Scotland: college cuts spark warning over widening access bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…

Colleges are in crisis, with huge funding problems and an ongoing pay dispute prompting real concerns about the future of the sector.

At The Herald we tried to shine a light on the situation - here's the story of what happened next...

heraldscotland.com/news/24202295.…

There we go - Adult Ed & Lifelong Learning within the SDGs, a view based on 8 countries' focus groups. Crises affet ALE!

link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Uwe Gartenschlaeger ICAE Hamburger Volkshochschule Deutscher Volkshochschul-Verband (DVV) Erwachsenenbildung EPALE - Adult Learning EU erwachsenenbildung UNESCO-UIL

North East Combined Authority: Adult learners attack 'disgusting' funding cuts bbc.com/news/uk-englan…

NEWS!
Well, folks. Although we still need a few more £ to close the entire circle of funding, we are ecstatic to announce that Filmhouse (Edinburgh) Ltd. have been successful in their bid for UK Government Community Ownership Fund investment, and have been awarded £1.5 million.🧵

During WWII The Red Cross asked NALGO (now UNISON) to supply correspondence courses to British POWs. 78 take part & gain qualifications whilst being held in prisoner of war camps.

THREAD I am pleased to publish Who Owns Scotland 2024, the first comprehensive empirical analysis of landownership in Scotland since 2012. Thank you to the Guardian for covering the story 1/10 theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/m…

Wow.

Hard-right Reform party has gone ahead of the Conservatives among men in the latest polling from YouGov

Delighted to contribute a piece to LSE British Politics and Policy on behalf of the Lifelong Education Institute @Res_Publica!

Have a read for our view on how a deeper commitment to #lifelonglearning can help solve the UK #highereducation system's #funding crisis.

#skills #education #policy

I asked Tees Valley Combined Authority to provide me with all data they held about me.

They refused, but they did provide these four Teams messages, which made me laugh.

Tees Valley Combined Authority employs both daughters of its chief Julie Gilhespie yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politics/…

USA: Hamas war, antisemitism leads to increase in adult Jewish education jpost.com/diaspora/antis…

Lifelong learning can save higher education - some healthy optimism from ⁦Marius S. Ostrowski⁩ blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpol…

Mayors' use of Adult Education Budget powers 'disappointing', says ex-adviser feweek.co.uk/mayors-use-of-…

Our draft Adult Learners' Week Calendar a real mix of local & national events and speakers @learners_forum is looking forward to stepping out to the ball and taking the Adult Learning Story to meet and win the hearts of our communities

An extensive programme in support of Adult Learning a key element of the CLD family.. #BecauseofCLD

Great to hear Robert Halfon MP ➡️Working Hard for Harlow⬅️ talk about the importance of Community Learning as the start of the ladder of opportunity. The WEA proud of our community learning offer right across England & Scotland and the difference it makes HOLEX

Don't forget that our COAL NOT DOLE exhibition is on now. If you're on Warwick Uni campus next week why not drop by and see it? #MinersStrike #miners #1980s

Lifelong education is so important to the government’s skills revolution.

Today I gave a speech at the @SkillsMatter event hosted by Lifelong Education Institute outlining my 5 priorities for adult education.

Read it here: gov.uk/government/spe…

Just a wee reminder that my latest book is out now and you can get it from the usual places but don’t forget Indy bookshops which are a lifeline in their communities 👇 amberley-books.com/discover-books…