Parents children and adult learning

Campaign for Learning has today (5th July 2022) published a new policy paper: ‘Parents, Children and Adult Learning – Family Learning Policy in the 2020s’

It examines the important links between learning and family life, and how these can be harnessed to support a wide range of positive outcomes, including children’s education, family wellbeing, and adult skills and employment.

‘Parents, Children and Adult Learning – Family Learning Policy in the 2020s’ is a collection of 16 articles by leading experts from organisations spanning the fields of school and further education, adult learning, community services, wellbeing, innovation and technology.

The authors make recommendations on how parents can be engaged and supported to improve education outcomes for children, as well as the wider role of intergenerational learning and community support in delivering better outcomes for all family members.
Authors in Parents, Children and Adult Learning – Family Learning Policy in the 2020s

Sam Freedman, Research Fellow, Institute of Government
Lee Elliot-Major, Professor of Social Mobility, University of Exeter
Adrian Burt, Founder, MarvellousMe
Noni Csogor, Research and Policy Manager, Sixth Form Colleges Association
Lesley Thain, Head of Career Programmes, Gatsby Foundation
Kerry-Jane Packman, Executive Director, Parentkind
Louise Bazalgette, Deputy Director, Nesta
Tom Harbour, Chief Executive, Learning with Parents
Aoife O’Higgins, Director of Research, What Works for Children’s Social Care
Sarah Porretta, Insights Director, Money and Pensions Service
Christine Myhill, National Chair, ASCEL
Katie Easey, Director of Education: Community Learning, WEA
Professor Alison Clark-Wilson, Chair, and Lucy Davis, Chief Executive, Maths on Toast – the family maths charity
Nancy Hey, Chief Executive, What Works Centre for Wellbeing
Susan Pember, Policy Director, HOLEX
Juliette Collier, National Director, and John Beattie, Deputy Director (Families), Campaign for Learning