The Yorkshire Post reports on the ‘barrage of funding cuts’ that is placing hundreds of teaching and lecturing jobs in Yorkshire at risk.
Education cuts in Yorkshire put hundreds of lecturing jobs at risk
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#loveFE campaign petition submitted to Downing Street
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The #loveFE campaign petition, calling on government to halt the cuts and invest in lifelong learning, was handed over to Downing Street by campaign partners this morning.
FE cuts petition signed by 42,500 handed over to 10 Downing Street
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FE Week reports on the petition hand-over to 10 Downing Street.
TES: Save adult education – before it’s switched off
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Alan Tuckett, professor of education at the University of Wolverhampton and president of the International Council for Adult Education, says the AoC’s warning that we could have no public further education for adults by 2020 is a ‘terrifying prospect for our future productivity and competitiveness’.
Birmingham MP to speak out against cuts that threaten to ‘decimate’ adult education
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The University and College Union reported that Birmingham Northfield MP Richard Burden will join the union and the Association of Colleges speaking out against cuts to adult education in the West Midlands on 15 April.
TES: ‘We #loveFE’: sector unites in cuts protest
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The TES have reported on the unprecedented unity that has arisen across the sector in the face of the government’s planned cuts to the adult learning budget, with support from over 20 sector bodies including trade unions, professional associations and college groups.
TES: Why adult education may be extinct by 2020
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The TES reports that experts believe adult education provision will be wiped out if cuts continue and how the cuts news sparked an angry reaction.
Sunderland Echo: Sunderland students set to miss out on job chances as college faces savage 24% cuts
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The Sunderland Echo looks at the local implications of the cuts
Express and Star: Cuts ‘threaten adult education’
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Report from the Express and Star on the AoC report on the future of adult learning.
Shields Gazette: College vows to fight cuts as funding slashed by 24%
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Report on the impact of the funding cuts in Tyneside, where the local South Tyneside College is one of 16 that will be affected in the region.