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Learning: For All. For Life. A report from the Independent Review of Community Learning and Development (CLD)

Published: 17 July 2024
From: Director of Lifelong Learning and Skills, +1 more … Minister for Higher and Further Education; and Minister for Veterans
Directorate: Lifelong Learning and Skills Directorate
Topic: Children and families, Communities and third sector, Constitution and democracy, +7 more … Cost of living crisis, Education, Equality and rights, Health and social care, Public sector, Ukraine, Work and skills
ISBN: 9781836013723

This is the Report of the Independent Review of Community Learning and Development (CLD), which was led by Kate Still. The Independent Review began in December 2023 and was commissioned by the Minister for Higher and Further Education; and Veterans.

Supporting documents

Footnotes

1 Scottish Education Department. (1975). Adult Education: the challenge of change. Report by a Committee of Inquiry (the Alexander Report). Edinburgh: HMSO.

2 Meeting of the Parliament: 05/12/2023 | Scottish Parliament Website

3 Communities Change Through Learning (Osler Report) Edinburgh: HMSO, 1998

4 Independent Review of Community Learning and Development: terms of reference – gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

5 Putting Learners at the Centre: Towards a Future Vision for Scottish Education – gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

6 Fit for the Future: developing a post-school learning system to fuel economic transformation: Skills Delivery Landscape Review – Final Report (www.gov.scot)

7 It’s Our Future – Independent Review of Qualifications and Assessment: report – gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

8 Purpose and Principles for Post-School Education, Research and Skills (www.gov.scot)

9 National Performance Framework | National Performance Framework

10 Consultation with Parliament in connection with the Review of National Outcomes | National Performance Framework

11 Christie Commission on the future delivery of public services – gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

12 Migration and population – Building a New Scotland: migration to Scotland after independence – gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

13 Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2020-23 (data.gov.scot)

14 Chapter 6: The Impact on the Delivery of Public and Third Sector Services – The Cost of Living Crisis in Scotland: analytical report – gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

15 Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2020-23 (data.gov.scot)

16 Ibid.

17 Blog: ‘Digital by default’ – what a digital society might mean for older people (agescotland.org.uk); ehrc_submission__scottish_government_digital_strategy_consultation_dec_2020.docx (live.com)

18 Counting the cost of obesity in Scotland | Nesta

19 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) waiting times – Quarter ending December 2023 – Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) waiting times – Publications – Public Health Scotland

20 Scotland’s Census 2022 – Rounded population estimates | Scotland’s Census (scotlandscensus.gov.uk)

21 Section 3 – Our starting point: How connected are we now? – Social isolation and loneliness: Recovering our Connections 2023 to 2026 – gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

22 See European Commission (2014). Working with young people: the value of youth work in the European Union. youth-work-report_en.pdf (europa.eu) and McGregor, C. (2015). Universal Youth Work: A Critical Review of the Literature. University of Edinburgh. Youth_Work_Literature_Review_Final_May_2015.pdf (ed.ac.uk)

23 Scottish Survey of Adult Literacies 2009: Report of Findings (ioe.ac.uk)

24 Revealed: First ever detailed map of UK numeracy skills | National Numeracy

25 Executive Summary – Closing the poverty-related attainment gap: progress report 2016 to 2021 – gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

26 Improving outcomes for young people through school education (audit.scot)

27 Borgonovi, F. and Pokropek, A. (2021). The evolution of socio-economic disparities in literacy skills from age 15 to age 27 in 20 countries. Br Educ Res Journal, 47: pp.1560 – 1586. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3738; Bruine de Bruin W, Slovic P. Low numeracy is associated with poor financial well-being around the world. PLoS One, 22;16(11):e0260378. Low numeracy is associated with poor financial well-being around the world – PubMed (nih.gov)

28 Why we can’t wait for progress on closing the attainment gap (savethechildren.org.uk)

29 Summary Statistics for Schools in Scotland 2023 Supplementary Statistics Published – gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

30 Classes and pupils – Summary statistics for schools in Scotland 2023 – gov.scot (www.gov.scot) Introduction – Pupils with complex additional support needs: research into provision – gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

31 Council and school funding (ifs.org.uk)

32 Scottish Budget: 2024 to 2025 – gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

33 Ibid.

34 Ibid.

35 Report on Local Authority Community Learning and Development Budget Allocation 2023/24 (cldstandardscouncil.org.uk)

36 Scottish Budget: 2024 to 2025 – gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

37 Ibid.

38 Ibid.

39 Course: Influencing Change: CLD in Scotland, 2001-2015 (i-develop-cld.org.uk)