The British Association for Literacy in Development invites you to submit a 150-word abstract for the proposed symposium at the September 2018 BAICE conference at the University of York. Our suggested title is 'Adult Literacy and Development: Structural Problems and Innovative Responses’.

Although adult education and lifelong learning are included in the SDGs and have an important contribution to make to sustainable development, education is still often understood as primarily a matter of formal education in schools, colleges and universities.