Out to the People

Synopsis: The problems of access and outreach are examined in the context of two contrasting projects. The first looks at Waltham Forest, an outer London borough, where there is high-density housing, high unemployment and little money, and an ethnically diverse population. Various initiatives have been designed to enable would-be adult students. The film looks at the benefits and problems of these initiatives through interviews with both providers and students. A scheme in West Lothian, Scotland, now defunct, centred on an poor area with high unemployment, but with the added problem of little or no transport and a widely dispersed population. As before, the evidence of the scheme is in the words of the people involved.
Series: Learning Through Life: Education and Training Beyond School, Course Eh266
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.
Year of production: 1993
Availability: Off-air recording licence
Sale; 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Subjects: Education
Keywords: adult education; equality of opportunity

Producer

Pip Surgey

Cast

John Deery

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