Adult education

Trailblazing apprentice and ESOL innovator make London awards shortlist

Mayor of London to celebrate inspirational Londoners and providers for their contributions to adult learning

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Adult education, Colleges

FE Commissioner’s verdict on 2 struggling colleges and a council

Intervention reports shed more light on NewVIc conflict, reveal how a college nearly ran out of cash and that...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Adult education

DfE boosted early bootcamp payments after provider complaints

Performance targets were described as 'unrealistic'

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Adult education

Embedding digital literacy in training is key to closing gender gaps

Digital literacy must be at the core of every training programme

JL Dutaut
Jane Knight
Adult education

Digital skills are as important as English and maths – and we must treat them accordingly

A new campaign aims to reset expectations around digital skills so that all can enjoy their benefits for life,...

JL Dutaut
David Redden
Adult education, Devolution

Adult training axed to avoid court fights, authority admits

Training contracts targeted at the unemployed and low skilled have been delayed until January

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Adult education, Devolution

Combined authority abandons botched AEB procurement

Providers left in the dark over West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s decision to ditch adult education tender

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Adult education, Careers

DWP to merge Jobcentre Plus and National Careers Service

New work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall announces overhaul to focus on career advice

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Adult education, Politics

Five elephant traps to avoid in crafting a lifelong skills strategy

Mapping out this dangerous political territory for the new government to help them deliver a vital policy for national...

JL Dutaut
Sue Pember