Kerry Gray

04.06.2025 03:24 — 👍 1802    🔁 530    💬 50    📌 41

The impact of adult education is much larger than it may seem. Yes, we provide people with skills, but we also...

💼Support people into work
🥰Improve wellbeing
🫶Build communities
🧠Nurture critical thinking

…and much more.

Help us protect adult learning: thewea.info/contactmp

07.04.2025 11:55 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Functional skills for adults are too vital to give up on Axing functional skills requirements for adult apprentices is a big mistake

"We need to be clear about what an apprenticeship is and what it isn’t. It is meant to be a job with substantial training and about your future career not just your current job."

✍️ In @feweek.bsky.social, @stephenevans.bsky.social reflects on the Government's new #apprenticeship reforms.

#NAW2025

12.02.2025 14:54 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Pleased to feature in @newstatesman.com about need to fix the foundations of literacy, numeracy & digital skills, and variations across country. Even more crucial given recent news of more austerity cuts to adult education & likely lowering of English & maths standards in apprenticeships in England

07.02.2025 10:58 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets Combined authorities told to expect reductions in 'already deeply diminished' adult skills funding

Exclusive: DfE has warned mayors their adult education budgets will be cut as part of government savings

This means £30 million in adult skills and 'free courses for jobs' cuts coming next academic year

feweek.co.uk/fury-as-dfe-...

06.02.2025 19:46 — 👍 24    🔁 28    💬 2    📌 15

Basketry woven cigarette cases in cream and brown. Tiny weave. Only 12 x 8 cm. Made in Ceylon (today Sri Lanka) 1920s

Close up of one of the cases in photo 1, showing tiny blue, cream and brown mosaic detail.

Visited ‘Dryad Basketry: A Global Collection at Leicester Art Gallery.

Well curated, setting the (wonderful) collection in the context of Empire, early 20C anthropology & trade exhibitions.

Above all, amazing skill and craft of the weaving/basketry, by largely anonymous makers.

Worth a visit.

25.01.2025 07:27 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council - Open - Find an Inspection Report - Ofsted

Excellent news for Barnsley! 👏

Barnsley Adult Skills and Community Learning service is rated 'OUTSTANDING' in their recent OFSTED inspection! ✨

Check out the full report: reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/42/...

Read more in FE Week: feweek.co.uk/top-ofsted-m...

#Education #OFSTED #Achievement

22.01.2025 13:20 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

HOLEX is the lead professional body for Adult Community Education and Learning.

#SpeakUp4AdultEd #AdultLearning

15.01.2025 10:30 — 👍 13    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 1

Merry Christmas

24.12.2024 22:19 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Select tickets – The December Vaughan Forum: Opposition to the Civil Rights Movement – Zoom A talk by Bradley Phipps The US civil rights movement has been the focus of a good deal of historical inquiry. Less-studied, ho...

TONIGHT!
‘Researching the Opposition to the Civil Rights Movement’
Presented by Dr Bradley Phipps
Free and online 6.15pm
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05.12.2024 14:18 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Great to hear such positive messages about adult education from the minister today. #Speakup4adulted

05.12.2024 13:52 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

I started pottery. I knew I’d be rubbish But that was the whole point.

For those who missed it, the column in question…

www.newstatesman.com/culture/life...

28.11.2024 16:19 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

There is some fabulous work in this year's @LeicSketchClub exhibition @leicesteradulteducation #leicester #painting

14.11.2024 20:01 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0