It is no longer good enough to maintain the skills of learners with learning disabilities.Post-19 Practitioners have to show that learners are progressing .

There is no doubt that this has stopped the issue of the 'perpetual learners' returning to learning providers year after year but it has also limited the learning provision for some learners.

NIACE has commented on this report in which it was found that nearly one-in-five (19 per cent) of Learning and Skills Council (LSC) funded learning providers reduced opportunities for adult learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities between 2006 and 2008.

Read about it on NIACE's website at http://www.niace.org.uk/news/courses-lost-for-adults-with-learning-difficulties; download the report from the LSC's Reading room at http://readingroom.lsc.gov.uk/lsc/National/210110_ImpactofChangesinProvision_LLDD_word_final.pdf.