schemes for adults have a poor record, and the reasons are consistent.
Most are offered after a person loses a job, which is the worst moment to start.
Savings are falling, the family is anxious and the course lasts a year.
Attendance collapses as soon as any paid work appears.
Schemes that pay a living during training keep far more people to the end.
Content is the second failure, and it is usually decided by what a college already teaches.
Courses therefore fill in subjects with no local demand while employers describe .
Programmes designed with an employer who to interview every graduate perform far better.
The commitment costs the employer little and changes what students believe the year is for.
Short courses now outperform long ones in most evaluations.
A worker can complete one unit, return to work and continue the next year.
that carries across institutions makes that possible, and most countries still do not offer it.
The obstacle is administrative, which is another way of saying nobody owns the problem.