This government should rebuild adult education as a democratic bulwark

Summary

John Holford , Alan Wells , Jol Miskin and Isobel Hunter Readers respond to an editorial that championed the freedom to learn at any age Your editorial makes a strong case for lifelong adult education ( The Guardian view on adult education: learning should be for all ages, 25 October ). But like the report by the all party parliamentary group on further education that it refers to, it overlooks one vital dimension: we need adult education to defend democracy. For most of the last century, adult education’s role in creating democratic civil society was widely accepted, not least by…

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