5.26 We believe these core principles should be subject to widespread consultation and to further refinement. Once they are agreed they should be used as standards and benchmarks against which to measure present and future policy and practice, at all levels from Government down and in all environments where it is reasonable to look for the advancement of lifelong learning. They should apply particularly to the implementation of the four flagship projects already announced by the Government (the New Deal, the University for Industry and Individual Learning Accounts, and National Grid for Learning). They should also underpin the responses to the Kennedy report on widening participation and the Dearing reports on 16-19 qualifications and higher education.

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