Workplace literacy schemes are too short to improve skills

Courtesy http://www.eurekalert.org/rss/business.xml  Tue, 11/24/2009 - 23:00

(Economic & Social Research Council) The government's Skills for Life initiative has not significantly improved literacy or the economic performance of participating companies, despite what policymakers believe.

These are the findings of the UK's first study of basic skills learning in the workplace, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.

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