Well worth visiting! Centenary Commission on Adult Education UALL Events Jonathan Michie Alan Tuckett Learning and Work Institute Melissa Benn Howard Stevenson Volker Wedekind UoN Education Nick Stevenson Sharon Clancy @cillaross5 Nadia Whittome MP John Field 🌻 @jolmiskinwea Janet Farrar Past President of UCU English Radical History David Amos SCUTREA

Very sad to hear that Prof Alan Rogers, one of the great figures of #adulteducation , died on Tuesday. Author Teaching Adults and much else. Strong supporter of CentenaryCommission.org and of what matters in adult education in Britain & internationally. John Field 🌻 Alan Tuckett

Very, very sad: Prof Lalage Bown, #AdultEducation100 patron, died on Friday aged 94. A truly great figure in democratic, #lifewde #adulteducation in Britain, #Africa & the world. She made profound contribution to the #CentenaryCommission 's work.

Conference 'Useful Knowledge: Historical & Contemporary Perspectives on Part-Time & Mature Higher Education' Birkbeck, University of London; proposals by 5 Nov. John Field 🌻 Alan Tuckett Jonathan Michie Mark Freeman Dr Vicky Duckworth Rob Smith Sharon Clancy @adulted100 centenarycommission.org/conference-use…

England’s new Mayors: adult education is ‘mission-critical’: for jobs, for happy, healthy & fulfilling lives. Report of discussion with Andy Burnham Tracy For Mayor 🌹 Alan Tuckett Jules Pipe West Midlands Combined Authority's Julie Nugent & others centenarycommission.org/englands-new-m… John Field 🌻 The WEA

What does good society look like?, asks John Bercow in closing!

Centenary Commission vice-chair Sir Alan Tuckett says the fine tuning of adult education is best done at the local level and we need to start where people actually are.

Glad that my question Centenary Commission on Adult Education about role of 3rd sector and TUs on local learning picked up by panel Right2Learn key issue for us. Nice to get name check byJohn Bercow chairing event in excellent fashion as well. Now closing wisdom from Alan Tuckett on learning society

Centenary Commission vice-chair Sir Alan Tuckett says the fine tuning of adult education is best done at the local level and we need to start where people actually are.

What should role of DWP be? Doubts about moving adulteducation funding to DWP @dwppressoffice #JohnBercow welcomes Gordon Marsden. Over now to Alan Tuckett

Shortly we'll have a response from Alan Tuckett but first question on role of #tradeunions @Unionlearn fund. @cillaross5 says critical to have #unions : they're citizens too, and are great facilitators of learning. Right2Learn Seb Schmoller HOLEX 💙

Do MCAs value Personal Developmental learning? asks Phil Coward . Isn't that what we need for the future? Julie Nugent says much of her role is brokering between /joining up providers Right2Learn

Julie Nugent, Director of Skills and Productivity for the West Midlands Mayor Andy Street, said learners must be asked what they want rather than just make do with courses designed in Westminster

Surely Access should not be left to the market? asks audience member. Jules Pipe says main priority to empower all Londoners to participate in #adulteducation .

Question from John Diamond: how does cross-agency working operate locally? Structural or leadership?

Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire, said adult education, training and upskilling were crucial to economic recovery - but towns and villages needed access to a cultural life as well.

Be closer to communities, employers, work with colleges, says Julie Nugent of West Midlands Combined Authority. Work with whoever does it best. Right2Learn Lots of questions coming ...

Lots of different kinds of #adultlearning going on says @cillaross5 to #Mayors Tracy For Mayor 🌹 Andy Burnham Mayor of London Jules Pipe Right2Learn

Jules Pipe, the Deputy Mayor of London, stressed the importance of adult education to people's wellbeing and confidence when so many were experiencing post-pandemic unemployment.

Now @cillaross5: mentions 1919 Report, all towns & villages, to become democratic learning country. CentenaryCommission.org stressed whole person, climate crisis, democratic deficit, local decision-making, role of local authorities. Centenary Commission on Adult Education Right2Learn The WEA #Mayors