ESOL

Is it time for England to revisit a national ESOL strategy? 

Devolution and reform have brought change to ESOL provision but the emphasis now should be on building social and...

Jessica Hill
Ziya Moustafa
Adult education

It’s dumb to leave adults lagging in the AI revolution

Without better funding for local learning, adults with weak digital skills cannot hope to keep up with AI...

Jessica Hill
Caroline McDonald
Adult education, Ofsted

Top Ofsted marks for south Yorkshire council’s adult education

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council upgraded for inspiring out of work people towards employment

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Day in the life, Long read

A day in the life of an ESOL teacher

The role is about so much more than teaching the language

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Adult education, Long read

William Pickford, principal, Redbridge Institute of Adult Education

William Pickford has had an “eclectic” 25-year career in FE which has seen him opening a college on a...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Community Learning, Long read

Family learning: Where next for the ‘hidden jewel’ of adult education?

Family learning programmes have had to fight for survival in a competitive funding environment that demands quantifiable outcomes for...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Adult education

Adult education participation hits record high

But inequalities remain across social and geographical groups

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Adult education, Long read

The dismantling of a sector: Adult education in crisis

Only two years ago, the adult education sector was called ‘the crown’ and community learning its ‘jewel’ by the...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Adult education, Politics

Adult literacy must be top of the new PM’s despatch box

Changes in government policy and funding in the last decade have reversed previous positive trends, writes Robert Glick We...

Jess Staufenberg
Robert Glick