Learning and caring
Just a couple of items, before I disappear for a couple of weeks, trekking in the Himalayas (yes, lucky me). First, here's a chart from the Learning & Work Institute's useful data on adult learning. LWI monitors what's going on every year or two; as well as measuring participation levels by all kinds of factor (age, class etc), they ask about the benefits of learning: to the person's job; to their health and wellbeing, and to gaining qualifications. The chart below shows the results on this last one: whether the learning that men and women engage in leads to qualifications, or to more learning. The final column shows a big…
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