoming CSR. A short summary document (5 pp) is also available. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-061115001 B |
| Classmark | GF: GP: GC: TM2: WN8 |
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