Other lives: Writer, researcher and central figure in the UK’s adult literacy campaign in the 1970s
January 2023
Meet the people who took an evening class… and changed their life
Whether you are stuck in a rut or have ambitions you’d still like to pursue, adult education gives you a second chance. Six people tell Michael Segalov how taking a course inspired them
November 2022
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Margaret Herrington obituary
Other Lives: Adult literacy tutor who established a national research network and set up student support centres in universities
June 2022
Adult education and apprenticeships budget will be 25% down since 2010
IFS says cuts and inflation far outweigh £900m promised new spending, undermining levelling up ambitions
January 2022
Lalage Bown obituary
Adult educationist whose anthology Two Centuries of African English helped transform approaches to literature in the continent
November 2021
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Eric Pye obituary
Other lives: Adult educator and inventive recycler of everyday goods
June 2020
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Madeline Held obituary
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Tom Hunt obituary
January 2020
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Mary Renshaw obituary
Other lives: Teacher who brought adults, often single mothers, back into education and work
September 2019
Russian comics get sales boost after culture minister calls them 'pathetic'
Jojo Moyes: government must tackle ‘shameful’ adult literacy levels
March 2019
Key to prison education handed to governors
Jails in England are to take over educating their inmates – but will that increase the chances of success?
June 2018
T-levels reinforce class hierarchy
Letters: Vocational education in the UK has always been seen as essentially for ‘other people’s children’, writes Michael Pyke, and Bernard Godding of the Educational Centres Association reflects on its role in addressing disadvantage
April 2018
Quick Reads adult literacy scheme to close following funding cut
The initiative has distributed almost 5m books to readers but is to shut following loss of Arts Council England funding and corporate sponsor
March 2018
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Robert Lochrie obituary
Other lives: General secretary of the WEA who devoted his life to the cause of adult education
February 2018
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Regina Kibel obituary
Champion of adult education in local government and member of many governing and advisory bodies
December 2017
Books blog
This Christmas, don't give books to non-readers
David Barnett
For bibliophiles, it is tempting to buy books as presents to ‘fix’ people who don’t read – but this is snobbery of the worst kind
April 2017
Speed-reading apps: can you really read a novel in your lunch hour?
Apps such as Spreeder and Spritz are bringing speed reading back into fashion. But what gets lost in this race for the last page?
February 2017
Cappuccino with extra Italian? Pop-up classes bring a buzz to adult learning
As further education colleges face funding cuts, could evening classes in coffee shops bring students and teachers together?
October 2016
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Paul Fordham obituary
Other lives: University teacher with a lifelong involvement in adult education
