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Hope, Ronald – Adult Education (London), 1973
Author suggests that the mid-forties might be an opportune time for a pre-pre-retirement'' course, and that prospective retirees should be encouraged to retrain. (DS)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employment Experience, Retirement, Retraining
Hirsch, Hyman – Adult Education (London), 1973
The author, director of the Institute for Retired Professionals in New York, describes activities of the association. (DS)
Descriptors: Professional Personnel, Professional Training, Program Descriptions, Retirement
Wood, Jeffery – Adult Education (London), 1987
The author describes Adult Preparation Training, a short-term course sponsored by the Manpower Services Commission. The course is designed to help unemployed people find their way into satisfying employment. (Author/CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Dislocated Workers, Foreign Countries, Job Search Methods
Munns, Roger; Furnborough, Peter – Adult Education (London), 1986
The authors describe a retraining scheme designed especially for ethnic minorities, whose problems include gaps in basic education and a lack of awareness of opportunities. (Author/CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Dislocated Workers, Employment Opportunities
Senior, Barbara – Adult Education (London), 1984
The author examines the present educational provision for unemployed adults, in the light of its relevance to their needs, and draws attention to the Open University's (Great Britain) work in this field. The author also discusses the effects of unemployment and assumptions about unemployment. (CT)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Creativity, Dislocated Workers
Robinson, John – Adult Education (London), 1979
This is the second of a two-part article identifying various deprived groups and contributions which educational broadcasting might make to help them. Author gives examples of ways that the broadcasting services of many countries are trying to overcome some problems of deprivation. (Author/CSS)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Agency Cooperation
Robinson, John – Adult Education (London), 1979
Notes that although much has been written about widening access to recurrent education during the 1970s, much less has actually been done. Identifies the educationally and socially deprived and states the problems which educational broadcasting could help to overcome for these groups. (Author/CSS)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Disabilities, Disadvantaged