ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the authors begin with the fact that students in adult education classes are increasingly drawn from the higher socioeconomic groups and from groups with a background of full-time secondary or higher education. The fact of non-participation of working-class groups in adult education is well documented and needs no elaboration. The stated aim of the Project was ‘to increase the effective penetration of both responsible body and local authority adult education services in areas of urban overspill’. The pattern of adult education provision in Leigh Park changes only slowly. Adult education on the estate is mainly the responsibility of the local education authority, which is by far the largest provider. One effect of locating an adult centre at a school is to reduce the opportunity for providing daytime education for adults; it was assumed at an early stage that adult education was mainly an evening activity.
