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This issue of 'Adults learning' includes: 'The trouble with ESOL' by Peter Lavender and Jane Ward (pp.8-9) which highlights the interim findings from the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education's (NIACE's) inquiry into English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) that found that ESOL provision is lagging well behind need (final report from this inquiry is indexed at TD/TNC 87.502); 'In a quandary' by Alan Tuckett and Fiona Aldridge (p.10) which looks at the results of a NIACE survey on who should pay for adult learning and how much; 'This isn't special treatment, we're just looking after our community' by Paul Stanistreet (pp.11-13) which highlights the needs of migrant workers; 'Green shoots?' by Alan Tuckett and Fiona Aldridge (pp.14-15) which is based on NIACE's annual survey on adult participation in learning and what the changing patterns of participation mean (survey report indexed at TD/TNC 86.389); 'Finding new pathways' by Robin Blake (pp.16-17) which highlights the findings of Ofcom's media literacy audit; 'Not just doing time' by Louise Sheridan (pp.18-19) which argues that prison education should not be any different from any other kind of education; 'The only reason you can't read is because you don't' by Andy McNab (p.20) in which the author, one of Britain's best-selling writers, describes his experience of becoming a reader and highlights 'Quick reads' which are short, easy to read books for people who don't have time to read or who struggle to finish a book; 'All together now' by Sally Hunt (p.22) which is about the formation of a new union, University and College Union (UCU), through a merger of the Association of University Teachers (AUT) and NATFHE; 'A right to a decent education' by David Archer (pp.23-27) which looks at the issue of gender parity in education.