Adult education

FE is the missing partner in social prescribing

FE institutions are rebuilding confidence, reducing isolation and supporting wellbeing every day, yet they remain largely invisible in health...

Jessica Hill
Dipa Ganguli
Adult education

If the Cook Islands can commit to lifelong learning, why can’t we?

Dozens of nations have a lifelong learning strategy. England does not. As adult education participation falls and funding shrinks,...

Jessica Hill
Simon Parkinson
Adult education, Apprenticeships

First apprenticeship units limited to ‘strong’ providers

New guidance and draft funding rules provide detail on duration, age restrictions, assessment and payment model

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform

Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards

Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Adult education

Workplace training dominated by ‘tick box’ courses

Future growth could be stymied if employers fail to invest in transferrable skills, Learning and Work Institute warns

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Adult education

Adult learning deserves a national conversation

Too often policy is made without hearing from the people delivering it. A new APPG inquiry into adult education...

Jessica Hill
Jonathan Brash
Adult education, ATC 2026, Politics

ESOL cuts are ‘bizarre’, says skills minister

Jacqui Smith ‘concerned’ by Reform UK mayor’s decision and vows to explore how ESOL provision can be ‘available everywhere’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Adult education

‘Fundamentally wrong’: Greater Lincolnshire leaders approve ESOL cuts

Local politicians clash over Reform mayor’s controversial policy during combined county council budget meeting

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Adult education

Adult education is also about strengthening our democracy

Adult education has been reduced to an economic tool, but its real power lies in rebuilding connection, confidence and...

Jessica Hill
Dipa Ganguli