Introduction

Increasing social mobility and personal resilience

The way that we work is changing, and it’s changing fast.

We all share a collective desire to ensure that more working-age adults are prepared for this change and given the skills to become more resilient members of society.

More and more educators are adapting the way they deliver training and breaking down the barriers to education, which brings noticeable benefits for their business and, more importantly, to their learners.

“Inclusive education is not merely a way of integrating more learners into mainstream education, but rather an approach that can transform education systems in order to meet the needs and diversity of learners.”

Education can provide huge opportunities, and we can create learning environments where no one feels excluded from achieving success. Increasing inclusivity is part of a shared global vision for education – “UNESCO has been very clear in the past that it will only be possible to make the right to education a reality if inclusive education reaches out to all learners while respecting their diverse needs.”

The post-Covid recovery plan must take steps to increase social mobility for adults in education. By acknowledging and supporting the needs of growing numbers of working-age adults, we will see more people successfully retrain and gain life skills that go beyond their course.