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Informal learning: Youth work and further education must join up

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Success factors in informal learning: young adults' experiences of literacy, language and numeracy calls for learning providers and youth services to work together to develop more tailored learning resources for disengaged 16- to 25-year-olds.

Bethia McNeil, project officer for the Young Adults Learning Partnership and the report's co-author, said: "While the existing programmes encompass people aged 16 and over, they are often more appropriate to those aged 30 and over."

The report, to be launched on 14 December at the Institute of Education, is the result of a two-year project carried out by the Young Adults Learning Partnership, a joint initiative between the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education and The National Youth Agency.

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