General Article Economic fears get more adults learning

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The proportion of adults who are currently learning, or have done so in the last three years, has risen by four per cent: from 39 per cent in 2009 to 43 per cent in 2010, its highest level for ten years. People in and out of work are reporting record levels of wanting to learn since these surveys started 20 years ago.
The UK-wide survey of nearly 5,000 adults – A Change for the Better – from NIACE, also reports that:

  • current participation, having fallen to its lowest levels for a decade in ...

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