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Direct linkTovey, Roger – Adults Learning, 2005
The author worked at the sharp end of the steel industry for 25 years having left school with a few O-levels at 16, feeling he had not done well. As an adult learner he re-discovered his academic ability and returned to learning with the Open University in 1977, emerging in 1982 with a 2:1 in Social Sciences. Leaving the steel industry, he took a…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Industry, Industrial Training, Adult Students
