The Search On Adult Education Policy To Social Mobility Of Vulnerable Groups In United Kingdom Since The 21st Centuries

With the advent of economic globalization, knowledge and skills become very important, those who master advanced technologies and skills have already hold a place in society. In contrast, those who not educated or disabled, or lose a good competitive conditions, they become vulnerable groups. United Kingdom as the world first welfare country, they committed to eliminate poverty, unemployment, and safeguard social fairness and justice, public career, since the 21 st century, in the white paper of 《21st century of skills--achieved we of potential》 and 《learning revolution》, and《 continue to education and skill plan》, United Kingdom concerned in continuing education and skills on vulnerable groups.Adult education as an important component of lifelong education, it can improve vulnerable groups work skills, ease employment pressure, promoting social mobility, building a learning society. United Kingdom Government attached great importance to adult education, and it become a powerful lever for promoting upward social mobility of vulnerable groups.The 38 years of economic reform in China has brought rapid economic developments, while the poor, the disabled, the unemployed, and migrant workers constitute a vulnerable group has been formed at the bottom of society, there are a lot of vulnerable groups to achieve social harmony and social justice the shackles. In recent years, China has carried out literacy education, skills training, laid off workers Reemployment training and other educational activities of vulnerable groups, but the action before policy development practices, is lack of values and spiritual power, it is led to effectiveness of exaggerating and deviated from the essence.This study from 21 st century of United Kingdom issued representative of adult education policy, from the perspective of promoting social mobility, introduced United Kingdom of adult education policies for vulnerable groups and the background of these policies. focuses on policy and analysis features, summed up the characteristics, given the enlightenment to China that in the social transition. In order to achieve our country’s adult education policy makers can pay attention to the values of social mobility, give full play to the guiding role of adult education purposes.This study is divided into five parts:The first part, stated the concepts and theories of adult education for vulnerable groups after 21 centuries in UK.The second part, analysis the background for policy. Mainly from the globalization of the knowledge economy, and the increasing structural unemployment and so on.The third part, stated the education policy and content after the 21 st century of United Kingdom. Mainly 2003 skills – achieving our potential in the 21 st century, the 2009 learning revolution, 2010 continuing education and skills programme, 2014, the white paper explains Fund statement and other related.2015, White paper on government policy: continuing education and training.The fourth part, analysis of policy features.The fifth part, enlightenment.