The Welsh government has taken steps to ensure that the Welsh language plays a more prominent role in welcoming refugees and migrants.
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In this area, much of the work of being educated is only indirectly tied to the schooling experience.
It takes time and sustained effort to learn a language. Students need to find enjoyment to sustain their learning – and that’s how songs can make a difference.
Non-swimming adults must first get familiar with the different sensations in and underwater.
Want to observe native bees? Or seek out invasive species? There are many ways to get hands-on science learning. An expert on adult STEM education suggests four places to start.
A few notable successes, but could do better.
Funding cuts of up to 24% for adult education should provoke a re-imagining of how it is organised.
One in three adults in the UK – or 16m people – rarely or never read for pleasure. A new survey of 4,164 adults, including both those who read and those who don’t, found that adults who read for just 20…
With England once again in the spotlight for having poor adult skills, it’s timely that we have a new report from MPs calling for a campaign to fix the problem. But while there is lots of evidence out…
A new report from the think-tank Demos is calling for a new national strategy for the way we teach English to migrants in the UK. Its researchers point to 850,000 people in the most recent census who said…
Brain plasticity could be increased by watching videos of basic tasks before performing them, strengthening motor skills…
Adults in England have a very unequal spread of basic skills – some are highly skilled while others do poorly at literacy and numeracy tests. It’s likely that entrenched inequality in our education system…
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Professor of Adult Learning and Literacy, Lancaster University
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Professor of Teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages, University of Leeds
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Senior Lecturer in Welsh, Swansea University
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, Aberystwyth University
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Professor of Comparative Social Science Director of ESRC Research Centre on Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies (LLAKES), UCL
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Professor of ESOL, University of South Wales
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Senior lecturer - Education Studies, Bath Spa University
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Professor in English Literature, University of Liverpool
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Professor Emeritus, Lifelong Learning, University of Stirling
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English Language Instructor, University of Cyprus, and PhD Graduate, Charles Sturt University
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Associate Professor of Education, Charles Sturt University
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Senior Lecturer, University of East Anglia
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PhD student, University of East Anglia
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Associate Professor of Creative Arts and Technology, Charles Sturt University
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Associate professor; Associate director, Colorado State University
