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
AEB, ESFA

‘Automatic suspension’ on national AEB contracts lifted amid legal challenge

Several contracts weren’t issued when they were supposed to, FE Week understands

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
AEB, ESFA, Training Providers

Major training group launches legal action against ESFA over ‘unlawful’ AEB tender

Learning Curve Group demands re-run of the national procurement

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
AEB, Training Providers

PeoplePlus walks away from AEB delivery

Three years ago PeoplePlus held the largest national AEB contract among all independent training providers

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
AEB, Devolution

First regional AEB learner survey published

Greater London Authority finds just over half of learners had positive outcomes

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
AEB

DfE extends HGV driver training offer for another year

The Department for Education confirms its adult education budget offer for HGV driver training will be extended for a...

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
News

Revealed: The 19 winners of the Liverpool City Region AEB tender

The names of the 19 training providers that have won contracts with Liverpool City Region to deliver its devolved...

Jessica Fino
Jessica Fino
News

Overspend: GLA warns of risk to AEB devo project

The Greater London Authority has denied that devolution of the adult education budget is at risk due to spiralling...

Jessica Fino
Jessica Fino