Levelling up #CommunityEducation : What does the data tell us? New @FETforL report by #CentenaryCommission 's HOLEX 💙. Jonathan Michie Melissa Benn Fran Abrams Jonathan Petre @nigelwingrove Chris Butcher Phil Coward @cillaross5 Sharon Clancy fetl.org.uk/publications/3…

Celebrating Resources of Hope: report of conference on 'Community, democracy & dialogue through adult lifelong education' by Sharon Clancy & Iain Jones centenarycommission.org/celebrating-re… Jonathan Michie @cillaross5 Chris Butcher The WEA Simon Parkinson UoN Education RaymondWilliamsFndtn

Some incredibly powerful presentations on the power of creative health at today's roundtable. Look out for the recording if you missed it. #CreativeHealthReview

Last chance to sign up for great discussion on impact of arts in adult education with The WEA, Creative Lives and Fun Palaces
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Interesting reflections here from Joseph Rowntree Foundation , Local Trust and Demos on the importance of social connection. At The WEA we're sure adult learning has a part to play in this, bringing people together and creating a ripple effect which strengthens the wider community.

Representing The WEA with Chris Butcher at UALL Centre for Inequality & Levelling Up event discussing skills & lifelong learning. David Blunkett Jonathan Michie Nimmi Patel James Robson
Overall impression: the post 16 education sector has a shared mission & we all need to do more to join up our work

Thank you Simon Parkinson Chris Butcher for the invite to attend the APPG meeting for Adult Education UK House of Commons. Passion for community learning evident in the room and great to hear support for The WEA from Robert Halfon MP ➡️Working Hard for Harlow⬅️. Thanks to Margaret Greenwood MP for hosting

Still time to book in for next week's webinar which will feature Robin Simpson of Creative Lives and Katie Easey on the panel

As Wiltshire's successor, I ask: 'Why NO #AdultEducation ?' Something's gone awry in 21st century civic unis. UoN Education UALL SCUTREA The WEA Nottingham WEA Robert Halfon MP ➡️Working Hard for Harlow⬅️ Alan Tuckett tom schuller UNESCO-UIL Volker Wedekind Chris Butcher Shearer West @cillaross5 Jo Grady

Great to see Prospect and Nesta putting lifelong learning among the key challenges for the 'Minster for the Future'. Sonia Sodha puts forward a bold premise: 'There is a massive social injustice at the heart of our post-18 education system'.
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Thanks Chris Butcher, #MisbahAyub and all The WEA for posting my new lockdown blog, proposing stronger collaboration between those working in compulsory and post-compulsory ed., post-pandemic: a debate to build on? #LessonsFromLockdown Campaign for Learning Learning and Work Institute AoC Create

Time for a survey of state of #politics #AdultEducation in UK today?! The Political Studies Association Learning and Work Institute Right2Learn UALL Centenary Commission on Adult Education Simon Usherwood Mark Freeman Scotland's Learning Studies in the Education of Adults EPALE - Adult Learning EU Adult Learning UK Lifelong Education Institute Chris Butcher @cillaross5 Rob Smith Dr Vicky Duckworth UCU

Also just noticed Place Matters and Citizen Network in the thread. Looking forward to reading more of these as the series rolls out

Really interesting series of posts here looking at the very early origins of The WEA The importance of bringing individuals & communities together to expand their knowledge is as important today as it was 120yrs ago. Thanks Libraries Gave Us Power for your work on this. Chris Butcher

Fascinating blog by #MarkGilman on how #AdultEducation classes Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN were 'light at the end of the tunnel' from being 'cannon fodder feeding the huge industrial factories of #Nottingham ' to being Professor University of Derby blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/manuscripts/20… Chris Butcher Centenary Commission on Adult Education

Always good to see histories of RuskinOxford; though this is a bit flippant, and glosses over the violence done to workers' #adulteducation by its recent crisis (effective closure?) Sharon Clancy @cillaross5 Melissa Benn Mel Lenehan Right2Learn Gordon Marsden Chris Butcher

Great working week in #London for The WEA. Good meeting with Chris Butcher & Roz Allison discussing latest Department for Education consultation (more to come on this) & great to catch up with u3a Sam Maugher. The view from the apartment wasn’t bad either.

Chris Butcher Jo Fletcher-Saxon 🎙️ @jofletchersaxon.bsky.social Dr Lou Mycroft thanks pals. It’s been a very annoying week or so x

Thank you Chris Butcher The WEA for these reflections on Learning and Work Institute's Adult Participation in Learning Survey. There's lots to celebrate with a rise in participation in learning, but important that everyone has opportunities