Literacy unit faces closure

It has helped jobless people and offenders to upgrade their skills and employability. Now it's under threat.

Some of the most vulnerable members of society will lose out if a London university goes ahead with its plans to close the country's largest centre for adult literacy and numeracy.

The London Language and Literacy Unit (LLU+), at London South Bank University, trains teachers to teach basic literacy and numeracy to adults, and to help them overcome any difficulties they have as a result of dyslexia. Those it has helped include unemployed people and offenders, who benefit significantly from improved reading and writing skills. Recently, it was involved in the rewriting of the adult numeracy and literacy curriculum.

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