Wider Benefits of Learning

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Wider Benefits of Learning

• Alan Tuckett
• 13th July 2006

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Economic Modernisation
Social Inclusion
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2 in 3 of the jobs of the next 10 years will be
filled by adults
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Who will fill the jobs?

• part-time and temporary workers
• older workers
• migrants
• women outside the labour force especially from
  ethnic minority groups
• people on welfare benefits - especially
  incapacity benefit
• ex-offenders
• adults with literacy and numeracy skills below
  entry level 2

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Wider benefits

• prolongs active citizenship
• inhibits onset of Alzheimers
• learners 13 more likely to give up smoking
• learners 34 increase in racial tolerance
• learners much less likely to be politically
  cynical
• learners less dissatisfied with their lives

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Learning has these impacts

• whatever your prior education
• whatever your social class

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Target culture

• skills for life targets
• level 3
• h.e. 50 18-30s
• participation target
• then
• level 2

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As well as securing our economic future,
learning has a wider contribution. It helps make
ours a civilised society, develops the spiritual
side of our lives and promotes active
citizenship. Learning enables people to play a
full part in their community. It strengthens the
family, the neighbourhood and consequently the
nation. It helps us fulfil our potential and
opens doors to a love of music, art and
literature. That is why we value learning for its
own sake as well as for the equality of
opportunity it brings David Blunkett
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meritocracy
priorities for public funding
democracy