... social exclusion is characterised by a lack of education, employment and community involvement and failure to acquire basic skills. The report highlighted the fact that further education needed to play a vital role in order to bring about change. In response to the Kennedy report the UK Government published a Green Paper "The Learning Age" which stated: "Learning is the key to prosperity...to achieve stable and sustainable growth, we will need a well-educated, well-equipped and adaptable labour force; we must ensure that people can return to learning throughout their lives..." Shortly after these reports The Moser Report, 'A Fresh Start' (1999) identified that approximately 7 million adults in Britain have inadequate levels of literacy and/or numeracy. The effect of this lack of 'basic skills' is two-fold. Firstly there is the knock-on effect on the economy; in order to compete internationally we need a well-educated, flexible workforce. Secondly, on an individual level, if ...

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