I have posted below on the devastating impact on University Adult Education of the decision to cut £100 million a year through the non-funding of people wanting to study for equal and lower qualifications (now known by the bureaucrats as ELQs - pronounced Elks - yuk!). After attending a meeting called by the Universities Association for Lifelong Learning at Warwick on Wednesday the full impact across the sector became clearer. Ironically, the knock-on effects of this cut will be catastrophic for all the things the government wants to see most - flexibility, re-skilling, employer engagement, community involvement, widening participation etc. It will simply reinforce a narrow conception of higher education as a progression route for school-leavers. It is a terrible and unnecessary decision.
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2 comments:
Excellent post, Peter, it’s great to see some honest reporting on this subject. I hope you will not mind me linking to the facebook group, which has been set up to protest at these cuts.
I have linked you in there, and would very much like to see you join it yourself.
Many thanks for your excellent articles.
The group to join is here.
I see you've already joined, thanks:-)
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