International Workforce Literacy Review: England

Author: Juliet Merrifield

This review outlines the work that is taking place in the area of workforce literacy in England. It was written in July 2007 drawing on data and information available at that time.


This review is one of five international reviews commissioned by the Department of Labour in 2007 to inform the Upskilling Partnership Programme. This programme is researching approaches that engage employers in workplace literacy, language and numeracy programmes, in order to help raise their productivity.

This review backgrounds the context for workforce literacy in England, provides an overview of key policies related to workplace literacy, provides information on literacy provision and the outcomes of literacy provision, and concludes with what is happening in relation to literacy capacity building.

International Workforce Literacy Review: England is available as a PDF document.
The document is 754KB, and 45 pages.

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