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"When British Steel Corporation closed the Shotton steelmaking plant in 1980, thousands went on the dole with very little idea about their future." In fact, just over 8,000 were made redu...ndant and together with a number of other factory closures in the area, the result has been a level of unemployment which is the highest in Wales, standing in mid-1983 at over 17% of the adult population. What has been the response of educational authorities to this immense social dislocation? From the "counselling" offered to newly redundant steel workers to new initiatives in informal community education, a range of measures is discussed. Much of the effort so far has been envisaged as being shortterm emergency provision, but a high level of educational need seems to have been revealed. What will be the long term prospects for adult education in Clwyd?
"When British Steel Corporation closed the Shotton steelmaking plant in 1980, thousands went on the dole with very little idea about their future." In fact, just over 8,000 were made redu...ndant and together with a number of other factory closures in the area, the result has been a level of unemployment which is the highest in Wales, standing in mid-1983 at over 17% of the adult population. What has been the response of educational authorities to this immense social dislocation? From the "counselling" offered to newly redundant steel workers to new initiatives in informal community education, a range of measures is discussed. Much of the effort so far has been envisaged as being shortterm emergency provision, but a high level of educational need seems to have been revealed. What will be the long term prospects for adult education in Clwyd?
| Module code and title: | E200, Contemporary issues in education |
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| Item code: | E200; 20; 1983 |
| First transmission date: | 27-09-1983 |
| Published: | 1983 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:30 |
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| Producer: | Edward Milner |
| Contributors: | Ross Ferguson; Jack Williams; Monty Hughes; Michael Williams; Marion Graham; Colin Sheen; John Howard Davies; Kathy Growcott; Barbara Turnbull; Jean Basu; Brendan McCloughlin |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Adult education; Bagillt Gardening Club; Community education; Deeside High School Community Wing; Unemployment |
| Master spool number: | HOU4511 |
| Production number: | FOUE152W |
| Videofinder number: | 539 |
| Available to public: | no |
