Representing The WEA with Chris Butcher at UALL Centre for Inequality & Levelling Up event discussing skills & lifelong learning. David Blunkett Jonathan Michie Nimmi Patel James Robson
Overall impression: the post 16 education sector has a shared mission & we all need to do more to join up our work

Thank you Simon Parkinson Chris Butcher for the invite to attend the APPG meeting for Adult Education UK House of Commons. Passion for community learning evident in the room and great to hear support for The WEA from Robert Halfon MP ➡️Working Hard for Harlow⬅️. Thanks to Margaret Greenwood MP for hosting

Great working week in #London for The WEA. Good meeting with Chris Butcher & Roz Allison discussing latest Department for Education consultation (more to come on this) & great to catch up with u3a Sam Maugher. The view from the apartment wasn’t bad either.

Really interesting series of posts here looking at the very early origins of The WEA The importance of bringing individuals & communities together to expand their knowledge is as important today as it was 120yrs ago. Thanks Libraries Gave Us Power for your work on this. Chris Butcher

Are your Mayoral candidates talking about adult education? All Combined Authorities will have adult education budgets so it's important to understand how they will use them. I've posted some tips about engaging with candidates The WEA ready for 2 May
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And Democracy Club have collected all the election booklets in one handy place so you can check what all the candidates are promising whocanivotefor.co.uk/elections/?ele…

Great to listen in to The WEA very own Chris Butcher make a strong and compelling case for community based adult learning which provides a wider range of positive impacts around mental health & wellbeing & community cohesion above & beyond supporting skills for employability

Levelling up #CommunityEducation : What does the data tell us? New @FETforL report by #CentenaryCommission 's HOLEX 💙. Jonathan Michie Melissa Benn Fran Abrams Jonathan Petre @nigelwingrove Chris Butcher Phil Coward @cillaross5 Sharon Clancy fetl.org.uk/publications/3…

Thank you Chris Butcher The WEA for these reflections on Learning and Work Institute's Adult Participation in Learning Survey. There's lots to celebrate with a rise in participation in learning, but important that everyone has opportunities

Last chance to sign up for great discussion on impact of arts in adult education with The WEA, Creative Lives and Fun Palaces
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Celebrating Resources of Hope: report of conference on 'Community, democracy & dialogue through adult lifelong education' by Sharon Clancy & Iain Jones centenarycommission.org/celebrating-re… Jonathan Michie @cillaross5 Chris Butcher The WEA Simon Parkinson UoN Education RaymondWilliamsFndtn

📸A few photos from WEA's Chris Butcher taken at today's Conservatives party conference. Great to see plenty of cross-party input and interesting discussions taking place on the fringes of the #CPC2023 .

City & Guilds Robert Halfon MP ➡️Working Hard for Harlow⬅️ Siobhan Baillie MP

Chris Butcher How sad!

.Sharon Clancy @cillaross5 Jonathan Michie Chris Butcher Melissa Benn

Still time to book in for next week's webinar which will feature Robin Simpson of Creative Lives and Katie Easey on the panel

Some incredibly powerful presentations on the power of creative health at today's roundtable. Look out for the recording if you missed it. #CreativeHealthReview

BBC Archive Chris Butcher you might like this.

As Wiltshire's successor, I ask: 'Why NO #AdultEducation ?' Something's gone awry in 21st century civic unis. UoN Education UALL SCUTREA The WEA Nottingham WEA Robert Halfon MP ➡️Working Hard for Harlow⬅️ Alan Tuckett tom schuller UNESCO-UIL Volker Wedekind Chris Butcher Shearer West @cillaross5 Jo Grady

NB: Sir Gavin Williamson MP Gillian Keegan MP Kate Green 💙 Toby Perkins MP Daisy Cooper MP 🔶 Robert Halfon MP ➡️Working Hard for Harlow⬅️ Ian Mearns MP for Gateshead Apsana Begum MP Tom Hunt MP Kim Johnson MP Fleur Anderson MP Dr Caroline Johnson MP David Johnston OBE MP Margaret Greenwood MP Chris Butcher Simon Parkinson Chi Onwurah 💙 Paul Howell MP Lilian Greenwood