General Chat

That is another aspect worth due consideration.I suppose the majority of skills required for the current job market need regular updating for Health & Safety or the ever changing Internet.
Unless employers are prepared to fund this & the Government continue making these cuts it is very worrying that the right to adult education will be lost.

would love to go back to school
Jenxx

HI YA
IKNOW
NOT GOOD AT SPELLING PUNUATION ANYTHING
I WRITE AS I SPEAK,.
BUT I WOULD LOVE TO BE A GENEALOGIST

BUT ITS SO EXPENSIVE AND ALONG TIME

I've just realised my name as changed and i havnt altered it

its saying joan..but ive always posted jgee ..

think i may go with carol on that.my pc skills are awfull.lolol.
and maybe history .but both purely for selfish reasons .

I went to evening classes & got IT qualifications in my 50's, am constantly having to do updates to my qualifications so as to be able to continue working part time now that I have retired.

Never too old to learn ... there were several in my IT group who were in their 70's.

yes i would ..history and biology...

I must admit Kay???? since I've been living here & seeing my partner's son working towards his Degree-it has crossed my mind.

I was lucky because i got funding for it, not a huge amount but enough to manage. The college took students over the age of 21...a 'second chance' for so many different people, those who had retired, those who were unemployed, had little schooling, been or were carers etc...

The OU still provide bursaries I believe, if you can't afford the cost. I know several people who have gone in for degrees that way, building up to it over a period of years as and when they can afford the money and/ or the time.

But given the opportunity is there a subject you'd like to study?
Like Muffy wanting to do History?
A lot of Education Authorities are eager for people to take the "old style" subjects as opposed to for instance TV & Media?

No,but I would go back to school to update my English and General Literacy skills,even though the Government has cut funding for adult learning.

would you,?

nahhhhhh .not at 51 .not much point.my spellings not bad .i get by.

Well lets hope the funding is available.
There was a young man on who will not be able to complete his qualification so thats two years wasted & no Certificate to show for it.

No hated shool ..through bullies..

but passed with top grades

I'd like to go back to college to study History.

Maybe once the girls are older.....

Oh good a debate :)

Aren't we lucky to be in the situation we are as opposed to the young adults of today who are going to lose their education half way through a course.It must be heartbreaking.
A College in Walsall is losing 1.5 million off it's Adult education budget.

No, I don't need to, I did go to college as a mature student though and took a diploma course in English Literature and History just for 'fun' :)) and it was!

No, I wouldn't, I am perfectly happy with my English Language and English Literacy O'levels thanks.

How about you?

I have no need because I wouldn't spell school with a capital letter!

No I would not - I received top marks in both at A Level standard :O)