Adult education

Awarding organisations are perfectly placed to break barriers to LLE 

Mary Curnock Cook reveals key recommendations to overcome hurdles on the way to launching the new lifelong learning entitlement

JL Dutaut
Mary Curnock Cook
Adult education

Bankrupt council won’t lose adult education service

The city council is the second largest recipient of AEB funding from the West Midlands Combined Authority

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Adult education

DfE hands out extra AEB contract

National tender confusion and controversy mounts

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Adult education

How our pick n’ mix approach to adult learning is delivering for Calderdale

Taking inspiration from Woolworth’s iconic sweet stand has helped us create an inclusive, flexible, and industry-aligned program, writes Naseem...

JL Dutaut
Naseem Aqeel
Adult education

National AEB contract allocations revealed

15 providers awarded max amounts - including 3 judged Ofsted 'requires improvement'

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Adult education, Higher education

Lifelong loan entitlement faces ‘significant’ timescale challenges, warns DfE perm sec

The programme will undergo further assessment next year, Susan Acland-Hood has ordered

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Adult education

‘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
Adult education, 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
Adult education

National Extension College: Sixty years of second chance learning

The National Extension College has pioneered distance and second-chance education for six decades this August, and its founding mission...

Shane Chowen
Sir Alan Tuckett