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Direct linkMcTaggart, Breda; Walsh, Orla – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2013
Adult learners, and women in particular, have to combat a number of specific barriers to participate in lifelong learning opportunities. Frequently, delivery modes of adult learning programmes do not take these varying demands into consideration (McCulloch & Stokes, 2008). However, when they do, positive results ensue. This case study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Access to Education, Barriers
Dowling, Linda; Ryan, Orna – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2007
In recent years, many "traditional" Higher Education Institutes (HEI's) have been seeking to increase the participation of "non-traditional" learners. In the context of this paper, "traditional" institutions are those which mainly offer programmes on a full-time day basis for school leavers and…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Adult Learning, Business Education, Case Studies
Brady, Berni; McCauley, Fiona – 1999
A 6-month consultation process was conducted to identify changes needed in Ireland's system of adult education in the era of lifelong learning. The following issues were addressed: (1) financial barriers for adults wishing to return to education; (2) the lack of access to mainstream programs of education and training; (3) the lack of information…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accreditation (Institutions), Adult Education, Adult Educators
