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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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| Language: | en |
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1997
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED409451 |
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| contents | Unlock a Brighter Future. Adult Learning. Adult Education Adult Learning Adult Programs Adult Students Case Studies Continuing Education Counseling Services Disabilities Distance Education Educational Opportunities Employment Patterns Employment Qualifications Foreign Countries Higher Education Job Search Methods Labor Force Development Open Universities Self Employment Special Education Special Needs Students Student Financial Aid Study Abroad Technical Institutes Two Year Colleges Unemployment This guide, which is intended for adults in the United Kingdom, contains information about the educational and employment opportunities available to them. The following topics are discussed in the guide's 11 sections: assessing one's own learning skills and identifying available learning opportunities; locating sources of educational and career guidance (career services, training enterprise councils, local enterprise councils, helplines, and computer software); assessing existing skills and educational and career goals; deciding how and where to learn (library programs, volunteer programs, further education and tertiary colleges, adult residential colleges, open universities, distance learning, employee development schemes); locating learning opportunities for unemployed individuals (adult training for work, programs for ex-offenders, programs for disabled adults, services for single parents, tips on job hunting); understanding the qualification system (National Vocational Qualifications, Scottish Vocational Qualifications; General National Vocational Qualifications, awarding bodies); and learning in Europe (study holidays, courses based at United Kingdom universities, courses at European universities); and funding education and training (awards, student loans, career development loans, tax relief, funds for study in Europe); and identifying ways of working (part-time working, flexible working, time-term working, job sharing, career breaks); and opting for self-employment. Numerous checklists and case studies of adult students are included throughout the guide. (MN) |
| format | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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| institution | ERIC Institute of Education Sciences |
| language | en |
| publishDate | 1997 |
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| spellingShingle | Unlock a Brighter Future. Adult Learning. Adult Education Adult Learning Adult Programs Adult Students Case Studies Continuing Education Counseling Services Disabilities Distance Education Educational Opportunities Employment Patterns Employment Qualifications Foreign Countries Higher Education Job Search Methods Labor Force Development Open Universities Self Employment Special Education Special Needs Students Student Financial Aid Study Abroad Technical Institutes Two Year Colleges Unemployment Unlock a Brighter Future. Adult Learning. Adult Education Adult Learning Adult Programs Adult Students Case Studies Continuing Education Counseling Services Disabilities Distance Education Educational Opportunities Employment Patterns Employment Qualifications Foreign Countries Higher Education Job Search Methods Labor Force Development Open Universities Self Employment Special Education Special Needs Students Student Financial Aid Study Abroad Technical Institutes Two Year Colleges Unemployment This guide, which is intended for adults in the United Kingdom, contains information about the educational and employment opportunities available to them. The following topics are discussed in the guide's 11 sections: assessing one's own learning skills and identifying available learning opportunities; locating sources of educational and career guidance (career services, training enterprise councils, local enterprise councils, helplines, and computer software); assessing existing skills and educational and career goals; deciding how and where to learn (library programs, volunteer programs, further education and tertiary colleges, adult residential colleges, open universities, distance learning, employee development schemes); locating learning opportunities for unemployed individuals (adult training for work, programs for ex-offenders, programs for disabled adults, services for single parents, tips on job hunting); understanding the qualification system (National Vocational Qualifications, Scottish Vocational Qualifications; General National Vocational Qualifications, awarding bodies); and learning in Europe (study holidays, courses based at United Kingdom universities, courses at European universities); and funding education and training (awards, student loans, career development loans, tax relief, funds for study in Europe); and identifying ways of working (part-time working, flexible working, time-term working, job sharing, career breaks); and opting for self-employment. Numerous checklists and case studies of adult students are included throughout the guide. (MN) |
| title | Unlock a Brighter Future. Adult Learning. |
| topic | Adult Education Adult Learning Adult Programs Adult Students Case Studies Continuing Education Counseling Services Disabilities Distance Education Educational Opportunities Employment Patterns Employment Qualifications Foreign Countries Higher Education Job Search Methods Labor Force Development Open Universities Self Employment Special Education Special Needs Students Student Financial Aid Study Abroad Technical Institutes Two Year Colleges Unemployment |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED409451 |